The Priesthood

THE PRIESTHOOD

This study is on the Priesthood. It covers all three priesthoods as well as the counterfeit priesthood. The three priesthoods are of a Patriarchal Order, the Levitical Order, and the Order of Melchizedek, which is pronounced Melchi-Zedek.

I have always been interested in who Melchizedek is. I've prayed for knowledge on this subject and the information I am about to present is based on what I could find, what I can prove, and what I believe the Holy Spirit has shown me and guided me through. I am not claiming that my opinion on Melchizedek is right and all other opinions are wrong. I will not support division among kinsmen over differences in understanding of this subject. It's one of those doubtful disputations because no one can be certain who Melchizedek is.

“It is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” -Aristotle

This study is based on what I have found and pieced together, and I am presenting this information and connecting the dots according to my understanding of who Melchizedek is. So here we go. And please feel free to email me and let me know what you think. (Links and email at end of document)

If I'm wrong, I'm wrong and will adjust accordingly.

My intentions are to share, teach and edify in love and respect.

Again, I want to be clear that I am not claiming my understanding of Melchizedek is the definite answer, I am simply presenting what I believe to be the closest possible answer, based on all the information I could find and put it together to reveal the picture of the puzzle. ​​ 

I would say that I am 80-90% sure about the 'Mystery of Melchizedek'.

This study will shine a light on the three stages of the office of the Priesthood. It includes the Order of Melchizedek, which began as a Patriarchal Ministry starting with Adam. The next stage in the Order of Melchizedek is the Ministry of the Levitical Priesthood, which began with the sons of Levi. The final stage of the Order of Melchizedek was assumed by Christ our High Priest.

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The last part of this study deals with the infiltration of the Edomite Jews into the second stage of the priesthood, which was the Ministry of the Israelite Levitical priesthood. We will also see some very important details that transpired during the last days of the Levitical Priesthood, which had become corrupted and taken over by Edomite Jews, which was made void, and how  ​​​​ Yahshua Messiah became High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek. Very exciting stuff, I encourage you to give this presentation a fair shake, there are so many treasures and clues and factoids that will really make you appreciate the marvellousness of Yahweh's plan and Order.

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This is a confusing topic for many people, scholars, preachers and researchers. Please examine this whole study before you choose to agree or disagree, because there are many things going on here. One mistake is assuming David was in the order of Melchizedek from the passages in Psalm 110, which is a Psalm of David, stating Yahweh's oath, which is a prophecy of Christ and not of David. David was simply instructed and chosen by Yahweh to re-institute the Levitical priesthood according to the pattern instructed by Yahweh for the Levites during their training in the wandering in the wilderness, which they strayed from during the time of the Judges.

Another bit of confusion comes from going by the Masoretic timeline as opposed to the original timeline found in the Septuagint. The Masoretic texts are a deliberate modification done by the Jews in order to shave off about 1380 years, for anti-Christian theological reasons, one of which then argues that Christ could not be the Messiah. The book of Jasher is Israelite literature, and quite accurate and fills in a lot of history and important details and events which the bible leaves out. The major flaw of the book of Jasher is the timeline is skewed, because it was tampered with to fit the Masoretic agenda. For example, because of this, many believe that Shem was alive when Abraham lived. This is impossible because Shem would have been 1230 years old at the birth of Abraham. Shem lived 600 years. Another note, is that the KJperVersion is a version from the Masoretic texts.

Also, the priesthood had 3 separate stages which started from Adam and continues into the everlasting Kingdom and reign of Yahshua.

If I only had one sentence to explain the Order of Melchizedek to you, it would go like this:

The Order of Melchizedek is a 3 stage order which began with Adam, a Patriarchal Ministry passing on to the eldest son in each generation until the time of Abraham where the order then was passed on to the office of the Levites, a tribe of priests which ministered to all the tribes of Israel, and then, upon His sacrifice, Yahshua Messiah assumed the Office and Order of Melchizedek from henceforth...forever.

Now, I am going to explain the Order of Melchizedek, ...as if I only have 10 minutes to do so.

I want you to have an idea of what is going on before we get into the study, research, verses, and references.

If you can stick with this study to the end, the information provided should clear up the confusion and bring to light the Mystery of Melchizedek. Here we go!

Yahweh's plan is to have His Kingdom built here on earth.

Psalm 25:13 ​​ (The man that reveres Yahweh) His soul shall dwell in prosperity; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

37:9 ​​ For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon Yahweh, they shall inherit the earth.

37:11 ​​ But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Matthew 5:5 ​​ Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 6:10 ​​ Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

24:46 ​​ Blessed is that servant, whom his master when he cometh shall find so doing.

The angels were appointed to be superintendants of the earth. To govern the creation, keep it in order, and to preach righteousness and be in constant reverence to the Creator.

The angels failed. A ​​ 1/3 of the angels rebelled against Yahweh and formed abominable things with His creations. Yahweh cast Satan and his angels down to the earth where they are reserved for judment.

