The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.” The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath. He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth. He will drink from a brook beside the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
Melchizedek was the King of Salem (later called Jerusalem) and a Priest of the Most High God. (Genesis 14:18) Never has there been another like him on Earth. The name means “King of Righteousness” leading some to believe that it was really a title, and that he was actually Shem, a son of Noah. Being one of only eight people who survived the Great Flood, Shem achieved the longevity of pre-flood humans and outlived eight of the next nine generations of patriarchs including Abraham, so the two could well have met. And it certainly makes sense that Shem would have been a revered figure, the only link they had to the pre-flood world and with first hand knowledge of their Creator to boot.
When Israel was organized as a nation in the Promised Land, God forbade anyone from the Royal family (Judah) from serving as a priest, and anyone from the priestly line of Levi to become a King. But in Zechariah 6 He had the High Priest Joshua act out a prophecy. Instructing that a crown be made and placed on Joshua’s head, the Lord said…
Blessings,
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