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521 The Honor Due to God, p. 12.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… to Melchizedek, “the priest of the Most High God.” And from this Paul concludes that the priesthood of Melchizedek was far superior to that of Levi.
522 The Honor Due to God, p. 12.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… : The Melchizedek priesthood received tithes. Christ is now, our priest, but as he is “made a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek,” Hebrews 6:20; 7:21; Psalm …
523 The Honor Due to God, p. 13.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… to Melchizedek it is said that “he gave him tithes of all,” Genesis 14:20, the “all” referring to the spoil which he had captured from the kings. The remaining nine …
524 The Honor Due to God, p. 14.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… to Melchizedek. What does this show? It shows that Abraham regarded the tenth as belonging solely to God, no matter in whose hands it might be. The king of Sodom …
525 The Honor Due to God, p. 20.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… to Melchizedek, the priest of the Most High God. Under the Levitical law, the tithe went for the support of the tribe of Levi, who were engaged in work pertaining …
526 The Medical Missionary, vol. 13 August 1904, page 244 paragraph 1
… of Melchizedek. He is king and priest-king because priest, and priest because king. The two offices are properly inseparable. But God gives us the shepherd …
527 The Medical Missionary, vol. 13 August 1904, page 244 paragraph 2
… from Melchizedek? Everybody can. Nobody can dispute any person’s claim that he is descended from Melchizedek. He stands out as the representative of an individual …
528 The Present Truth, vol. 6 September 25, 1890, page 314 paragraph 8
… Unction; Melchizedek in Order; High Priest; Supreme Bishop; Key-Bearer of the Kingdom of heaven; Supreme Chief, Most powerful Word; Vicar of Christ; Sovereign …
529 The Present Truth, vol. 9 June 29, 1893, page 193 paragraph 7
… was Melchizedek, a king in the land of Canaan, and a priest of the Most High God, who was a greater man than Abraham, and whose greatness Abraham recognised in …
530 The Present Truth, vol. 11 February 28, 1895, page 135 paragraph 16
“Melchizedek in Order.”
531 The Present Truth, vol. 12 May 28, 1896, page 342
ABRAHAM AND MELCHIZEDEK
532 The Present Truth, vol. 12 May 28, 1896, page 342 paragraph 7
The brief story of Melchizedek forms a link which unites us and our times most closely with Abraham and his times, and shows that the “Christian dispensation,” so called, existed in the days of Abraham as well as now.
533 The Present Truth, vol. 12 May 28, 1896, page 342 paragraph 8
The fourteenth chapter of Genesis tells us all that we know of Melchizedek. The seventh chapter of Hebrews repeats the story, and makes some comments upon it. Besides this we have references to Melchizedek in the sixth chapter, and in Psalms 110:4 .
534 The Present Truth, vol. 12 May 28, 1896, page 342 paragraph 9
… , when Melchizedek met him, bringing bread and wine. Melchizedek was king of Salem, and priest of the Most High God. In this capacity he blessed Abraham, and to …
535 The Present Truth, vol. 12 May 28, 1896, page 342 paragraph 10
In the first place we learn that Melchizedek was a greater man than Abraham, because, “without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better,” ( Hebrews 7:7 ), and because Abraham gave him the tenth part of all.
536 The Present Truth, vol. 12 May 28, 1896, page 342 paragraph 11
… of Melchizedek.” Psalm 110:1, 4. And the name whereby He shall be called is “The Lord our Righteousness.” Jeremiah 23:6 .
537 The Present Truth, vol. 12 May 28, 1896, page 342 paragraph 13
… to Melchizedek, is that Abraham lived under the same “dispensation” that we do. The priesthood was the same then as now. Not only are we the children of Abraham …
538 The Present Truth, vol. 12 May 28, 1896, page 342 paragraph 15
… and Melchizedek for proof that the paying of tithes is not a Levitical ordinance. Long before Levi was born, Abraham paid tithes. And he paid them, too, to Melchizedek …
539 The Present Truth, vol. 12 May 28, 1896, page 343 paragraph 1
… to Melchizedek; the Melchizedek priesthood is a priesthood by which righteousness and peace come; it is the priesthood by which we are saved. Abraham gave …
540 The Present Truth, vol. 12 May 28, 1896, page 343 paragraph 2
… . Melchizedek came out in his capacity of king and priest, and Abraham recognised him as such. Note the connection in Genesis 14:18, 19 : “And Melchizedek king of …