The Order of Melchizedek

ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK

When I ask people if they are Christian the usual response is: Yes, I am (a member of such and such denomination), or I am a member of or attend (such and such Church or Fellowship).  On the surface, this seems fine. But what if I said I sit in my garage religiously for one hour every day therefore I am a car – is that correct? So, let us look at what Satan along with his “ministers of righteousness” and the “Heirlings” are trying to keep the Christians from understanding.

FIRST: The word Ekklesia (the called-out ones) is used 79 times in 80 verses in the original New Testament along with the “Body of Christ 69 times in 16 verses and the Bride of Christ 5 times in 5 verses” to specifically identify and represent today’s believers in Satan’s kingdom. There are five other identifications used for believers in the New Testament: family of God, house of God, God’s family, household of God, and God’s household. What is not normally explained to the believer is first these five include all of the angelic host as well as all the saints currently in heaven. Additionally, these terms are being used prophetically, theyspeak of the believer after they have died and are in heaven and have been wed to the Lord Jesus – Revelations 19:7. The Bride is not considered a member of the groom’s family until after the wedding.

Satan’s (ministers of righteousness – 2nd Cor.11:15, and the heirlings – John 10:12-13) have taken those five descriptive terms and have coupled them with “church” to take away the true understanding of the Ekklesia as we see in the excerpt on Denominations on the internet.

https://www.livescience.com/christianity-denominations.html

Followers of Jesus span the globe. However, the global body of more than 2 billion Christians is separated into thousands of denominations. Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Baptist, Apostolic, Methodist — the list goes on. Estimations show there are more than 200 Christian denominations in the U.S. and a staggering 45,000 globally, according to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity

Now considering only the 200 in America which ONE is the correct one, Jesus has only ONE body so how can all of them be his body in your location? In a search of the New Testament, we do not find a single one of them that God the Father has recognized, by name.  Also, all the books in the New Testament except for the Gospels and ACTS written to believer addressed them by their specific geological locations or cities – not any denominations, theological entities, churches, or fellowship names. Before going further I feel it will shed light on this by looking at how the Ekklesias is being viewed in heaven.

We begin with a proper understanding of our body and how it is composed. The human body has twelve (12) systems, eleven (11) are individual physical systems, each completely separate from the others in its function, but at the same time, each is totally dependent on the other ten (10) to live. They are skeletal, muscular, respiratory, cardiovascular, lymphatic, nervous, endocrine, digestive, urinary, integumentary (skin), and reproductive system (male/female); the twelfth (12) system is their spirit and soul. As the Born-Again believer, we are told that we are to live from our spirit with the Holy Spirit living in us to empower the Word by which we are born again, those who are not born-again (spiritually dead) live from their soul being led by the agents of the enemy (Satan).

Additionally, all men are created with five (5) sensory organs. While not specifically required for life as the other eleven are, they are given to allow us to experience God’s creation they are Ears, Eyes, Nose, Tongue, and Touch (sensory perception) throughout the body via the skin. In the Body of Christ, these organs are resented by the: Apostles (Ears), Prophets (Nose), Evangelists (Eyes), Teachers (Tongue), and Pastors (Skin), who help us to understand our world as we grow and mature “because of use having our senses exercised to discern both good and evil (Hebrews 5:14)”.

Now let’s see how Satan has been able to misguide and mislead. In scripture, the word carnal or carnality can represent everyday good emotional responses and actions, as well as bad motives, actions, or beliefs depending on which of the various Greek words is used and its meaning. For your study and review, I have prepared a list of the six different Greek words used. First, is its reference number found in both Strong’s Hebrew and Greek & Thayer’s Greek Dictionaries, then the Greek words (in blue), followed by their various meanings, and finally the scriptures where it is used.

