What did Salem, or Shalom, mean, and what is it called today?

Les explains that the little-known village of Salem, or Shalom, means 'the city of peace,' and that it is what we now call Jerusalem. The man who came from there was Melchizedek, the high priest. Les reminds us that Melchizedek was a high priest forever, and that Christ is a high priest after the order of Melchizedek, not after Aaron, because Melchizedek was not a priest under the law or of the tribe of Levi but a priest of all, covering the whole spectrum of the human race. Thus Christ is not just the high priest of the Jew but the high priest of whomever we might be. Les also connects this to Hebrews 9, where Christ became a high priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, and he notes that early that Sunday morning, when Jesus would not let Mary touch him, he still had to immediately go into the very presence of the Father. Moses was given a pattern of the tabernacle in heaven when he was instructed to build it.