Search for: melchizedek
481 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 …
482 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 …
483 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 …
484 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 …
485 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 …
486 The Present Truth, vol. 11 February 28, 1895, page 135 paragraph 16
“Melchizedek in Order.”
487 The Present Truth, vol. 12 May 28, 1896, page 342
ABRAHAM AND MELCHIZEDEK
488 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.
489 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 .
490 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 …
491 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.
492 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 .
493 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 …
494 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 …
495 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 …
496 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 …
497 The Present Truth, vol. 12 July 9, 1896, page 433 paragraph 7
… of Melchizedek.” Hebrews 6:13-20 .
498 The Present Truth, vol. 12 July 9, 1896, page 434 paragraph 3
… of Melchizedek. Therefore that oath was the same as the oath that made Christ priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. This is clearly set forth in the …
499 The Present Truth, vol. 12 July 9, 1896, page 434 paragraph 4
… of Melchizedek was the oath by which He is made surety of a “better covenant,” ( verse 22 ) even the new covenant. But the oath by which Jesus was made priest after …
500 The Present Truth, vol. 12 December 3, 1896, page 771 paragraph 7
… of Melchizedek.” The Lord has said of “the Man whose name is The BRANCH,” that “He shall build the temple of the Lord; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule …