Why is Christ called a priest after the order of Melchizedek?
Christ is called a priest after the order of Melchizedek because His priesthood is not based on the law of a carnal commandment but on the power of an endless life. Melchizedek was without beginning, end, genealogy, father, or mother, and Christ becomes our High Priest after that eternal order.
Les explains that Melchizedek was the high priest of all, before Israel was even a nation, and that after the order of Melchizedek another priest arises—not made after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. That priest is the Christ. In His eternalness and omnipotence, Christ is a priest after the order of Melchizedek, who was without beginning and without end, without genealogy, without father and without mother. It is after that order that Christ now becomes our High Priest. Les then points to John’s Gospel chapter 20, the resurrection morning, where Mary Magdalene found the tomb empty and ran to tell Peter and John. When they saw the empty tomb and the evidence that He must have been supernaturally raised from the dead, they for the first time believed and understood the Scriptures.
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
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What does the Bible say about Melchizedek that makes his priesthood unique?
Melchizedek's order of priesthood is described in the text as having no beginning, no end, no genealogy, and no father or mother.