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⭐️ Did Jesus Christ break the law?

Jesus Christ did not come to abolish the Law, that is, the laws of the Old Testament and the Ten Commandments. So why does he not ask Christians to act according to the Law, knowing that Jesus Christ did not tell his followers who believed in him to abandon the Law of Moses or the laws of the Old Testament?

Jesus Christ did not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it. He himself declared, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law… I have not come to abolish it but to fulfill it” (Matthew 5:17).

Christ did not compel Christians to follow the Old Testament Law, which consisted of statutes and rules that people adhered to out of fear of God or fear of the punishment for any violation of the Law. Rather, Christ wanted Christians to walk according to the perfect Law, which He fulfilled by His coming. This Law is embodied in love: God’s love for humanity, and humanity’s love for God and for one another.

Christ fulfilled the Law by completing the great act of redemption, putting an end to sacrifices through his own sacrifice—his death on the cross in place of sinners. As for the Ten Commandments, Christ gave them a new meaning and interpretation: all the commandments point to love. If a person loves God, they will not disobey His will. If they love their fellow human being, they will not harm them, violate their property, or infringe upon their honor. If a person loves themselves, they will not defile themselves with evil deeds and idle desires. Christ emphasized that God wants people to adhere to the principle of love, not to outdated laws, rules, or harsh rituals. In other words, people should not obey the commandments out of fear of God's punishment, but rather in response to the call of love and by living according to this love in their daily lives.

As for the commandments, Christ gave them new dimensions. For example, he explained the commandments in relation to the principle of love. He doesn't want people to simply obey the commandments as laws, nor does he want us to merely refrain from committing sin. Rather, he wants us to go further by not even thinking about sin in our hearts. In other words, it's not enough for our actions to be good; our thoughts must be holy, and our consciences must be pure and righteous. Christ referred to some of the commandments when he said, “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I say to you that anyone who is angry with his brother or sister will be subject to judgment” (Matthew 5:21-22).
That is, not only is murder a sin, but even anger without cause is a sin. In this regard, he pointed out that offering sacrifices alone does not atone for sins, but rather reconciliation with others. He said, “If you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar.
First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift” (Matthew 5:23-24).
Thus, we understand that purity of intention and a clean heart toward others, and reconciliation, are the foundation, not the offering of sacrifices. As for the commandment concerning adultery, Jesus said, “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:27-28).
With this, Christ emphasized that it is not only the act of adultery itself that is a sin, but even the mere act of lust is a sin, whether or not a person actually commits the act.
This is because every action a person takes is first planned in their mind before being carried out. As for love, Jesus does not simply encourage us to love those who love us, for that is self-evident; everyone loves those who love them. Rather, the important thing is for us to train ourselves to love even those who do not love us, even our enemies (Matthew 5:43-46).
This reveals the sanctity of Christian thought and the perfect Law, fulfilled by Christ, which believers in Christ should follow. For Christ added to the Law the teachings of love, forgiveness, brotherhood, and holiness. If we were to examine the Holy Bible in this regard, the matter would become abundantly clear.

⭐️Do Christians still respect and abide by the Ten commandments ?

Undoubtedly, Christians still respect the Ten Commandments because they are God's commandments. Christian teaching views the Ten Commandments as a mirror reflecting one's own sins. When one sees their sin, they should look to God's grace, love, and forgiveness, which He has prepared in Christ Jesus.
Those who believe in Christ Jesus should strive to follow in His footsteps and adhere to the complete Law.

The difference between the faith of Christians and the faith of believers in the Old Testament lies in the fact that Old Testament believers lived according to the Law, attempting to apply it literally.
They relied on sacrifices and burnt offerings to atone for their sins. There were religious, moral, and social laws, rituals, and traditions that believers were obligated to follow to please God. Believers in the New Testament, however, are not bound by these laws, rituals, and ceremonies. Instead, they are to act in the spirit of love that Jesus taught them, believe in Christ the Savior, and walk in His footsteps. Keeping the commandments, traditions, and rituals according to the teachings of the Old Testament is not enough for human salvation, because the Bible indicates that the Law requires perfection, and it is known that no perfect person can fully adhere to all the commandments without breaking one.
If a person breaks one commandment, it is as if they have broken them all. The Bible says in this regard: “For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at one point is guilty of breaking all of them. For he who said, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ also said, ‘You shall not murder.’ So if you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law” (James 2:10-11).