Revelation 12:7 ​​ And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

12:8 ​​ And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

12:9 ​​ And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Luke 10:18 ​​ And He said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

10:19 ​​ Behold, I give unto you power (authority) to tread on serpents (ophis-the counterfeit race and their Luciferian doctrine) and scorpions (scattered venom of 33,000 denominational 'church' versions of the gospel), and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.  ​​​​ (Psa 91:13)

The angels were fired and removed from their duty.

The earth needed a superintendant.

This is reminiscent of the parable in Matthew chapter 21. Yahweh being the Householder and our Adamic race being the vineyard. The husbandman were to tend the vineyard. The Priesthood would be the husbandman which were to cultivate the fruits of the vineyard. Which they did, but the unrighteous priests took advantage of the servants, they even killed the Son of the Householder of the vineyard.

Well, before we were born on the earth, we were in the heavens with the Father. So the Father sent His son Adam to be the new superintendant of the earth. This was the first Adam, spoken of in 1Corinthians 15:45, a living soul.

Adam was clothed in Shekinah Glory, doing a great job as new superintendant, cultivating the garden, dressing and keeping it, freely eating of it, naming all the animals. Life was grand, and Yahweh gave Adam a bonus. A woman taken from his own DNA to be his helper in his own likeness. But everything was about to change, when Eve, and himself, sinned. They lost their Shekinah Glory and became mortal once again. Yahweh was very upset, but He did not fire Adam from being superintendant.

As a result of their sin, they were banned from the Garden, and sent into the world to start the test called mortal life.

Now Adam and Eve were the only Adamites among all Adamkind that were born from above. They had Yahweh's DNA and were His literal children in flesh and blood, born from above, with Yahweh's Spirit.

Adam's job was to teach his children after him about Yahweh and His creation. To teach them to be righteous. To teach them their Set-Apart heritage and The Way.

The Bible is the book of the generations of Adam (Gen 5:1). Within the Spirit-endowed race of Adam is a traceable patriarchal line of descendants that lead to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Jacob's name was changed to Israel and through his twelve sons came our forefathers and our Kinsman Redeemer Yahshua Christ.

So naturally, since we are a kingdom of priests, a holy set-apart nation, there would be a need for a Priesthood.

Yahweh gave His children laws to follow, which result in blessings and a passing grade for this mortal test, which results in a resurrection unto eternal life and the placement of sons/daughters in the Kingdom.

When His children fail to follow His laws and they stray from The Way, repentance is required and atonement must be made. This is what a priesthood is for. They were mediators.

The priesthood of men were just mortal men. They had to offer their own sacrifices and be cleansed of their own errors before they could offer atonement for the people. The atonements made were for that year. The blood of animals cannot absolve sin. It is only a temporary covering over of sin. Atonement was made yearly.

The Priesthood went through three separate stages, and they demonstrate that men, or a priesthood of men, can never make anyone perfect. Can never absolve sin. And can never remain righteous.

But the idea is to try. This test of life is to constantly, consciously, and sincerely strive for righteousness.

Philippians 3:14 ​​ I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Yahshua.

1Timothy 2:4 ​​ Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

2:5 ​​ For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Yahshua;

2:6 ​​ Who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be witnessed in due time.

Yahweh's plan is to have His children live righteously and do right-ruling.

In Yahweh's Kingdom there will be only Righteousness. A Kingdom of priests, a holy nation, an eternity of righteousness. To accomplish filling the Kingdom with righteous children, they must first be taught righteousness.

Adam was set as King of the Earth, he was given the dominion by Yahweh. Adam and his children after him are to build the Kingdom.

Adam was the first Preacher of Righteousness. A King of Righteousness. ​​ A Priest in the Order of Melchizedek.

Melchizedek is from two Hebrew words that mean King ​​ and ​​ Right. Melek, king. Tsedeq, justice, rightness, righteousness. King of Right.

Adam was obviously the first in the Order of Melchizedek.

The second in the Order of Melchizedek is Adam's eldest son, Seth. Abel was murdered by his half-brother Cain son of Nachash. Cain was the first Jew. The son of that wicked one.

Seth assumed the title of Melchizedek when Adam died.

When Seth died, his son Enos became Melchizedek.

This was the Order of the Melchizedek Priesthood. A Patriarchal Minister to the family of Adam. The eldest son in the line of Seth assumes the Office of Melchizedek.

Enos, son of Seth dies and his son Cainan is the fourth in the Order of Melchizedek.

Cainan dies and his son Mahalaleel becomes the fifth High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek.

Jared, son of Mahalaleel is the sixth in the Order.

Jared's son Enoch is taken up by Yahweh before his father Jared dies, so the Order skips Enoch and Enoch's son Methuselah becomes the seventh in the Order of Melchizedek.

Lamech was Methuselah's son, but Lamech died before his father Methuselah, so Lamech's son Noah was the eighth Preacher of Righteousness in the Order of Melchizedek as attested in 2Peter 2:5.

Noah was not the eighth person, he was the 10th patriarch from Adam. Noah was the eighth in the Order of Melchizedek.

