Friday, May 28, 2021

JESUS AS THE BODY OF MELCHIZEDEK - Part 1 of 2

   After God made the Covenant with Abram, all “hell” broke out in the Promised Land. Holy land was defiled by the kings of many cities. “They” took Lot, Abram’s nephew, who by that time resided in Sodom. “They” are an alliance of pagan nations that followed Chedorlaomer the king of Elam. That king of kings was “the servant of Lagamar, a high goddess of the Elamites (Wikipedia; “Chedorlaomer”). She would have been “goddess of gods” in the Elamite pantheon.

  Just who were the Elamites? Elam was the eldest son of Shem.  [i]  By that time Elamites had settled the Indus River Valley, and their language was perhaps Dravidian, according to linguists. If that is true, it is likely that Elamites came from the area now in and around Khuzestan Province of Iran. (See figure #1).

 


Figure 1: Elam Map – Wikipedia

  With that background, the “King of kings” came from the East, as kings would do so much later to honor Jesus. However, this “King” would come to dishonor the God of Abram!

  The question is: Was Jesus there to be diminished? Did the king of kings from the East come to show Jesus just who is king of the Jews (Shemites/Semites)?  Was this a battle between spiritual forces — Lagamar against Melchizedek to be the god of Abram and Lot? The name “Lagamar” means “no mercy” (Behind the Name).  

  In ancient times, wars were for two reasons: (1) to demonstrate which king had more power, and (2) to show which god was mightier. As such, Lagamar, through Chedorlaomer would represent unmerciful Satan and Melchizedek, representing the Merciful God, who had grace on Abram in his battle with Chedorlaomer and cohorts.

  Lagamar would be goddess in this war and Melchizedek, the God of Peace. Now for the key verses: 

18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.” 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.” 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich…” (Gen 14:18:23) 

  Many theologians suggest that Melchizedek is pre-incarnate “Jesus” because he was King of Salem (King of Peace). Others say that he was a mere priest. Sacred literature, depending on the source, lists different lineages. Indeed, Melchizedek seems to be without known parents!

  Let us examine just who is this “man:” From the key verses, he said, “Blessed be Abram.” Melchizedek blessed Abram. Theologians call blessings “beatitudes.” Jesus blessed “the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Mat 5:3).

  Melchizedek blessed Abram, “possessor of heaven and earth.” Obviously losing his brother would make Abram “poor in spirit.”

  Jesus said, “Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted” (Mat 5:4). Melchizedek showed up after the battle to do what? Comfort Abram. He served Abram bread and wine, then blessed him!

  Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth” (Mat 5:5). Guess what God had just done? He had made the Covenant to deed the most precious earth anywhere to Abram. Not only that, but Abram understood that he would inherit heaven as well!

  Jesus said, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Mat 5:6). And what did Melchizedek do for hungry and thirsty Abram? He fed him with the Body and Blood from Himself with the wine and bread.

  Jesus said, “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy” (Mat 5:7). What had Abram done? He shared the inheritance with Lot. Then, Abram rescued Lot. If he had not, then all the inheritance would have been his! Because Abram was merciful, God had mercy on Abram. The Covenant was secured. The Promised Land would not belong to Chedorlaomer but to Abram.

  Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God” (Gen 5:8). Abram was pure in heart. He destroyed the pagan gods of Terah, his father, because they dishonored God. Then what happened in return? Abram saw God! He saw God in the flesh, and then God in the Flesh, served him.

  That is amazing… Jesus was there all the time, then showed Himself as the Maker of Peace. He Comforted Abram in battle in Spirit, then He came in the Flesh to Comfort him so that Abram could see God!

  Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” (Mat 5:9). Abram made peace, and as such, God heired him His Kingdom. Abram, when the Covenant was made, was deemed a child of God, then God came down from the Place of Peace (Salem) [1] and blessed Abram. Abram was “born again” when he trusted God, then was “baptized” by God in the Flesh. His baptism was the blessing by the Hand of God, just as ours is today. At his “baptism” God served Abram the Body and Blood of the Messiah just as Jesus would with the Crucifixion.

  Jesus said, “Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Mat 5:10). What was in store for Abram. The kings came from all around, as far as Elam, to persecute him and his family. What was for “righteousness sake?” Abram was the rightful heir to the land, and Chedorlaomer a mere interloper. He was a type of Lucifer who always had his eyes on heaven and earth as his. [ii]

  There it goes again; a battle between “Satan” and “Jesus” for the Heaven and Earth! It would continue much later with Judas’s (with Satan in him) persecution on Jesus.

  Jesus said, “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake” (Mat 5:11). In essence, according to the formats of ancient wars, Chedorlaomer was declaring that his goddess was mightier than God. He was mocking the Name, “Jesus,” by declaring the name, “Lagamar.” Abram was fighting for his God more so than for himself. He won the battle for living souls because Chedorlaomer had insulted the Name of his God. His God was then called “Melchizedek,” meaning “King of Righteousness” (Abarim Publications).

  There it is: The King of Unrighteousness in a spiritual battle with the King of Righteousness – the arrogant king of kings against the humble King of kings, “Jesus.”

  Then Jesus even referred to Abram but not by name: “Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you” (Mat 5:12). Abram was a prophet. He demonstrated that when he was willing to sacrifice his only remaining son, just as God would do two millennia later. He saw “Jesus” in the Flesh in the form of Melchizedek, then later, when he came to sacrifice Isaac, he would see that Spirit of that “Man” pouring out of the Body of Jesus on the Cross.

  When Melchizedek “blessed” Abram, blessings are “bliss.” It was not the land of milk and honey, but the heavenly Paradise that Abram would inherit. Abram’s reward was in heaven.

  During the ministry of Christ, he told the story of the rich man and Lazarus. The poor, humble man, Lazarus, was in Abraham’s Bosom. [iii] Now, that should make sense as the key verses say, “Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth.” Paradise is “Abraham’s Bosom” because he is the possessor of heaven and earth. Abram possessed the Paradise on Earth and had the legal “deed” and when he died, that “deed” was transferred and transmitted to heavenly Paradise.

  Lot was safe in Abram’s bosom on Earth, and Lazarus still is in the Paradise of Heaven!

  Lastly, Jesus said, “Ye (the blessed) are the salt of the earth” (Mat 5:13). What had God made the seed of Abram? “I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth” (Gen 13:16). Jesus was blessing those bound for Abraham’s Bosom just as he had blessed Abram long before! In other words, the beatitudes were left over from Melchizedek’s blessing to Abram. God is dependable and trustworthy; what He did for Abram, He shall do for all the righteous!

  One last mention: Abram, referring to God, said, “I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet.” Does that ring a bell? It should! John the Baptist said this about Jesus:

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; 27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. (John 1:26-27)

  Therein, John the Baptist indicated that water is ineffective. What would be? The wine and bread (Blood and Body) that Melchizedek served Abram. That was the blessing that kept Abram safe from Satan in Chedorlaomer. Abram was baptized by the Body and Blood of the King of Peace. That remains effective to this day! 

This is getting lengthy, so I will continue it tomorrow.

 


[1]  Most theologians take “Salem” as Jerusalem. “Salem” means “Peace” but Jerusalem, “the foundation of peace.” With that said, Melchizedek, in my opinion, was King of Salem in Heaven, or New Jerusalem, and came down, not from the Jebusite City, but the City of God in Paradise.



[i] Gen 10:22

[ii] Isa 14:12-14

[iii] Luke 16:22

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