Since no one can keep all the commandments without breaking at least one, sacrifices were offered in the Old Testament. But Christ, by fulfilling the Law through the sacrifice of himself, abolished the covenant of sacrifices, and it is no longer necessary for people to offer sacrifices for the salvation of their souls, because Jesus gave himself as a ransom for all (Timoth 2:6).

Since Jesus Christ abolished the covenant of sacrifices, Christians do not offer the sacrifices that people offered in the Old Testament.
The Lord Jesus offered Himself once and for all as a pleasing sacrifice. In doing so, He offered Himself not only as a lamb to be sacrificed for the sins of Christians, but for the sins of the whole world. The Bible says in this regard: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). He abolished sin by sacrificing Himself (Hebrews 9:26). He also abolished the covenant of sacrifices forever (Hebrews 10:14). Therefore, salvation from sin in the New Testament is not through the offering of sacrifices and burnt offerings, but rather it is a gift from God, as the Bible says: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8).

These are the differences between the faith of Christians and the faith of believers in the Old Testament. Christians believe that a loving God justifies people through the grace He freely bestows upon all who believe. Christ, the incarnate God, is a gift from heaven to the inhabitants of earth, and His coming into the world was an expression of the holy God's love for sinful humanity and His desire for their salvation, as stated in the verse: “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). ✝️🕊

⭐️The place of the Holy Bible in our lives
Or does God speak to us in our personal lives only through the Bible?

The answer is in points that clarify our relationship with the Bible, its books, and the covenant of Judah.

⭐️First, the Bible is a faithful testimony.

1- The Holy Bible bears the complete, faithful, and true testimony of the apostles and prophets to Christ because it is inspired (carries the breath of the Holy Spirit): As the Apostle Paul said, “All Scripture is inspired by God” (2 Timothy 3:16)… And as he repeated several times: “This is a faithful word” (1 Timothy 1:15)
and as the Apostle Peter said: “For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21).

2- The only source of doctrine and teaching that establishes our relationship with the Lord in the Church,
as the Apostle Peter said: “And we have the prophetic word, which is more sure, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place” (2 Peter 1:19-20).

The prophetic word is proven because it is historically recorded for all ages and does not negate the personal relationship that exists between a believer and God...
This is not proven because it is not written as revelation and pertains to the person himself and his relationship with God...

There is no other source of doctrine... and any other source outside the testimony of the apostles in the Holy Scriptures is not a source of doctrine or teaching... but rather a mere opinion, interpretation, or clarification, and it is measured in light of the book, its context, and its meaning... everything attributed to the apostles or prophets outside the Holy Scriptures is not a source of doctrine or any church organization.

3- Useful for teaching, discipline, and rebuke to build a person in his relationship with the Lord: As Paul said… Scripture… is useful for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

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⭐️Secondly, the book is not a substitute for God.

But the Bible is not an end in itself to be worshipped or used as a substitute for God.

4- He is the map that draws the path for us to know Him, but the path itself is Christ,

as the Lord Jesus said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

5- The Holy Bible bears witness to life, but life is Christ Himself,
as the Lord Jesus said: “Search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life. And it is they that bear witness to me.

” The Scriptures bear witness to Him, but they are not life… but rather an invitation to accept life.

6- The Bible is not a substitute for the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives, because the Bible itself testifies to the work of the Spirit:

“ And it shall come to pass in the last days, that I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.” (Acts 2:17) This is what happened on the Day of Pentecost,

and the Lord Himself says, as the Bible testifies: “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak of himself, but whatever he hears he will speak; and he will tell you things to come.” …
The Bible testifies to the words of the Holy Spirit in the heart… And these words are not only for the apostles and the disciples… but for every believer in the Church.
Should we say to the Lord, “No… Do not let your Holy Spirit speak to us… because we will be satisfied with reading the Holy Scriptures?”

And the Lord said to his disciples (in revelation): “And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to defend yourself or what you are to say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what you ought to say.” Were these words only for the disciples in the first century or for the entire church? Or if for the entire church… How would the Holy Spirit teach them? Would He teach them to read a book before appearing in court? Or would He speak directly to their hearts?

