Melchizedek, Priest and King, Part 1: Identifying Melchizedek

MELCHIZEDEK, PRIEST AND KING
PART 1: THE IDENTITY OF MELCHIZEDEK
TEXT: Hebrews 7:1-10

SUMMARY: In Hebrews chapter seven, Paul takes up the deep subject of Melchizedek in a manner that, for the first time in Scripture, enables us to identify him, and to understand and appreciate his priesthood as a foreshadow of Christ.

I. THE IDENTITY OF MELCHIZEDEK, vv. 1-3.
A. Man, Angel, or God?
B. Melchizedek — or Another?
C. Attributes of Melchizedek.
-“King of Salem.”
-“Priest of the Most High God.”
-“King of righteousness… King of peace.”
-“Without father, without mother.”
-“Without genealogy.”
-“Having neither beginning of life, nor end of days.”
-“Abides a priest continually.”