Melchizedek,
Priest of the Most High GOD,
and King of Salem...

"Then Melchizedek, the King of Salem, brought out bread and wine;
for he was a priest of the Most High GOD."
Genesis 14:18
Salem means 'Peace', so he was 'King of Peace'.
Melchizedek is the only person in the Old Testament to be both
a Priest and a King.
"Without father, without mother, without genealogy,
having neither beginning of days nor end of life,
but likened to the Son of GOD, he continues a Priest forever."
Hebrews 7:3
Melchisedek is a Christ Figure.

Jesus Christ is the only New Testament figure to be both Priest and King.
"...called by GOD a High Priest according to the order of Melchisedek."
Hebrews 5:10
"And He had on His garment and on His thigh a name written,
King of Kings and Lord of Lords."
Revelation 19:16
Melchizedek brought out bread and wine for Abram in Genesis 14:18.
This is a prefigurement of the sacrifice of the Mass where bread and wine
are transubstantiated into the Body and Blood and Soul and Divinity
of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 26:26-29
"Thou art a priest forever, according to the order of Melchisedek."
Hebrews 5:6
Written by Bob Stanley, August 28, 1998
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