Noah and his family at that time were the only righteous people in the land.

All the sons of Adam did not remain righteous. They adopted the ways of Cain and his sons and mingled with them until there was no remedy, so Yahweh sent the rain and broke the fountains of the deep and flushed the land by water.

A new start, and a continuation of the line of Adam and his sons through Noah the eighth Preacher of Righteousness. The Kindom building must continue.

Noah's son Shem was Melchizedek when his father died, becoming the ninth in the Order.

Shem is the line from whom we Israelites descend from. Shem's son Arphaxad assumes the Office as the tenth Preacher of Righteousness. His son Kainan is the eleventh. Kainan's son Salah becomes the twelfth and his son Eber, father of the Hebrews, becomes the thirteenth in the Order of Melchizedek.

Eber's son Peleg dies before his father, so Peleg's son Reu becomes the fourteenth Preacher of Righteousness.

Reu's son Serug, his son Nahor I, and his son Terah are skipped because they were idolators.

Terah was the father of Abraham, Haran, and Nahor II. There are two Nahors. Terah's father Nahor the elder, and Terah's son Nahor the younger.

The Order of the Priesthood would go to Nahor II. Nahor II would have been Melchizedek, whom Abraham paid tithes to. The Order would not continue through Nahor's sons. Yahweh's chosen people would come from the line of Abraham, not Nahor II. This is why the Patriarchal office of the Priesthood expired and the office was inherited by the sons of Levi.

The first stage of the Priesthood of Melchizedek was a Patriarchal Order. It lasted for 3400 years. The eldest son of the chosen line of Adam's descendants generation after generation became the High Priest of the Order of Melchizedek until that Order expired with Nahor II, Abraham's older brother.

I have come across some information which has me lean toward the Patriarchal Order expiring with Moses when the second stage begins its transferrence to the Levitical Priesthood, which was established at Sinai and training took place during the wandering in the wilderness.

The Priesthood transitioned from a Patriarchal Order to an Office which was assumed by the sons of Levi.

Levi was Jacob's son whom Yahweh chose to be the priestly tribe. Adamkind had become many nations of peoples and now the sons of Jacob were about to become a large nation and were anointed by Yahweh to be the light of all the nations of Adamkind. This would be too much for one mortal Patriarchal High Priest to handle. This is why the sons of Levi assumed the Office of Preachers of Righteousness in the Order of Melchizedek. The Levitical Office had many duties which different sons of Levi were set charge over. The sons of Aaron were the chief priests over all the other sons of Levi.

The priesthood was not vested in this tribe (Levi) until after the law was given to Moses.

When the children of Israel were wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, Yahweh gave Moses instructions, laws, and commandments, to keep the children of Israel in The Way. The book of Leviticus is the training manual for the priesthood. It's title in the Hebrew is Wayiq'ra, meaning 'called'. The sons of Levi were called to be preachers of righteousness, priests, and custodians of the oracles of the Most High.

When the people sinned, they brought a sin offering to the priests to make atonement for them. The priests were the mediators between God and men. The high priest performed the sacrifices, but the atonement was good for only that year. Yearly sacrifices were made because the blood of animals and the rituals performed by men cannot clear sin or make anyone perfect.

The Levitical Priesthood was an office of the order of Melchizedek for 1600 years. There were some good priests and many wicked priests, and the nation was punished when the leadership was wicked, and blessed when the leadership was righteous.

King David was not a priest in the order of Melchizedek, but he was considered a 'type' of Melchizedek. The confusion comes from Psalm 110, which is a prophecy of Yahshua Messiah, and an oath. It's not speaking about David. However, David was the one who re-instituted the Levitical Priesthood to it's original order established in the book of Leviticus. The Priesthood did not function properly during the time of the Judges and Yahweh chose David to restore it. David was also considered a 'type' of Christ, but he wasn't Christ.

There was not a sole Melchizedek Priest anywhere at this time because the Levites held the office of Preachers of Righteousness. It was an office of priests, plural employment.

No one else is ever mentioned as being Melchizedek after the time of Abraham and whom he paid tithes to, which I believe is Nahor the younger, Abrahams older brother.

The Levitical priesthood was the Order, or held the Office, during the second stage of the Order.

Since Yahweh promised us an inheritance in the Kingdom, we cannot receive it if we are not covered from the penalty of sin. The wages of sin is death. Not just the first death, but the second death.

The Levitical Priesthood cannot clear us of sin because mortality is temporary. Men, rituals, and the blood of bulls and goats cannot clear sin. Nothing but the blood of Jesus can provide a propitiatory shelter over you that cannot be removed, ...so long as you continue in The Way.

When Christ was resurrected, the Levitical Priesthood came to an end and Christ assumed the office of High Priest and for ever after the order of Melchizedek. It's actually a little more detailed than that, and quite amazing, and we will cover that towards the end of this study.

He was the last sacrifice. He is our sole Mediator. He is our High Priest whom we must come to and repent, ask for forgiveness, and offer our obedience and allegiance to Him. To sacrifice the old sinful man/woman and put on the new man/woman. And to witness to others of the Good News that He is the anchor of the soul and has the power of an endless life.

