Who was Melchisedec?

Scripture: Genesis 14:18-20, Hebrews 7:1-22
Who was Melchisedec? Where did he come from? Where did he go? We don't know much about him, but what the Bible does tell us reveals an extraordinary connection.
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2 years ago
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Focusedman
Melchizedek means "king of righteousness" and was king of Salem and a priest of God. Salem means "peace" as in Prince of Peace. Melchizedek like Christ is the only person referred to as both a king and a priest.
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8 years ago
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Anonymous
I believe that Melchisedec was The Word/ Michael/Jesus who took human form and made a "dry run" so to speak during the era of Abraham. I base this on what is said in the old and new testaments about Him.
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8 years ago
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josestirtabudi
Melchisedec was NOT Jesus. Such a view is un-founded and erroneous.
If he really was a theophany, it would have been mentioned as it was with every other theophany.
He is a typology of Christ, and represented in Scripture as such. Henceforth we know not his background, his geneology, his beginning nor his ending, despite being GREATER (heb 7:4-7) than Abraham, the Father of the faithful.
Being a typology means that he could not be that which he is pointing to, for that would be contradictory.
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Anonymous
I think he was Jésus-Christ, the god of the OT.
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3 years ago
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Pastor Jim
He was not Jesus Christ, he was only a very special type and figure of the Holy One, Jesus to come.

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