
Hebrews 7:1-3:
7:1For this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of God the Highest, the (one) having met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and having blessed him, .2and Abraham distributed a tenth from all to him – firstly indeed (his name) being interpreted ‘king of righteousness’ but next also king of Salem which is ‘king of peace’, .3without-father, without-mother, without-genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor completion of life, but having been likened-from2 the son of God he remains a priest continuously.
Continuing on from the last verse of ‘chapter 6’:
In truth, this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of God the Highest (the Most-High God, God the most elevated, the most exalted)…
…firstly indeed the name Melchisedek is interpreted ‘king of righteousness’ (explained in the Hebrew language as the righteous king, the one who is just and rules with justness, justice)…
…but next also the title king of Salem is interpreted ‘king of peace’ (the peaceful king, the one who is peaceful and rules with peaceful wholeness)…
…having neither beginning of days (he doesn’t have a starting day to his priesthood) nor completion of life (and he doesn’t have an ending of his life, no record of his death recorded and so his priesthood is not recorded as being completed)…
This does NOT say that Melchisedek never died but there is no record of his death and therefore he had no successor. Melchisedek, who was a man of flesh and blood, was a type of God’s son. As we continue reading, we will learn more about the likeness. God’s son, the resurrected Jesus who is our Lord and Christ, cannot die having received his new body with holy spirit life.
[Reference: Genesis chapter 14; Acts 7:48; I Corinthians 15:45 and 47; Ephesians 2:14; Hebrews 4:14, 5:6.]
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