Now that you have the basic idea of what the Order of Melchizedek consists of, let's begin our study and connect the dots.

THE ORDER OF THE HIGH PRIEST OF MELCHIZEDEK  ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ 

Melchizedek is a title. It's the title of one of the patriarchs who held the position, it's the title of the office held by the tribe of Levi, and it's the title of Yahshua Christ who holds the title, Office, and Order, forever.

The Order of Melchizedek is an office, an occupation of Yahweh's priesthood on the earth, the person or group of people that hold the office. A Preacher of Righteousness.

Office is defined in Webster's 1828 Dictionary as:

Noun- 2. A duty, charge or trust of a sacred nature, conferred by God Himself; as the office of priest.

Verb- To perform; to do; to discharge.

What are the functions and duties of Priests?

Hebrews 5:1 ​​ For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

The High Priests held leadership positions, and he was overseer of the lesser priests.

The most important duty of the high priest was to conduct the service on the Day of Atonement, the tenth day of the seventh month of every year. Only he was allowed to enter the Most Holy Place behind the veil to stand before God. Having made a sacrifice for himself and for the people, he then brought the blood into the Holy of Holies and sprinkled it on the mercy seat, God’s “throne”.

The Priests were mediators. They stood between the people and Yahweh. They performed the sacrifices and sin offerings, trespass-offerings and offered peace and goodwill-offerings, burnt-offerings, and grain-offerings. The Priests were also the doctors. Leviticus 12-14 covers many ailments, plagues, and skin disorders. Lack of health comes from lack of obedience. Sicknesses and calamities are signs and afflictions from Yahweh to get your attention that you are not walking in The Way.

When Yahshua died and arose, He became High Priest and assumed the position of Mediator to Yahweh. His death allowed Him to provide a propitiatory shelter for us to cover us from the penalty of sin. Sin was not done away with. The law was not done away with. We still sin everyday, but that's why we have Yahshua as High Priest. We don't bring a goat or a bull to a priest for our transgressions anymore. We bring repentance, we acknowledge our sins, we ask for forgiveness and change our ways and continue in The Way. Men do not hold mediator positions for us to the Father anymore. Yahshua is our Mediator to the Father. Only our High Priest Yahshua.

When Yahshua healed someone, or forgave their sin, He instructed them to “sin no more, lest a worst thing come unto you.”

Paul states in Romans 6:2 ​​ ...How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Dead to sin means that when you live righteously according to the laws and The Way, we are dead to sin, and when you do not live according to The Way, sin abounds. We can fall from grace, we can be numbered with the goats, we can be blotted out of the Book of Life.

Christianity is a heritage and a way of life.

There are three Orders, successions, stages, styles or ranks that the office of the priesthood went through.

The First Order was a singular priest. The oldest living patriarch starting with Adam was the Preacher of Righteousness. Adam was the first man of our race, born from above, that had the Spirit (DNA) of Yahweh. His duty was to keep the charge of Yahweh, walk in The Way, and build the kingdom. The oldest living patriarch of the race of Adam was the leader, the High Priest, the one who managed the family of God, and tithes and offerings were brought to him.

Dr. Wesley Swift comments: The Books of 'Adam and Eve' and also the Book of the Bee which are the oldest books we have of the Adamic history as well as quotes made in the book of Seth, and in the early writings of Enoch we find such concerning Adam and Eve. We discover that Adam fulfilled his duty in the Priesthood, and this was strictly a race Priesthood. As a Patriarch of his household we find that it was his responsibility to make a satisfactory offering, one in which blood was shed for the area of atonement of transgression until Messiah come. So this didn't start with Moses, it started way back in the days of Adam.

Now; YAHWEH Himself, as a man of our race, under the Melchizedek Priesthood becomes the High Priest for our race, and as such boldly enters into the Holy of Holies. But first He becomes the sacrifice for He was without spot or blemish thus an acceptable sacrifice. And as the 'Sacrifice' He has made a consummate atonement for all Adamkind, and therefore boldly as the High Priest can re-enter into the order of God which is the Power of His Resurrection. Therefore He tasted death for every Adamic man. So we are not without a High Priest who was unable to sympathize with our weaknesses. He was a man among us, and yet He was YAHWEH (God). He did the ultimate atonement, and we cannot add to it, therefore there is no more atonement to be made. We don't have any other sacrifice other than the symbol of communion which is a "Living Sacrifice". He being the Lamb, He being also a Patriarchal Priest, a Melchizedek Priest as well as the Atoning Priest.

