Message Notes

THE HISTORICAL MELCHIZEDEK

1. King of Salem (Hebrews 7:1a)

2. Priest of the Most High (Hebrews 7:1b)

3. Meeting with Abraham (Hebrews 7:1c)

a) Abraham was returning from the slaughter of the kings

b) He blessed Abraham

4. Response of Abraham

a) He gave a tenth part (Hebrews 7:2a)

b) He regarded Melchizedek appropriately in so-doing

5. Description of Melchizedek (Hebrews 7:3)

a) King of righteousness

b) King of Salem- “King of peace”

c) Without father/ mother/ without genealogy

d) Having neither beginning of days nor end of life

6. Made like the Son of God

a) Points of comparison to be noted carefully

i) Royalty
Kingship

ii) Spiritual significance
Righteousness and peace

iii) Eternality
No beginning… no end

b) Melchizedek was compared to the Son of God

i) Note the reversal

ii) Melchizedek’s model… The Son of God

c) Melchizedek…

i) A type
ii) Jesus… the Antitype