And Paul confirms this (in the faithful testimony of the book)

And as for you ,
the anointing which you have received from Him remains in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you. But as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true and is not a lie, so you remain in Him…
“As this same anointing teaches you about all things.”...

The primary source of the believer’s heart is the relationship with the Lord... with the Divine Spirit dwelling within him.

And the Holy Spirit, to this day, moves our hearts and the hearts of those who accept visions, dreams, and comforting words... for the believer to grow and for the unbeliever to accept Christ.

7- The Holy Bible is not a substitute for the word of God to our hearts and His whispers in our ears.

The word of the Bible is general for the entire church, from which doctrine is taken
and does not deny the word of the Lord to every heart in prayer and in its relationship with Jesus,
because the Lord himself said:

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” (John 10:27)

He did not say, “My sheep read about me.” Whoever reads about Christ in the Bible and is satisfied with that will not be saved.
The testimony of the Bible must move him to open his heart and accept Christ within him through the Holy Spirit, so he hears the voice of the Lord in his heart and establishes a relationship with Him.

These special words and dialogue between the heart of every believer and the Lord Jesus are not a source of doctrine (like the words of the Bible)... but rather a life of faith.

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⭐️Thirdly, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Just as some may err who place their trust in human rituals and traditions (as I used to do) and add teachings that mislead people from the truth of Christ and from the simplicity of the relationship with Him through candles, incense, and icons, and they replace the Holy Spirit with oil and the Lord with bread and wine.

Some non-ritualistic brothers may also make mistakes and replace the relationship
They are with the Lord through the Holy Spirit in a relationship with the Bible. If you want to hear the voice of the Lord, go and read the Bible
. If you want to talk to Him, go and read the Bible.

If you cry out and He does not answer you, go and get the answer from the Bible.
The danger of this statement is that it almost negates the work of the Holy Spirit… and makes the relationship with the Lord = a relationship with a book… and not with Jesus Christ himself.

Thus, the book became a mediator for the Lord and not a witness for him,
and Christ was transformed into a book containing theoretical information that we struggle with ourselves to apply… and the Holy Spirit disappears from our lives.

I do not want to negate the importance of the Bible… God forbid,
for everything we receive in prayer we must measure it against the word of God in the Bible… because the word of God does not contradict each other,
so no one should think that a divine message came to him to kill so-and-so, or steal, or commit adultery.

Rather, the Holy Bible is a faithful witness to life with God and an accurate measure.

The Holy Spirit uses the Bible, uses all of life, uses friends and family, uses visions, dreams, and direct heartfelt words to nourish our lives with His life.

The ultimate goal is for us to be in the Lord and for Him to be in us, and for us to grow in Him.

Our relationship is with the person of the Lord, and the Bible is a witness… and we will go astray greatly if we read it apart from the Holy Spirit of the Lord.
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⭐️Quote : I and the Father are one (John 10:30)

Christ says with a full mouth, equating himself with the Father in essence, that he and the Father are one in (John 10:30)

Here the answer is clear: the Son and the Father are one in essence... Christ is God incarnate.
But some Muslim brothers try To mislead and saying:

In completing the chapter, Christ confirmed that he only meant what was said in the Old Testament: “ I said, ‘You are gods .’”

Therefore, he does not differentiate himself from the rest of the judges in the Old Testament (is this true???)

This is, of course, a Wrong interpretation because Christ does not equate himself with the judges of the Old Testament, nor does he say that he is like them. Rather, he denounces the Jews’ acceptance of the deification of those who accepted the Word of God (the judges of the Old Testament) and rejects the deification of the Word of God himself (Christ), who gave them this deification.

That is to sayHe denounces their acceptance of the deification of the image...and their denial of the divinity of the original.

Who is the original and what is the image?

Here is the text in the Bible and the reasons that lead us to accuse Muslims change of facts to mislead.  