• G2054 eris, contention, strife, wrangling, debate, variance, used in 1st Corinthians 1:10-13, Galatians 5:20   
• G2189 echthra or G2190 echthros, hostility, enmity, hatred, odious, arrogance, opposing God in the mind, a man that is hostile, a certain enemy – the devil, used in Romans 8:7, Ephesians 2:15-16 (twice), Galatians 5:20; James 4:4 
• G3784 opheileo, fleshly or natural items: such as food, clothing or money, used in Romans 15:2
• G4559 sarkikos, governed by human nature not by the Spirit of God. Including the idea of depravity or being unregenerate, used in Romans 8:5-8, 1^st Corinthians 3:1-4, 1^st Corinthians 9:11, 2^nd Corinthians 10:4, Hebrews 7:16  
• G4561 sarx, ”the animal nature” of man without suggestion of depravity, the physical nature of men subject to suffering, used in Galatians 6:8. Hebrews 9:10                                                               

The first place we see an example of human “carnality“ in the New Testament is with the Lord’s own disciples:

• Luke 9:46, 50 Then there arose a reasoning among them (the disciples), which of them should be greatest. And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great… Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbade him because he followeth not with us.  And Jesus said unto him, forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. 
• Matthew 16:6,11  Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees…How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 
  • 1) Leaven: In the Word, leaven refers to any kind of poison or manipulation. 
  • 2) Religious Leadership: Jesus spoke out against the different sects of the Sanhedrin, the religious leadership of that day. We need to address (anyone purporting a religious title of leadership in any carnal religious group or organization) that may be fostering, teaching, or spreading leaven among the flock, as the Apostle Paul instructed in 2nd Timothy 2: 25-26.
  • 3) Additional Scriptures: Mark 4:39-41, Luke 12:56; John 8:43-44, 1st Cor. 5:6-8 and in 2nd Cor. 11:13-15

When the Lord corrected His disciples here I really don’t think it was done nicely. I think his rebuke would have been very stern considering the carnality of their attitude and actions. This is a very serious issue, and it is at the very heart of what we find in the letters in Revelations 2:4-5, 14-16, 19-23, as well as Revelations 3:2-3, 15-17 written to the believers in various locations.  We must take seriously these warnings about this issue of carnality given by Jesus, and the Apostles Paul and James.

•  Matthew 7:21-23 “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 
  • Note: the word “knew” is used in the sense of a husband and wife in intimacy
  • Jesus is speaking Prophetically of when “believers” will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ in Heaven to receive either their reward or punishment.
• The “carnality mindset common to man” is addressed in Revelations 2:4-5, 14-16, 19-23 and Revelations 3:2-3, 15-17
• 2nd Timothy 2:15-17 Do your best to present yourself to God as an approved worker who has nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of truth with precision. However, avoid pointless discussions. People will become increasingly ungodly, and what they say will spread everywhere like gangrene. Note: Gangrene is the death of body tissue due to a lack of blood flow or a serious bacterial infection. Paul is teaching about the spiritual growth of the body.
• In Leviticus 17:11 we find that the life of the flesh is in the blood. So, as the “the Word of God is the lifeblood of Christ” what teaching are you applying to your life? You’ve received the lifeblood of Christ but are you still partaking of the leaven [carnality] contained in the teaching by men which can be as deadly as gangrene or a bacterial infection? Christians are to be a living fleshly manifestation of Christ here in this world having received His blood (the Word) not following the teachings of men as Paul warns here.

Review again the various Greek words for carnal or carnality the Apostle Paul and James used when faced with the issue of the carnality of the believer’s choices. Now, I am attempting to rewrite scripture, but where the Apostle Paul used individual’s names to reference “group(s), location, or titles for believers” (1st Corinthians 1:10-13 and 3:1-4) would we be wrong today replacing those names with Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Baptist, Apostolic, Methodist and could not one or more of these also apply to what James was addressing?  So where are you? 

Below is a word or phrase used throughout the Gospels and books in the New Testament referencing Born Again believers.  Not one of the writers of the letters to various locations in the New Testament directly referred to the believers as the ‘family of God‘, it is used only once in Ephesians 3:15 referencing all created beings in both Earth and Heaven, even the Angels.

• EKKLESIA: 79 times in 80 verses, Greek word – EKKLESIA (called out ones)
• Body of Christ: 69 times in 16verses
• Bride of Christ: 5 times in 5 verses: nymphet a betrothed girl; by implication, a son’s wife: – bride, daughter-in-law.

