Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Since Jesus is not to be a priest in the levitical order, He need not be from the tribe of Levi. The order of Melchizedek is not a cult, but it is divine. And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. This eliminates the first problem given above. On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. Melchizedek is eternal, having no father or mother and resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever (Heb. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Adam and Eve’s roles as royal priests are implied, but Melchizedek is clearly called a royal priest. ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpfulīehold, a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. Melchizedek is the first explicit royal priest in the book of Genesis.
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