 
⭐️First, the text in John, Chapter 10:

29 My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are one
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to throw at him ( the Jews knew that he was blaspheming ).
32 Jesus answered them , “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of them do you stone me? ”
33 The Jews answered him, “For a good work we do not stone you, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God.” ( Jewish scholars explain why he is a blasphemer .)
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said you are gods?’” ( Quoting the Old Testament on the deification of the judges )
35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came , and the Scripture cannot be broken,   ( the reason for their deification is their acceptance of the word of the Lord )
36 Do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, “You blaspheme,” because I said, “I am the Son of God.” ( Reprehensibility: Christ distinguishes himself from the judges, for he is the Holy One of the Father— the same word  .)
37 If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me. (Christ cites the fact that his works are the works of the Father as further evidence of his union with the Father and that they are one.
38 But if I do, though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in me and I am in him ( and again he confirms that he is in the Father and the Father is in him ).
39. Then they sought again to seize him, but he escaped from their hands. ( And again the Jewish leaders knew that he was blaspheming .)

 
⭐️Secondly, text analysis and response

1. First, the reason we call the interpretation on Islamic websites Not true and Misleading.
   Christ declared that he and the Father are one…

* According to the Christian interpretation , it is a declaration of His divinity and that He is the same essence as the Father.

* According to the Jewish interpretation, this is blasphemy, and that is why the holy text says that the Jews understood exactly what he meant and wanted to stone him: “Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him” (John 10:31).
(The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we do not stone you, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God.) (John 10:33)

At the end of the conversation, Christ confirmed the same idea by saying, “That you may know and believe that the Father is in me and I am in him” (John 10:38).

The Jews responded in kind: “They also sought to seize him” (John 10:39).

* According to the Islamic interpretation, this is also blasphemy... No prophet in the Quranic stories or in the Sunnah said:

I am one with God
There is the famous story of Al-Hallaj when he said that he was the truth... they killed him because by declaring this he equated himself with God... and this is an insult to the divine self in Islam... and for this reason, according to Islam also, Christ in our Gospels, when he said this, is an infidel who deserves to be killed, just like the Jews.
 
This leads us to a fundamental point... that this interpretation is neither Islamic, nor Christian, nor Jewish...so what???

It is a personal, Wrong interpretation invented by contemporary Muslims with a twisted interpretation of the holy text without any Christian, Islamic, or even Jewish reference ... simply to manipulate the minds of simpletons who frequent Islamic forums when they sing there and respond to themselves.

 
2) Is the denunciation of Christ a denunciation of his equality with the Father,  or is it a denunciation of those who accepted him for the deification of the image and the denial of the divinity of the origin?
 Christ denounced the Jews' attack on him, saying:

(I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these works will you stone me?) (John 10:32)

Was this denunciation to deny the accusation against himself and confirm to them that he did not claim divinity?
 …God forbid

Christ answers the Jews with the reasons for his denunciation of them.
(Is it not written in your law, “I said, ‘You are gods?’” If he called them gods to whom the word of God came , and the Scripture cannot be broken, do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, “You blaspheme, because I said, ‘I am the Son of God ’?”) (John 10:34-36)

From this text it is clear that Christ is clarifying three points:

-First , the Jews accept the Old Testament text regarding the deification of the judges.

-Secondly, the reason for this deification is their acceptance of the word.
 (If he called them gods to those to whom the word of God came )

-Thirdly, how can they not maintain the divinity of the Word itself (the origin and source of the deification of the judges)?
The Word of God was the reason for the deification of the judges because it is the source of deification and the essence of divinity.
Christ is the very Word of God that the Father sent to the world ( the Father sanctified him and sent him to the world )

(In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God .) (John 1:1)

If Christ does not denounce their understanding that he is God,  as contemporary Muslim try to portray him.

On the contrary, he denounces the Jews for their lack of logic.

And their acceptance of the deification of the judges of the Old Testament simply because they accepted the word of God ,
And their rejection of the divinity of the Word Himself whom the Father sent into the world.

How do they accept the deification of the image (those who accepted the word) and reject the divinity of the origin (the word itself) ???

This is Christ's denunciation.
That is why, at the end of the text, Christ returns to confirm the same message without denying his true divinity.
(That you may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in him ) (John 10:38)

 

⭐️Third, from the interpretations of the fathers
explanation Golden Mouth
What he says is :
Of this kind: “If those who accept this dignity by grace find no fault in calling They themselves are gods, How can one who has this by nature be rebuked? (Saint John Chrysostom.. from the interpretation of Tadros Yacoub Malti)
And so Irenaeus confirms: Athanasius said that it is a prophecy about the children of the New Testament, that we become children of God by adoption and thus Like gods, but Christ is the source of our deification because he is the very Word.

