Melchizedek was the priest-king of Salem (later Jerusalem) when Abraham was wandering the land.
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A puzzling man
Melchizedek was the priest-king of Salem (later Jerusalem) when Abraham was wandering the land.
Anchored
Abraham started life not knowing God. But in his later years, God called this elderly, childless man to move to Canaan where he would be blessed with family and home. Yet having given Abraham a son – Isaac – God then demanded him back via sacrifice
Apostasy
The writer of Hebrews has passionately encouraged his Christian friends in Jerusalem not to turn away from Jesus for salvation. If they do they will harden themselves, and lose everything.
Don’t go back to basics
Hebrews was written to exhort Jewish Christians living in first century Jerusalem not to let their faith in Christ be overtaken by their native Judaism.
Are you still a baby?
Hebrews addresses Jewish Christians who ought to be teaching their fellow Jews in Jerusalem all about Christ’s fulfilment of the Old Testament.