Now remember that Adam could not now help himself because he was wearing a tunic of fig leaves...the symbol of the Priesthood of Darkness...and remember that Yahweh sent Adam down to earth, so the first thing that Yahweh did was to sacrifice the animals and make a coat of skins for Adam. And He said:...”Now Adam, you know that you are naked even though you are wearing this Tunic of Fig leaves, because although this tunic may cover you physically, still it has no illumination, no Aura, and it does not give you immortality. It does not sustain you for your transgression makes you transparent.” So Yahweh then said to Adam:...”I will thus make an atonement, and I will now cover you with this coat of skins.” Then He made this statement to Adam:...”In this atonement, I will emerge out of your race, and in this emerging out of your race, this seed emerging through the woman (Israel) will bruise the head of the Serpent.” Then He explained this more extensively, in the short summary we have from Moses, for in the Book of the Bee then Yahweh told Adam and Eve...”Ye are My son and daughter, and altho you have been disobedient and death has now come upon you, and altho you have put this transgression upon all men, and all of your race must now be a part of this, still I will restore you, I will make this atonement for you, and I shall redeem you.”

Now; this is thus significant. No man could become a Priest for Adam as there was none higher than Adam...except Yahweh Himself. Thus Yahweh said:..”Therefore as the Eternal Priest I will make this atonement for you, as you are My posterity, and I make this promise, that I shall redeem the entire race. I will restore, I will give back what you lost, this includes your life style, your illumination which is gone. Remember now that you are subject to sickness and disease, and catastrophe, still the day will come when I shall restore everything you have lost.”

In otherwords, the absolute supremacy of the Priesthood of Yahweh is also passed down, now in similitude to His children, thru their Patriarchal Responsibility.

This is your reasonable service that you are to do. You are a 'Kingdom of Priests, and a Holy Nation.' This does not mean just one or two, this means every last one of your race has this responsibility in the earth to fulfill.

We are told in the Old Testament of the work of these great Patriarchs, those who God called forth of the race. At this time there was no existing center of the 'church' or the spiritual center of the called out worshipers as such, for each and every Patriarch was a High Priest for his house, according to the call of God. This was one of the most important areas for men, for not only must they be Holy and Righteous, but also they must know the teachings of the Truth's of God, both by tradition and by effect. For in each household the head of the household was the Priest of that house, and the grandfather's or great grandfather's continued in their work and these were the High Priest's of the Patriarchal patterns of the centuries.

The Second Order, or stage, was the Levitical priesthood. Levi, a son of Jacob, was the tribe that Yahweh chose to be His priesthood to His people, they were the mediators between Yahweh and the children of Israel. Moses and Aaron were the grandchildren of Levi and the chief, or high office, of the priesthood was given to Aaron and his sons. The Aaronic priesthood. He and his sons were the chief priests. The other Levites, not of the line of Aaron, had other jobs pertaining to the temple and priestly duties. The children of Israel brought their tithes, sacrifices and offerings to the priesthood. The sons of Aaron performed the sacrificial ceremonies, rituals and atonement for the people.

This priesthood went through many stages of corruption and revival. After the last revival, which was when Ezra and Nehemiah and a remnant of the house of Judah returned from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem, and a brief period a few hundred years later during the time of the Maccabees, the priesthood was taken over by the sons of Esau and Cain. Jews. The Pharisees (Edomite priesthood) by the time of Christ was controlled by the Edomite Jews who were put into the Levitical priesthood by Herod, an Edomite Jew, after Herod had all the principal men of Judaea killed.

John the Baptist's commission was to cleanse the sons of Levi (what was left of the true priesthood) and prepare the last sacrifice, Christ (Mal 3:3). When Christ died, the priesthood expired, along with the sacrifices, oblations, rituals and ordinances that went with the priesthood. No more priesthood of men to intercede for the people, no more sacrifices or rituals, and the decrees added by the Edomite priesthood were made void. The Jews want to set up a Third Temple and resume sacrifices, which denies the first Advent of Messiah, and the Catholics retain priests and the Pope as intercessors to God. But the Jews are the devil's children and are a priesthood of wickedness and darkness, and Catholicism is a priesthood to little g gods and was never a Christian religion.

Swift: Were there Priests before the Levites?

Bertrand Comparet adds: In Hosea 4:6 Yahweh said, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to Me: seeing thou hast forgotten the laws of thy God Yahweh, I will also forget thy children.”

We have seen this sentence enforced against us. We rejected the knowledge of Yahweh’s laws until we have been rejected. We are not exercising our priesthood so have been deprived of it. Because we have forgotten the laws of Yahweh, we allow our politicians to lead us into one unrighteous disaster after another. Our children are forgotten to die on muddy battlefields all over the world.

How may we regain our priesthood? Only by a return to Yahweh, for He alone may restore it to us. It cannot be restored by allowing alien minority groups to forbid mention of His name in our schools and public ceremonies. We can’t regain it by fellowship in a national conference of Christians and the antichrist and not by reducing all nations to equality with the lowest, in the United Nations. No, only by cleansing our land of all these evil mistakes we have made in this generation, can we regain what we have lost.

In past centuries, our nation has gone through other periods of corruption and apostasy, though not as bad as this one. They did not produce disasters as great as the ones we are rapidly bringing upon ourselves. Because of Yahweh’s promise, “He will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them”, Yahweh has sent to us at such times, prophets to call us back to our faith and to cleanse the nation of its evils.

