The True Identity Of Melchizedek The King Of Salem As Revealed In The King James Bible • Now The End Begins

The True Identity Of Melchizedek The King Of Salem As Revealed In The King James Bible

We first meet Melchizedek in the book of Genesis at something called
the Battle of the Kings. This where Lot was captured and his uncle Abram
(God had not yet changed his name) goes to get him back. I love this
passage because you get to see the fire in Abraham, mounting up on
horses and calling his army of servant-soldiers together and they go and
bring Lot back by military might. This is where things really get
interesting.

by Geoffrey Grider July 30, 2017

The
righteous “king of Salem” who is presented in mystery, Melchizedek,
will one day rule openly as the King of all the Earth for a thousand
literal, actual years from Jerusalem.

“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram
of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the
most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he
gave him tithes of all.” Genesis 14:18-20 (KJV)

For some reason,
over my years in Baptist churches, whenever you brought up the subject
of who Melchizedek might be, it always seem to upset people. Most
pastors I knew would shy away from the topic because it might cause
“controversy”. (oh no, not that!). And come to think of it, I cannot
recall a single sermon devoted to who Melchizedek might be.

So I thought it might be both fun and edifying if today we opened the pages of God’s preserved word, the King James Bible,
to see if perhaps the LORD might talk to my Lord, and be pleased to
reveal to us the true identity of the mysterious Melchizedek. With that,
I have already given you Clue #1 as to who Melchizedek is.

The Mysterious King of Salem and Abraham meet

We first meet Melchizedek in the book of Genesis at something called the Battle of the Kings. This where Lot was captured and his uncle Abram (God had not yet changed his name)
goes to get him back. I love this passage because you get to see the
fire in Abraham, mounting up on horses and calling his army of
servant-soldiers together and they go and bring Lot back by military
might. This is where things really get interesting.

As Abraham returns from rescuing the wayward Lot,
he is met primarily by two kings. First, the king of Sodom, where we
get the words sodomite and sodomy from, greet Abraham, and also someone
named Melchizedek, who is the king of Salem.

Abraham wants nothing
to do with the king of Sodom, and gives him a fairly harsh rebuke. But
shockingly, Abraham, upon meeting Melchizedek, pays him tithes of all he
had. For further light on this, the story goes into detail in the book
of Hebrews, as we read here:

“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.” Hebrews 7:1-4 (KJV)

As you read the description of Melchisedec (spelling in Hebrews is different because it’s written in Greek),
who does this man sound like to you? He has no mother, no father, no
‘beginning of days’ and he is made like unto the ‘Son of God’, Jesus
Christ. Sure sounds like Hebrews is describing Jesus to me, right? Well,
hold on now. Not so fast.

Hebrews says that Melchisedec is “like unto” the Son of God, it does not say he is
the Son of God. For this reason, a lot of pastors I think shy away from
preaching about Melchisedec/Melchizedek because, even though he looks a
lot like Jesus, and Abram/Abraham pays him tithes like he would pay
unto God, the Bible does not expressly say that Melchizedek actually is
Jesus Christ. Right?

Boy oh boy, if only there was a verse or two or three, or seven, that plainly said Melchizedek and Jesus Christ were one and the same. Oh wait! (insert sound of screeching brakes here), what about Psalm 110?

Psalm 110, though only 7 verses long, is a marvelously mind-blowing passage for all the scripture it packs into it.

There is so much Bible action happening here,
almost don’t know where to start first. So let’s start with verse 1. My
King James Bible says that Psalm 110 is a ‘Psalm of David’, so we know
who wrote it. It would behoove you to also recall as we start that when
Jesus returns at the Second Coming with us on horseback, the Bible says
He sits on the ‘throne of David’.

“[[A Psalm of David.]] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” Psalm 110:1 (KJV)

In verse 1, we see the fully-capitalized Name of LORD
that denotes God the Father, and the capital-L Name of Lord, which
denotes God the Son, Jesus Christ. They are talking with each other and
having a conversation related to the Battle of Armageddon at the Second
Coming.

“The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.” Psalm 110:2,3 (KJV)

For you Bible believers who are ‘rightly dividing’ on a regular basis, this immediately brings to mind the following sister passages connecting this to Jesus Christ.

“The
LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem;
and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.” Joel 3:16 (KJV)

“And
he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from
Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top
of Carmel shall wither.” Amos 1:2 (KJV)

Connecting all these passages proves
that it is God the Father and God the Son conversing in Psalm 110, and
it also shows you that God the Father and God the Son are one in the
same. Both Joel and Amos prophesy regarding the Second Coming, and both
refer to Jesus as LORD, a term for God the Father. Blissful harmony.

But what about Melchizedek? Glad you asked. Back to Psalm 110 where we pick up the action here:

“The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.” Psalm 110:4 (KJV)

Here we have God the Father,
talking to His Son Jesus, and saying that He Jesus is a high priest
“for ever” after the order of Melchizedek. So are we to understand that
Jesus is just a high priest in this mysterious priestly line? No, we are
not. After all, Jesus came first:

“Who
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For
by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in
earth, visible and invisible, whether they bet hrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him,
and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things
consist.” Colossians 1:15-17 (KJV)

Let’s pause for a moment and remember where we started.
Psalm 110 show God the Father discussing the Battle of Armageddon with
God the Son, and it is recorded by the king of Israel, David. Let us
also remind ourselves how David and Jesus, two kings, are connected in
the Millennial Kingdom.

“And in
mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth
in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting
righteousness.” Isaiah 16:5 (KJV)

“And,
behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and
shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the
Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of
his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever;
and of his kingdom there shall be no end.” Luke 1:31-33 (KJV)

The throne that Jesus Christ will rule from
during the earthly Millennial Kingdom is called the ‘throne of David’.
David is a man after ‘God’s own heart’. Jesus will rule the world in
righteousness as David ruled Israel.

Psalm 110 gives of a complete picture
of God the Father sending God the Son, Jesus, to rule the Earth from
the throne of David. David is a witness to this conversation as he
writes Psalm 110, prophesying that one Day Jesus, his Lord, will rule
from his own throne.

Melchizedek is none other than Jesus Christ,
and the “order of Melchizedek” is a holy lineage that connects David and
Jesus, and shows us a direct pathway that starts in judgment and war in
Genesis 14, and ends in judgment and war in Revelation 19.

Still not convinced? Let’s let Jesus have the last word:

“And
Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the
scribes that Christ is the Son of David? For David himself said by the
Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I
make thine enemies thy footstool. David therefore himself calleth him
Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.” Mark 12:35-37 (KJV)

Jesus Christ sits on the right hand of God right now,
and the Day where His enemies are made “his footstool” is the Battle of
Armageddon at the Second Coming. And the throne that Jesus is given is
the throne of David. And the righteous “king of Salem” who is presented
in mystery, Melchizedek, will then rule openly as the King of all the
Earth for a thousand literal, actual years from Jerusalem. The day that
the King of Peace actually brings peace to the City of Peace, on David’s
throne. Complete harmony.

We hope this study is a blessing to you, keep looking up!



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