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===There Is Much to Say About Melchizedek but Is Hard to Explain=== | ===There Is Much to Say About Melchizedek but Is Hard to Explain=== | ||
There is no objection that Jesus is the High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. The writer of the book of Hebrews wrote that Jesus is the High Priest in the order of Melchizedek, but he also wrote, “We have much to say about Melchizedek, but it is hard to explain.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Hebrews+5%3A11&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Hebrews 5:11 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> In Hebrews 7, Melchizedek is introduced as one without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life. | There is no objection that Jesus is the High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. The writer of the book of Hebrews wrote that Jesus is the High Priest in the order of Melchizedek, but he also wrote, “We have much to say about Melchizedek, but it is hard to explain.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Hebrews+5%3A11&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Hebrews 5:11 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> In Hebrews 7, Melchizedek is introduced as one without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life. | ||
{{quote5 |내용= This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. . . . Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever. |출처=[https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Hebrews+7%3A1-3&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Hebrews 7:1–3]}} | {{quote5 |내용= This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. . . . '''Without father or mother, without genealogy''', without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever. |출처=[https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Hebrews+7%3A1-3&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Hebrews 7:1–3]}} | ||
The record that Melchizedek was without father or mother, or genealogy is also a prophecy about Christ. It doesn’t mean that he literally had no parents or genealogy. It means that Christ, who is the reality of Melchizedek, is to be born as a Gentile under the parents who do not believe in God.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+12%3A50&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Matthew 12:50 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> However, although Jesus was a high priest in the order of Melchizedek, He was born in the tribe of Judah in [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+1%3A1-16&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Matthew 1:1–16 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> This is what was difficult to explain about Melchizedek in the time of the early Church.<br>The prophecy about Melchizedek, which was hard to understand 2,000 years ago through Jesus Christ alone, is the prophecy that [[Second Coming Jesus (Second Coming Christ)|Second Coming Christ]] will be born in a Gentile nation, not in Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Hebrews+9%3A28&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Hebrews 9:28 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> | The record that Melchizedek was without father or mother, or genealogy is also a prophecy about Christ. It doesn’t mean that he literally had no parents or genealogy. It means that Christ, who is the reality of Melchizedek, is to be born as a Gentile under the parents who do not believe in God.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+12%3A50&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Matthew 12:50 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> However, although Jesus was a high priest in the order of Melchizedek, He was born in the tribe of Judah in [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+1%3A1-16&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Matthew 1:1–16 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> This is what was difficult to explain about Melchizedek in the time of the early Church.<br>The prophecy about Melchizedek, which was hard to understand 2,000 years ago through Jesus Christ alone, is the prophecy that [[Second Coming Jesus (Second Coming Christ)|Second Coming Christ]] will be born in a Gentile nation, not in Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Hebrews+9%3A28&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Hebrews 9:28 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> | ||