The Levitical office of the Priesthood had expired upon the resurrection of Christ. The second stage has fulfilled it's purpose and was 'done away with'.

The Third Order is now Yahshua Christ our Mediator, High Priest and King in the Order of Melchizedek. Now we must bring our spiritual sacrifices to Him. He is our Mediator to Yahweh. His office is eternal and will not end. We honor Him by seeking knowledge and understanding and then practicing it daily. We pay our tithes to Him by loving our brethren and sharing in our abundance. By witnessing to our kinsmen. Through obedience to His ways we perform our duty and as a result, we are building the kingdom.

It is up to us to stand and be counted. We can no longer bring a goat to a man in a priesthood to put a band-aid on a sin that an animal sacrifice cannot heal. Only our allegiance (faith) and obedience to Christ can allow us to stand before Yahweh.

Wesley Swift taught that Melchizedek was Yahweh embodied in the flesh walking on the earth in the BC days.

Some, including Sheldon Emry, say that Jesus Christ was Melchizedek in Genesis 14, and others even say it was a Canaanite king.

Christ was not a king on the earth during the BC times and His first physical appearance we can be sure of was when He was born to Mary.

A Canaanite most certainly was not a preacher of righteousness.

The Canaanites were a motley crew of cursed seed tribes, which included sons of Cain, sons of Canaan, the cursed son of Ham and his mother by incest, and many of the Canaanite tribes had some fallen angel offspring and Rephaim giant blood mixed in as well.

And many believe Noah's son Shem was Melchizedek in Genesis 14, to whom Abram paid tithes to. Shem would have been over 1200 years old then, and this is based on a Jewish Masoretic timeline which deletes over 1300 years of time between Adam and Abram.

This study will demonstrate that the Order of Melchizedek is an Office of Shepherds of the Most High. Each stage is represented by the same family (race) of people, Adamites. The Adamic race.

Adam was the first in the Order of Melchizedek, followed by the eldest son in each generation, which follows all the way to Nahor II, Abraham's older brother whom he paid tithes to. We will see this when we cover Nahor II in this study. Though there are no records, I believe the Patriarchal Order continued after Nahor II through Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, and culminating with Moses before the Order went to the office of the Levites during the Exodus.

When Abraham dedicated his son Isaac on the altar to Yahweh, at the command of Yahweh, Isaac's seed after him through Jacob became Yahweh God's Chosen People. A royal priesthood, a holy nation. The sons of Jacob became a multitude of people during their time in Egypt. When Yahweh took the children of Israel out of Egypt, He gave them their instructions during the wandering in the wilderness. Yahweh married the children of Israel at Sinai when He gave Moses the law and made a covenant with all Israel. At this point, the need for a priesthood for the multitude of people was installed. Levi, a son of Jacob, had the honor of being the priestly tribe, and the office of the priesthood was transferred to the sons of Levi.

The transition from the first stage of the Patriarchal Order went to the Levitical Office of the priesthood for the nation. Yahweh gave instructions to Moses and Aaron for everything pertaining to the priesthood. Aaron's sons were chosen as the chief priests. They were in charge. They handled the sacrifices, the dismantling of the Holiest of Holies and packing the vessels and instruments used in the Holiest of Holies, because no other Levites were allowed to touch anything used in this inner chamber (Num 4:1-15, 18, 20). The other sub-tribes of the tribe of Levi were given other duties within the priesthood.

The Kohathites were in charge of bearing the Ark of the Covenant and the vessels packed by Aaron and his sons (Num 7:9).

The other families of Levi, the Gershonites and Merarites carried their items on wagons and oxen (Num 7:6-8).

The Gershonites were in charge of the services in the Tabernacle of the congregation, bearing the curtains, the badger skins and instruments (Num 3:25-26, 4:28).

The Merarites also provided services in the Tabernacle of the congregation, and were in charge of the boards, bars, and frames of the Tent of Meeting. The pillars, sockets, pins, cords, crossbars, posts, bases, and other instruments.

All these duties were taught during their wandering and were to be followed when they came into the Promised Land.

During the wandering, the Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle (Num 3:29).

The Gershonites camped on the western side (Num 3:23).

The Merarites on the northern side (Num 3:35).

And Moses, Aaron, and his sons on the eastern side (Num 3:38).

After Joshua died, Israel fell into apostasy and strayed from keeping the Levitical Office and it's ordinances, which is why the nation was in constant turmoil, conquered and made tributary by the surrounding nations, specifically the Philistines.

When the children of Israel entered Canaan they were instructed to rid the land of the wickedly corrupt and idol-worshiping inhabitants, and to make no treaties with them. The Israelites only partially obeyed and from this, sprang many evil consequences to them.

During this period of wrong-doing, (there are seven such periods described in Judges), God raised up tribesmen in Israel who felt the departures from Yahweh as a burden upon them. They were patriots and religious reformers who believed that blessing and prosperity were inseparably connected with obedience to Yahweh's laws and commandments.