The Ekklesia the Body of Christ, which is the future Bride of Christ, are ALL THE SAME, separated only by spiritual maturity and at various locations geographically, but never functionally (Eph 4:11, Rom 12.4-8). 

This Ekklesia, the Bride which is the Body of Christ, will become part of the family following the marriage feast of the Lamb.  Until that time believers are to be a physical representation of the Body of Christ, being empowered by the Holy Spirit. 

All Christian Denominations and theological entities, and all independent groups profess to be the true representation of the Lord Jesus, yet not one is identified by name as the specific Ministry that God recognizes as the Earthly ministry that man is to use on behalf of the people as a Priest, as well as representing their divine legal authority as Kings on Earth as (Ambassadors for Christ) and function as a Prophet for the Most High God.  There is only one Eternal ministerial order identified by name over which Jesus is its appointed Eternal High Priest which God the Father acknowledges as the ministerial order He established.

• The Order of Melchizedek is identified specifically by Name in Scripture, twice in the Old Testament and five times in the New Testament, the only one over which Jesus Christ His Son, has been anointed and appointed by name as the Eternal High Priest. (Psalms 110:4, Genesis 14:18-21, Hebrews 5:10, 6:20; Hebrews 7:11,17, 21} This ministry is the only ministry established by God and recognized in all of the writings contained in the Dead Sea Scrolls and other accompanying Historical documents that make up the written history from the time of Adam through Noah, these documents or written accounts were carried on the Ark with Noah and his family for safekeeping.

Now the Lord Jesus said that if there is a disagreement between brothers it can be settled with one or the other having their point validated by two or three witnesses:

• Matthew 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established. 

Now, two areas in Scripture as well as an additional one, other than the Book of Hebrews, support the position that the Order of Melchizedek is the Order that God the Father acknowledges.

So, toward that end, first, the two Old Testament scriptures where the written record is found among the Dead Sea Scrolls and accompanying documents are validation of the Historical record used by the Historians and are noted specifically in Scripture.

1. Joshua 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the Ancient Book of Jasher? So, the sun stood still in the midst of heaven and hastened not to go down about a whole day.
2. 2nd Samuel 1:18 Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the Ancient Book of Jasher.

Today both are accepted by all Hebrew and Christian Theologians and bible scholars as authentic and therefore are accepted as FACT.

Now both scriptures use the Ancient Book of Jasher as validation, one the miracle of the Sun standing still, would it be wrong to use text found in the same book to clarify another Old Testament scripture?

Today in Genesis 14:18-20 we find the “oral testimony”, which Jesus characterized as nothing more than the traditions of men being translated by the Hebrew Sanhedrin, to meet their position, as follows: “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.” 

Note there is NOT a clear or specific name given to the man who is identified as king, why, because the men who rewrote this portion of history tried to infer or imply that his name was Melchizedek and conventionally left out of the text that Melchizedek was an ORDER not a man’s name – I wonder why?

The historical document about this meeting found in the Ancient Book of Jasher reads very differently: “And Bera king of Sodom, and the rest of his men that were with him, went out from the lime pits into which they had fallen, to meet Abram and his men. And Adonizedek king of Jerusalem, the same was Shem (Noah’s first-born son), went out with his men to meet Abram and his people, with bread and wine, and they remained together in the valley of Melech. And Adonizedek blessed Abram, and Abram gave him a tenth from all that he had brought from the spoil of his enemies, for Adonizedek was a priest before God.” (Ancient Book of Jasher 16:10-12). It should be noted here that in this account neither the name Melchizedek nor the title Order of Melchizedek is used, this is important because it was and is simply a continuation of an established Order.

Adam was the first King over the Earth, served as a Priest between God and the people taught his sons about sacrifice, and as a Prophet noted by the Jewish historian Josephus found among the fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Here Adam knew the World would be destroyed twice, once by water and once by fire but he did not know the order – “the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire and at another time by the violence and quantity of water”, Josephus Antiquities 1.2.3. Adam was followed by Cainan (2nd ), Enoch (3rd), then Methuselah (4th), and Noah (5th). Following the flood Noah and his family were the only living humans and his first-born Shem became the (6th), followed by Abraham (7th), and Issac (8th). Jacob was the (9th) and he was the one who by order from God divided the Order into three sections: King, Priest, and Prophet.

