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genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of be the priestly, royal authority and position of Yeshua the
life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest contin- Messiah.
ually.” Now since we are told that Melchizedek was with-
out father or mother, many have jumped to the conclusion Let’s look at it another way. Many who think that
that he was an angelic being, or Yeshua himself, who sim- Yeshua was Melchizedek in the Old Testament must -- of
ply assumed the form of a man and played the role set forth necessity -- support the concept of the “pre-existence” of
in Genesis 14. Not only that, but Paul says that the Messiah before his human birth. Many -- who believe
Melchizedek was without genealogy -- and without the be- that Yeshua “pre-existed” -- also believe that he was the
ginning of life or the end of days. Creator God of the Old Testament. But, if we follow this
line of reasoning, we must come to the conclusion that
What is the significance of this mysterious and Yeshua (as Melchizedek) was the HIGH PRIEST TO
puzzling language? A clue to its meaning can be found in HIMSELF! This position is illogical and unsupported by
the writings of Josephus, the first-century A.D. Jewish his- the Bible. YEHOVAH God’s way is to work through hu-
torian. Josephus says that Sarah, the wife of Abraham, was man beings and not do everything Himself. Logic de-
WITHOUT MOTHER. Since this is a physical impossibil- mands that one or possibly more (though unrecorded)
ity, it cannot be taken seriously. Since she was a physical, righteous men were called to be a Priest and King as a rep-
literal woman, this statement must have a different mean- resentative of the Creator God -- and a TYPE of the Mes-
ing and significance. When one checks the Genesis record, siah to come. Yeshua DID NOT “pre-exist” his humanity,
no account of Sarah’s ancestors can be found -- nor of her he was NOT the Creator God of the Old Testament, and he
birth nor of the early days of her life. Paul, in the book of was NOT Melchizedek who gave a blessing to Abraham.
Hebrews, referred to Melchizedek in the same fashion as
Josephus did when referring to Sarah. She was without
mother -- that is, without parents as far as the record is con-
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The Berean Voice July-August 2002