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11.2: "Who is Melkizedek? (Order, etc.)" cont
Between the references in the story of Abraham's rescue of his nephew and
the reference in the psalm, and the later references in Paul, there
was quite a bit of time, and history. By the time of Paul, Melchizedek
had long been a legendary figure who had become assimilated in gnostic circles
to the company of heavenly messengers.
There is a very complete discussion of the documents from which this
development can be traced in
Horton, Fred L.
The Melchizedek tradition : a critical examination of the
sources to the fifth century A.D. and in the Epistle to the
Hebrews / Fred L. Horton, Jr.
Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
1976.
For anyone who actually wants to have a good idea of how the tradition
developed, this is a good place to start.
LeGrand Cinq-Mars
rjb@u.washington.edu
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In article <26l5hj$h4f@panix.com> mgates@panix.com (Michael Gates) writes:
|...{in his introduction and}
|commentary on the text, Bieger A. Pearson has this to say: "In this
|tractate, Melchizekek's appearance in the endtime is tied to the
|career of Jesus Christ: his incarnation, death, and resurrection.
|In other words, Jesus Christ "is" Melchizedek! Such an idea can be
|understood as rooted in an interpretation of Hebrews 7:3. Moreover,
|the idea that Melchizedek is the 'Son of God' (i.e., identical to
|Jesus Christ) gained currency in some early Christian circles,
|particularly in Egypt."
There were other groups who though M was the Holy Spirit, and
some people thought there were groups who said M was The Father --
though they may have been misunderstanding what was going on.
--LeGrand
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The Urantia Book, for those of you who aren't familiar with it, is a book
composed of "divinely" written papers that were "bestowed" upon a human
contact person in the early 1930s for publication. This contact person who
just received these writings died without being identified so as to avoid
him being worshiped as most deliverers of truth have been throughout
history. As a side note: his identity may have recently been discovered
(in the past year), but I am not sure of this.
Anyways, with regard to Melchizadeck. The Urantia Book defines
melchizadeck as a generic term to describe a type of being sent usually to
inhabited world to help point them in the "right" direction. Machiventa
Melchizadeck, the Uranita holds, was the specific entity referred to in
the Bible. If fact, most of the references to "God" in the Old Testament
are really MM's words (or teachings). Machiventa Melchizadeck was one of
seven "bestowal" sons sent to deliver a message (along with Christ Micheal
(Jesus), and others). Since each time, the entity itself was later
worshipped and gained importance over the "Word" delivered, the "Overseers
of Orvonton (our super universe) decided to bestow knowledge in the form
of the Urantia Book (disconnected to a specific being).
This is how I understand the Urantia Book. However, as Kathy said it IS
HUGE!! So if anyone else out there has a different view of its message, or
regarding melchizadeck, post it!
Mark Christopher Roebuck,
mroebuck@mail.sas.upenn.edu
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