Melchizedek's embassy to Abraham was the high priest and bread and wine established Abraham as the precursor for Jesus Christ. By a Covenant God ordained him as 'Thou art a priest for ever." The Spirit uses the tag 'forever' to establish the eternal priesthood encompassed both heaven and earth. The Covenant between God and Man ensured blessings from the greater to the lesser so Melchizadek was addressing the man. Bread and wine referred to his Son who was the Word which was God. Setting the Word becoming flesh the king of Salem validated Abraham as after his image and after his likeness. In heaven the last Adam as the lord from heaven set his envelope while Jesus as the word become flesh as 'the son' of Abraham.
It is upon this unity of the Spirit his priesthood worked. Thus God in a vision appears to him.'the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision' holds both heaven and earth alike.(15.1)
Abraham's immediate concern was something else," And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?" Now God insists the protocol 'how to approach God'. In v.9 God refers to the animals chosen were to be three years old. As with the tag,'forever' the number Three establishes that he was ordained as a priest in his Son.
9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
God caused a deep sleep in Adam "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:"(2.21). Here the deep sleep foreshadows the death of his Son. "And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him."(v.12) As a priest Abraham foreshadowed blessings of man in his Son.
Melchizedek's embassy to Abraham was the high priest and bread and wine established Abraham as the precursor for Jesus Christ. By a Covenant God ordained him as 'Thou art a priest for ever." The Spirit uses the tag 'forever' to establish the eternal priesthood encompassed both heaven and earth. The Covenant between God and Man ensured blessings from the greater to the lesser so Melchizadek was addressing the man. Bread and wine referred to his Son who was the Word which was God. Setting the Word becoming flesh the king of Salem validated Abraham as after his image and after his likeness. In heaven the last Adam as the lord from heaven set his envelope while Jesus as the word become flesh as 'the son' of Abraham.
It is upon this unity of the Spirit his priesthood worked. Thus God in a vision appears to him.'the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision' holds both heaven and earth alike.(15.1)
Abraham's immediate concern was something else," And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?" Now God insists the protocol 'how to approach God'. In v.9 God refers to the animals chosen were to be three years old. As with the tag,'forever' the number Three establishes that he was ordained as a priest in his Son.
9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
God caused a deep sleep in Adam "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:"(2.21). Here the deep sleep foreshadows the death of his Son. "And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him."(v.12) As a priest Abraham foreshadowed blessings of man in his Son.
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