 

Athanasius's Interpretation
 
Athanasius : Wherefore He is very God , existing one in essence with the very Father; While other beings, to whom He said, ' I said ye are Gods had this grace from the Father , only by participation of the Word, through the Spirit. For He is the expression of the Father's Person, and Light from Light, and Power, and very Image of the Father's essence” (Against the Arians; Orationes contra Arianos)

Irenaeus's interpretation

Irenaeus : “But of what gods does he speak? Of those to whom He says, “I have said, Ye are gods, and all sons of the Most High.” (Psa_82:6) To those, no doubt, who have received the grace of the “adoption , by which we cry, Abba Father.” (Rom_3:14) (Against Heresies. BOOK III)

This is what our Gospel means, the one unity, with the Holy Spirit saying, prophecy about Adoption in Christ in the New Testament on the tongue of Asaph
: “ I said that you Gods and sons of the Most High, you are all.(Psalm 82:6)

What does the Holy Spirit mean? On the tongue of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament
: “ But as many as They accepted him So he gave them authority to They become children of GodThose who believe in the name of Jesus (John 1:12)

Everyone who They accepted The Word became children of God and deified through communion with the Godhead.
" By which I have He has given us the great and precious promises so that you may become like them. Nature's Partners Divine “Fleeing the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2 Peter 1:4)

But it remains Christ is the word itself that We were deified by it
Christ denounces the Ignorance of the Jews as well as the current Ignorance of the Muslims.... How do they accept the deification of the one to whom the Word came and reject the divinity of the Word itself?
as Muslims: How do they accept that the Qur’an is not created while Christ, the Word of God, is created? Christ is the complete revelation of the divine word.

No consolation for fools It would have been better for them to scold themselves, saying:
" How so? We shall be saved if we neglect such a salvation.“(Hebrews 2:3)

+ The peace of Christ is greater than all peace
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⭐️Why is Jesus Christ likened to Melchizedek?

-Question: From Paul’s letter to the Hebrews (Hebrews 6, 7)

6:20 Where Jesus entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

7:1 For this Melchizedek was king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.

7:2 To whom Abraham divided a tenth of everything (first being translated King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is to say, King of peace).

7:3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

7:17 For he testifies that you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Why is Jesus Christ likened to Melchizedek in these verses?

⭐️Reply:

First, Melchizedek is the king of Salem and the priest of God Most High. He was present in the days of our master Abraham.

As the Torah says, “Genesis 14:18: “And Melchizedek, our father Abraham, gave him tithes,

and the king of Salem brought out bread and wine, and he was a priest of God Most High.”

The Apostle Paul decides that Melchizedek is greater than our master Abraham because Melchizedek blessedAbraham.

His priesthood is greater than the priesthood of the tribe of Levi, which is the tribe of the Jews

, from whom came the priests who prophesied in the temple before the holy Ark of the Covenant.

Although the Melchizedek priesthood was not from the tribe of Levi, which is the Jewish tribe assigned to the priesthood

Here, Saint Paul compares Christ to Melchizedek in that he is from the tribe of Judah, which also does not have a priesthood. 

The story of Melchizedek in the Torah says that he offered Abraham “ bread and wine ” and did not offer him animal sacrifices as was the custom of the Jews.

Here it is a symbol of the priesthood, “ bread and wine, ” the Eucharist ( the sacrament of communion ), which Christ established.

Christ is also the “ high priest ” of the Church.

The Apostle Paul says about Melchizedek in Hebrews 7:3:

He has no father or mother, no beginning of days and no end. In this, he is like the Son of Man , who is Christ .

The phrase "without father or mother" means that he has no lineage in the priesthood .

That is, he did not receive the priesthood through inheritance, either from his father or his mother.

Thus, Christ also did not inherit the rank of priesthood from his mother or from his father Joseph

according to his human lineage, because Joseph was from the lineage of the tribe of Judah.

And Melchizedek did not inherit the priesthood because he was not from the tribe of Levi, from which priests descend by inheritance.

Melchizedek's days were before the children of Israel were divided into twelve tribes.

Therefore, the tribe of Levi had not yet appeared to serve as priests to the Lord before the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies inside the Tent of Meeting.

Likewise, Christ is from the tribe of Judah, which is not from a tribe that is exclusively for priesthood.

