Oceans are covered with rolling waves. Melchizedek helps us know why Earth has been covered with waves of peoples rolling over every land on earth for millions of years.
The first references to Melchizedek begin in Genesis 14:17-20:
17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
18 Then Melchizedek, King of Salem brought out bread and wine. (Only Catholics can see that Prophecy of Catholic Communion!) He was priest of God Most High; The First Catholic priest in Time and Space!)
19 and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.
20 And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
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St. Paul helps Catholics understand “The Melchizedek Theory of History” in Hebrews 7:1-21:
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1. This Melchizedek was King of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,
2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
3 Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
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The Written Record continues:
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4 Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!
5 Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham.
6 This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
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The Bible tells us that Melchizedek was more important than Abraham:
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7 And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater.
8 In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.
9 One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham,
10 because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
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The Bible asks the question about why God had to replace the Levitical priesthood:
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11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?
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Melchizedek laid The Foundation for God to take Human Form on earth, and fulfilled over 300 Prophecies, because there was “need for another priest to come, one in the Order of Melchizedek”.
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12 For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also.
13 He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.
14 For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that Tribe, Moses said nothing about priests.
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The old priests are replaced by those Ordained in The Order of Melchizedek in which Jesus is described:
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15 And what we have said is even clearer if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
16 one who has become a priest not based on a regulation as to his ancestry but based on the power of an indestructible life.
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The fact that Jesus replaced Melchizedek is shown in the Honor given to all Catholic priests for the past 2,000 years:
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17 For it is declared: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
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The clergy of many faiths are still angry about God’s replacement of the Levitical priesthood:
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18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless
19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
20 And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,
21 but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
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Jesus passed on The Power of Melchizedek to all who are blessed to obey His Church-Creating Word to His First Catholic Pope: “And I say unto you thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.”
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The History of Melchizedek continues until “Heaven and earth shall pass away”. May all be blessed to be as Catholic as we can before Judgment Day!
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Today’s Simple Rhyme: “Melchizedek lets us understand, / and be as Catholic as we can.”
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