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Sabbath, September 11, 2010  - "Who is Melchisedec?"

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1 Timothy 4:1-2, "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;"

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Nehemiah 6:3, "…I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?"

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Hebrews 7:1-8, "For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth."

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king:
Strong's #04428
melek {meh'-lek} from 04427; TWOT - 1199a; n m
AV - king 2518, royal 2, Hammelech 1, Malcham 1, Moloch 1; 2523

 1) king

King
Strong's #935
basileus {bas-il-yooce'} probably from 939 (through the notion of a foundation of power); TDNT - 1:576,97; n m
AV - king 82, King (of Jews) 21, King (God or Christ) 11,

      King (of Israel) 4; 118
 1) leader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, king 

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1 Timothy 6:15 "Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;"

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Deuteronomy 33:27, "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them."

Isaiah 57:15, "For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones."

1 Timothy 1:17, "Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen."

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Hebrews 9:27, "..it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:"

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Hebrews 7:17, "For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."

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Hebrews 7:10, "For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him."

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LOINS = Strong’s # 3751 osphus {os-foos'} of uncertain affinity; TDNT - 5:496,736; n f
AV - loins 8; 8

 1) the hip (loin)
    1a) to gird, gird about, the loins
 2) a loin, the (two) loins
    2a) the place where the Hebrews thought the generative power (semen) resided

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Jeremiah 1:4-5, "Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."

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"In history and prophecy the Word of God portrays the long, continued conflict between truth and error. That conflict is yet in progress. Those things that have been will be repeated. Old controversies will be revived, and new theories will be continually arising. But God’s people, who in their belief in fulfillment of prophecy have acted a part in the proclamation of the first, second, and third angels’ messages, know where they stand. . . . They are to stand firm as a rock, holding the beginning of their confidence steadfast unto the end." -Christ triumphant p. 341

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"God has never left Himself without witness on the earth. At one time Melchisedek represented the Lord Jesus Christ in person, to reveal the truth of heaven, and perpetuate the law of God (Letter 190, 1905).

It was Christ that spoke through Melchisedek, the priest of the most high God. Melchisedek was not Christ, but he was the voice of God in the world, the representative of the Father. -(Review & Herald Feb. 18, 1890). {Bible Commentary Vol. 1 page 1093.1}

"The high priest was designed in an especial manner to represent Christ, who was to become a high priest forever after the order of Melchisedec. This order of priesthood was not to pass to another, or be superseded by another (Redemption: The First Advent of Christ, p. 14). {Bible Commentary Vol.7 page 930.12}

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John 1:18, "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him."

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“Who then is Melchisedec?”
She replied… “I will tell you who Melchisedec was.
He was the Holy Spirit, and a third person of the Godhead, who took the form of humanity, and represented the Lord Jesus Christ to that generation.” -
written by an SDA Pioneer, Elder George. B. Starr. Published by Elder Haskell in South Lancaster Massachussettes

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1 John 5:7, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."

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2 Peter 2:1-2,12 says, "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;"

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