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A priest in the order of Melchizedek
A king of Salem who was also a priest blessed Abraham with bread and wine. Hebrews says Jesus is a priest forever in that order, greater than the priesthood of the law.
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The text directly states this relationship.
Explicit in Scripture
New TestamentHebrews 7:1-3Open this recordRead the earlier witness
18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, 19and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. 20And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. Read the later witness
1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, 2and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” 3Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever. Why FaithGraph draws this line
Hebrews 7:1-3 parallels Genesis 14:18-20.
Hebrews retells Melchizedek's meeting with Abraham and says the priest-king, without recorded genealogy or death, resembles the Son of God, and reads Psalm 110 as making Jesus a priest in his order.
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The explanation above is FaithGraph editorial content, not Scripture.