Genesis 14:18
14:18 Melchizedek king of Salem
brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)
Zechariah 6:13
6:13 Indeed, he will build the temple of the
Lord, and he will be clothed in splendor, sitting as king on his throne. Moreover, there will be a priest
with him on his throne and they will see eye to eye on everything.
Hebrews 6:20--7:3
6:20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became
a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood
7:1 Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him.
7:2 To him also Abraham apportioned a tithe of everything. His name first means king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.
7:3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.
Hebrews 7:11
Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek
7:11 So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?
Hebrews 7:17
7:17 For here is the testimony about him:
“
You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Revelation 1:6
1:6 and has appointed
us as a kingdom,
as priests
serving his God and Father – to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever!
Amen.