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THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK
(mel-kiz'-e-dek) or (mel-ke-ze'-dek)
The Order of Melchizedek is
a priesthood of individuals committed to
teach and/or heal the Human Condition as it emerges into the Age of
Aquarius.
Because we do not discriminate, everyone is welcome. There
is no bias with regard to race, gender or sexual persuasion
and many
of the world's religions are represented. There are no popes,
bishops, high priests or hierarchies of any kind.
HOW
we serve is through Free Will and Individual Expression.
WHY we serve is to aid transformation.
WHAT we serve is the
planet and all therein.
WHERE we go from here is to continue to renew our vow through the
practice of spiritual principles
on a day-to-day basis and in a down-
to-earth, practical fashion to KEEP IT SIMPLE AND KEEP IT SACRED.
Of the many
incarnations that "The Christ" assumed in order to serve
the human condition, one is Melchizedek, a totally balanced being---
as
a Priest and as a King--- and spiritually androgynous. Being
more "spirit" than "physical", he/she appeared on the Earth
without
a birth experience, wrote The Book of Job and the teachings on the
principle of "The Law of One". Upon completing
his physical work,
through true spontaneous combustion, he left the earth plane.
Melchizedek is beloved by many
faiths, as a great teacher and
prophet. The "School of the Prophets" and the Essence Order are a
result of his earthwork.
BIBLICAL
REFERENCES TO THE
"ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK"
(King of Righteousness) King of Salem (ie. Jerusalem, based on
several reasons
cf. especially Psalms 76: 2), and priest of the most
High God (Genesis 14: 1.8-20). "We view this man as Balaam is to be
viewed--a
kind of salutation", one who honoring God was honored by
Him, though not in the true line (see Acts 10: 35). In his
unaccountably
unique appearance, he becomes the antitype of the
undying priesthood (see Hebrews 5: 10, 6:20 cf. Ezra 2:. 59-62).
Early
ages invested Melchizedek with superstitious awe. A Hebrew
tradition holds him a survivor of the flood--the patriarch Shem.
Around
the fourth century, he was thought to be a Power, an
Influence, even the Holy Ghost. Some churchmen believed him the Son
of
God in human form; a Jewish opinion fancied him the Messiah,
Abraham, evidently accepting him as a true priest of God,
testified
to sharing a kindred, if not the same faith; paying tithes to him.
The greatness of his person is stressed
in Hebrews, in that through
Abraham Levi virtually paid tithes, admitting inferiority; thus our
Lord, "after the Order
of Melchizedek", (manner, likeness in
official dignity, as king and priest), was superior to Aaronic
priesthood.
Genesis
14: 18-20
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was
priest of God Most High. And He blessed him
and said "Blessed he
Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth: and blessed be
God Most High who has delivered
your enemies into Your hand!"
Hebrews 5: 7-10
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and
supplications,
with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to
save him from death, and he was heard for his godly fear. Although
he
was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; and
being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation
to all
who obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the Order
of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6: 19-20
We
have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that
enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where
Jesus has
gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for
ever after the Order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews
7: 1-17
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God met
Abraham returning from the slaughter of
the kings and blessed him;
and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is
first, by translation of
his name, king of righteousness, and then
he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. He is without
father and
mother or genealogy, and has neither beginning of days
nor end of Life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest
forever.
See
how great he is? Abraham, the patriarch gave him a tithe of the
spoils. And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly
office
have a commandment in the law to take tithes from people,
that is from their brethren, though these also are descended
from
Abraham. But this man had their genealogy received tithes from
Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. It
is beyond dispute
that the inferior is blessed by the superior. Here tithes are
received by mortal men; there, by one
of whom it is testified that
he lives. One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes,
paid tithes through
Abraham, for he was still in the loins of his
ancestor when Melchizedek met him.
Now if perfection had been attainable
through the Levitical
priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further
need would there have been
for another priest to arise after the
Order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the Order of
Aaron? For when
there is a change in the priesthood, there is
necessarily a change in the law as well. For the one of whom these
things
are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has
ever served at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was
descended
from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said
nothing about priests.
This becomes even more evident when
another priest arises in the
likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not according to a
legal requirement
concerning bodily descent but by the power of
indestructible life. For it is witnessed of him, "Thou are a priest
for
ever, after the Order of Melchizedek.
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