There are not many mentions of priests or Levites in the book of Judges. Levites are mentioned only in chapter 17 where a Levite named Micah was mixing paganism with Yahweh worship. Which is why verse 6 reads “In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”. Chapter 18 is also about unqualified priests.

Chapters 19-21 is the story of the tribe of Benjamin which had become pagan homosexuals and tried to take advantage of a Levite and also ravaged a woman to death. This sparked a civil war between Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, in which the Benjaminites were almost wiped out.

Phinehas was the high priest at the time.

The Levites and priesthood was in disorder and not operating at full capacity.

The time period of the Judges covered 400 years.

When the 12 tribes became settled after the days of the Judges, King David numbered the Levites and re-introduced their duties (1Chr 23:24-27).

Song leaders and skilled musicians conducted worship services (1Chr 6:31-33,39; 25:1-7).

Gate keepers and ushers were appointed (1Chr 9:17-24).

Trustees (1Chr 9:26-31).

Treasuries and treasurers were set up (1Chr 9:26; 26:20-28).

Under King Solomon the Temple was built and the services continued according to the established order set by Yahweh in the wandering.

After Solomon died, Yahweh split Israel into two houses. The house of Israel and the house of Judah. There were Levites appointed to each of the tribes of Israel and Jerusalem was where the Temple and the high priests conducted their services. The nation and the priesthood had it's ups and downs and by the time of Christ it had run it's course, had become apostate, and eventually replaced with Edomite Jews in it's final days.

Finally, the Third stage of the priesthood, Christ takes over, forever. Everything must now go through Him.

Although we are a holy nation, a royal priesthood, as a people, there is no more priesthood office, no more priests. There are no ritual ordinances or sacrifices anymore, and no man is above any other man. Each man is the priest of his household, but there is no order or rank among us that puts anyone above or below another. We must each come through our present and eternal High Priest Yahshua Messiah.

WHY I BELIEVE NAHOR II IS MELCHIZEDEK at Abraham's time.

Point #1: ​​ The Adamic race is God's literal flesh and blood children on the earth. Adam was the first man of our race, born from above, and given dominion over the earth. That means Adam is King of the earth and his job was to be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth with righteous children who will help build the Kingdom of Yahweh on the earth.

Melchizedek means King of Right. So Adam was the first King of Right. A Preacher of Righteousness.

Point #2: ​​ 2Peter 2:5 states Noah was the eighth Preacher of Righteousness. This shows a patriarchal succession of the Order of Melchizedek.

Whoever held the title of Melchizedek would have been of the race of Adam.

Deuteronomy 17:15 You shall certainly set a sovereign over you whom Yahweh your Elohim shall choose. Set a sovereign over you from among your brothers, you are not allowed to set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

The Septuagint reads, 'because he is not thy brother.'

Point #3: ​​ There is a distinct and exclusive line of descendancy starting with Adam that leads to Jacob. Yahweh chose Jacob and his children after him as His Chosen People, and out of Jacob came the Holy seed, the holy nation, a royal priesthood, the last Adam, which is Yahshua Messiah, a life-giving spirit. Only one who is in that line of Adam can claim the title of Melchizedek.

The rational order is the eldest son in that specific line, unless there are early deaths, as in the case of Lamech, and Enoch being taken up, or a disqualification by transgression, as in the case of Serug, Nahor I, and Terah, who were idolators.

Point #4: ​​ There is no mention of a Melchizedek after Abraham paid tithes to him (Nahor II), who would have been the eldest righteous patriarch in the specific line of Adam, until we get to the Psalms.

Some will say David was Melchizedek from Psalm 110, but David is merely prophecying of Christ, his Master. This is also recording the oath made by Yahweh that the Order will be succeeded by Yahshua. The next, and last, time Melchizedek is mentioned is in Hebrews, where Paul is explaining the Order of Melchisedec and it's stages, it's purpose, it's flaws, and it's glory.

Point #5: ​​ It is evident the Levites took the job of management of the family.

Deuteronomy 10:8 ​​ At that time Yahweh separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh to minister unto Him, and to bless in His name, unto this day.

10:9 ​​ Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God promised him.

Hebrews 7:5 ​​ And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who received the office of the priesthood...

The first order of Melchizedek was High Priest to the family of Adam until the time of the Levitical Office. The Levitical Priesthood served the nation of Israel and race of Adam. A much larger spread-out family of our Adamic race needed an office of priests which were appointed to each tribe to minister unto them.

Joshua 13:14 ​​ Only unto the tribe of Levi He gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of Yahweh God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as He said unto them.  ​​​​ (13:33)

The Levites got a tithe from the people, and offered a tenth of it to Yahweh.

Psalm 135:20 ​​ Bless Yahweh, O house of Levi: ye that fear Yahweh, bless Yahweh.

Malachi 2:1 ​​ And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

2:2 ​​ If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto My name, saith Yahweh of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

2:3 ​​ Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and shall take you away with it.

2:4 ​​ And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that My covenant might be with Levi, saith Yahweh of hosts.

These were prophecies that the priesthood would become corrupt, mixed with Edomite Jews, and eventually taken over by Edomite Jews, which Yahweh is stating that His covenant was with Levi and not with the false brethren of Edom.

