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Melchisedec, Melchizedek
Morrish Bible Dictionary
or King of Salem and priest of the most high God. He came forth to meet Abraham after he had rescued Lot and those taken with him. Melchisedec brought forth bread and wine, and blessed Abraham, and Abraham gave to him tithes of all. He was a type of Christ as a royal-priest: "King of righteousness and king of peace," as He will be in the Millennium. Melchisedec was a priest of an entirely different order from that of Aaron, which passed from father to son. There is no mention of his progenitors, nor of any descendant: "without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither beginning of days nor end of life:" being thus a beautiful type of the Son of God, who has been called by God to be "a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." Nothing is said of any sacrifice being offered by Melchisedec to God: he rather brought forth from God that which symbolises life and joy (cf. John 6:51; John 2:1-10 ), and blessed him that had the promises. So when Christ comes it will not be to put away sin by sacrifice; but to refresh and bless His people. Blessing characterises the Melchisedec priesthood of Christ. Genesis 14:18-20; Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 5:6,10; Hebrews 6:20; Hebrews 7:1-21 .
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Melchisedec, Melchizedek'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/m/melchisedec-melchizedek.html. 1897.