Therefore, Christ did not inherit the priesthood from his earthly parents, just like Melchizedek.

( He has no beginning of days, nor end of life ) meaning that just as Melchizedek entered the story in the Torah suddenly and left it suddenly

Without knowing the end of the story of Melchizedek in the Bible

And without the Torah telling us the beginning of his days or the end of his life

He only appeared at one time as a biblical character to deliver a message.

To be a symbol of Christ without knowing his history or lineage

Saint Paul cited the fact that his story, which was mentioned in the Torah, left the story of Melchizedek open at both ends ( its beginning and end ).

The origin and chapter of Melchizedek were not mentioned, so I consider that there is no beginning or end to his story in the Torah.

Even the days of the priestly service of Melchizedek mentioned in the Torah, we do not know when it began and when it ended.

It is a story that is exactly like the priesthood of Christ, whose priesthood has no beginning and no end.

Because He is the eternal heavenly King ( from eternity - and forever ) whose priesthood has no beginning or end.

Therefore, David’s prophecy about the priesthood of Christ that is to be in the Psalms says: (110-4)

( The Lord has sworn and will not repent, You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek .)

The Torah did not mention the story of Melchizedek’s father and mother, leaving it open-ended.

She did not mention that he descended from a priestly family. In this, he was like Christ, who came from the tribe of Judah, a tribe that did not have the privilege of priesthood.

Because the priesthood is for the tribe of Levi, which began with Aaron, the brother of the Prophet Moses.

Because the twelve tribes of the children of Israel in general had not yet been formed, and the tribe of priesthood in particular did not exist in the days of Melchizedek

The Torah in the Book of Genesis did not mention anything about Melchizedek except his position with our master Abraham only.

He was the first priest in the days of Abraham , and was taken as a symbol of Jesus Christ ( the High Priest ) before his incarnation.

Likewise, Christ is the founder of the priesthood in the New Testament, the covenant of grace, forever.

And as Melchizedek offered wine and bread to Abraham, which is a symbol of the body and blood of Christ in the Sacrament of Communion.

The similarity between him and Christ is that Christ, since he is the High Priest and the first founder of the Church through the Sacrament of Communion,

which he offered to his disciples at the last supper

This secret, consisting of bread and wine, is exactly like what Melchizedek offered to Abraham.

And as the Torah did not mention the beginning and end of the story of Melchizedek the priest

Likewise, the priesthood of Christ is eternal and everlasting, without beginning or end.

The Torah did not mention anything about Melchizedek's father, mother, or lineage.

In this, it resembles the eternal priesthood of Christ.

Because it is the priesthood of the greatest God and the greatest Creator, who has no father, no mother, and whose priesthood has no beginning.

Because Christ, as God, did not take his priesthood from humans.

Because Christ himself is the divine priesthood that he gave to humanity, and his priesthood is an eternal priesthood, that is, eternal and forever.

These are the few verses that came about Melchizedek in the Book of Genesis in the Torah.

Which Paul took to compare between him and the high priesthood of Christ.

It only mentioned a very small position he had with Abraham, and it did not mention anything else about the beginning and end of his priesthood.

Neither his father nor his mother nor the beginning nor the end of his life... He is in everything that the Torah did not mention about him

In this, Paul likened him to Jesus Christ (Genesis 14:18-20)

14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine, and he was priest of God Most High.

14:19 And he blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.

14:20 And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him a tenth of everything.

This is all that the Torah mentioned about Melchizedek.

Comparing what is stated in the Torah with Paul’s words in the Gospel to the Hebrews:

We find that what Paul means is the symbolic meaning that the Torah came with in its story about Melchizedek.

Paul took this open story, its beginning and end, from Melchizedek.

He likened it to the state of Christ, in that he has an open priesthood ( eternal – everlasting ), a divine priesthood that he did not take from a created human being, because he is the Creator.

Therefore, his divine priesthood was not inherited from his father or mother, because he is the Creator, and since he is an eternal God, he has neither beginning nor end.

The Torah also left the story of Queen Tzedek's life open from beginning to end.

It represents the infinity or eternity of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In this, the prophecy of the Prophet David in his Psalms about the high priesthood of Christ, which is a divine priesthood, is fulfilled:

( The Lord has sworn and will not repent, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” ) (Psalm 110:4)

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