Now let’s look at the Hebrew definition of Melchizedek.  The Hebrew word “melek” means king and the Hebrew word “zedek” means righteous, so Melchizedek is properly translated as “King of Righteousness.” It can also be translated as “King of the Zadok priests” an Old Testament Priestly Order that will be re-instituted to serve as the Temple Priesthood during the reign of Jesus as King and Eternal High Priest of the Order of Melchizedek when He returns to Earth – Ezekiel 48:11

Jesus lived a sinless life thereby qualifying as the sacrificial lamb necessary to restore Adam dominion on Earth lost to Satan through Adam’s disobedience.

• Philippians 2:7-8 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 
• 1st Corinthians 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. (Here it should be noted that all of mankind will be accounted as being resident in either the first man [sinful] or the last man [righteous]). 

At God’s appointed time Jesus began His ministry, and the first Act was the reestablishment of the Order of Melchizedek, the only ministry established by God the Father. This required the fulfillment of three (3) separate individual acts all of which were accomplished at the river Jordan.

• Matthew 3:14-15 ‘But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be this way for now because this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” At this, John the Baptist (a Zadok Priest) permitted him (Jesus) to be baptized (ceremonially washed). (NOTE: This allowed for the fulfillment of the first two physical acts that need to be accomplished.)

1. Jesus, born of the lineage of David of the Tribe of Judah from which the Kings of Israel came and being clothed in righteousness underwent (ceremonial washing & blessing) thereby receiving Coronation as King, not just of the Jewish nation but over God’s creation, performed by a Hebrew Priest.  Only a Priest can carry out the Coronation of a King or Queen.

2. Simultaneously, they were fulfilling the directions given to Moss by God for the Ordination of Priest. John was (Ordaining) Jesus as a Priest, not of the Levitical order, but as a Priest of the Order of Melchizedek.  Only a Priest can ordain another Priest.

3. The third act for the fulfillment of all righteousness required for the re-establishment of the Order was Jesus receiving the Holy Spirit thereby becoming a Prophet.

• The Order of Melchizedek five (5) times in Hebrews 5:10, 6:20, 7:11,17; 21.
• High Priest seven (7) times in Hebrews as a Priest over His body 2:17, 3:1, 4:14, 5:10, 7:26, 8:1, 10:21.
• As a Prophet Luke 4: 18-19 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

With these three elements King, Priest, and Prophet once again being resident in a single individual the Order of Melchizedek was re-established and the Order of Levi its temporary replacement was laid aside.  Then we have God’s blessing of this event with His proclamation “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased”.

SO THE QUESTION IS: Do you side with the hundreds of carnal religious ministerial organizations which having been conceived in the minds of men, organized by man, and controlled by man for man, which NOT a single one who dared to proclaim Jesus as the “Eternal High Priest” of their Denomination, Theological entity, or “fellowship” because to do so would mean they were replacing God the Father as the ruler of Heaven by proclaiming their (ministry) as the one which will be the eternal ministry in Heaven.

Wouldn’t that be what Lucifer was seeking to do?

• Isaiah 14:13=14  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north, I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 

What was Adam doing that brought about their eviction from the Garden?

• Genesis 2:16-17  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
  • WHO added to what God had instructed > Adam.
• Gen 3:3  But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 
• Genesis 3:6  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her and he did eat. 
  • WHO had not even shown Eve the tree > Adam, wonder Why?
  • WHO tried to evade guilt by shifting blame, examples of carnality in man.

When you consider all of the various divisions, schisms, legalistic and theological differences, as well as all of the infighting and blatant unashamed open opposition they have towards one another is there any way there can be the unification for ministry we read about in Ephesians 4:11-16? Your perfect option is to seek guidance from the Holy Spirit about finding those in your community who chose to be members of the Order of Melchizedek and having Jesus as their Eternal High Priest, not following or belonging to a Denomination, Theological Organization, Fellowships, or independent ministry, designed and controlled by man.