Yahweh goes on to distinguish between Levi and the Edomite Jews which will have corrupted the covenant of Levi by the time of Christ.

Malachi 3:3 ​​ And he (John the Baptist) shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto Yahweh an offering in righteousness.

The priesthood was full of Jews at the time of Christ, just like our governments are full of Jews today! The Jewish priesthood was not going to prepare Christ for sacrifice and offer Him up in righteousness. No, it was John, the last legitimate Levite who's commission was to purify the remaining sons of Levi, and prepare the last sacrificial Lamb of God.

Point #6: ​​ 

Hebrews 7:5 ​​ And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

7:7 ​​ And it is beyond all dispute that the lesser is blessed by the better.

Melchizedek was superior to Abraham. By age, service, rank, and office.

7:8 ​​ And here men that die receive tithes; but there it is someone of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

7:9 ​​ And one might say that through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, gave tithes,

7:10 ​​ For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

Melchisedec (Nahor II) must have known that Yahweh chose Abraham, and Nahor II ​​ blessed him and his seed after him.

How did Levi pay tithes while still in Abraham's loins?

Because everything went to Yahweh through the order of Melchizedek in all three stages.

The Patriarchal stage offered tithes to Yahweh, the Levitical stage offered tithes to Yahweh, and Yahshua, who is the High Priest in the order of Melchizedek offers tithes of the best of us to Yahweh.

All three stages are Yahweh's priesthood. The first two stages were of mortal men, and flawed because men are not perfect. The last stage is eternal, and perfect, because Yahshua is eternal and perfect. The Priesthood started in the Heavens and came full circle back to Yahshua Christ, High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek, who has no beginning and no end.

Point #7: ​​ The history and connection to the prophecies given in Daniel, and the Testament of Levi, how they inter-connect, and the fulfillment of them.

Now let's examine the verses.

Melchizedek shows up in only 3 books of the Bible. Genesis, Psalms, and Hebrews.

Genesis chapter 14 is all about a war that was taking place while Abram was in the area of Sodom and Gomorah.

Four kings, Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and Bela, king of Zoar. Four kings against five.

During this war, Lot, his family, and his goods were taken.

After Abraham rescues lot and defeats the kings, he pays tithes of the spoils of war to Melchisedek.

Genesis 14:18 ​​ And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

​​ 14:19 ​​ And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven (the sky) and earth (the land):

​​ 14:20 ​​ And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered your enemies into your hand. And he (Abram) gave him (Nahor) tithes of all.

This Melchizedek at this time was Nahor II, the oldest living qualified patriarch of the sons of Adam. Adam was the first of the Order of Melchizedek, Noah was the eighth (2Pet 2:5).

Nahor II was the king of Salem. Salem is the early name of Jerusalem.

We will cover Nahor II, the city of Nahor, and Nahor's God later in this study.

If the Masoretic text's timeline is accurate, which has earth being created and ​​ Adam being born in 4174 BC, then Shem could have been Melchizedek. But the Masoretic texts are corrupted by Jews to try to prove Yahshua cannot be the Messiah.

The Septuagint chronology has Adam born around 5554 BC, which is the accurate timeline according to the original manuscripts.

David prophesied of the period between Christ's ascension and His return to earth.

That Yahshua would be King and High Priest over the order of Melchizedek when He returns to rule.

Psalm 110:1 ​​ A Psalm of David. Yahweh said unto my Lord (Master), Sit You at My right hand, until I make Your enemies Your footstool.

​​ 110:2 ​​ Yahweh shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion: rule You in the midst of Your (hated) enemies.

​​ 110:3 ​​ Your people shall be willing in the day of Your power (strength), in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: You hast the dew of Your youth.

​​ 110:4 ​​ Yahweh hath sworn, and will not repent (change His mind), You art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

David was considered a king and priest of the order of Melchizedek. David was a 'type' of Christ.

'Said' in verse 1, is H5002 ne'um (nah-oom') and is an utterance, a declaration, always preceding divine name. It's an oracle. A person through whom Yahweh speaks.

When anyone else is saying something, 'said' is H559 'amar (aw-mar'), to say, speak, or utter.

This Psalm trips up a lot of people and as a result they believe that David was in the order of Melchizedek.

Can this Psalm apply to David? Yes. But David is prophesying of Yahshua Christ. This is a Messianic Psalm.

Verses 1-3 refer to the Sovereign King.

Verse 4 an Eternal Priest, and verses 5-7 a Victorious Warrior.

This Psalm is implying that Yahweh and Yahshua Messiah rule the earth. It establishes that the priesthood is of the Messiah, but this office is not explained until Hebrews chapters 5 and 7. And this Psalm reveals that Yahshua Messiah is both a King-Priest and a Warrior who will execute judgment.

The rod of strength out of Zion is Christ, a descendant of David of the tribe of Judah.

So this Psalm is not about David, it's about Yahshua Christ.

David was a 'type' of Christ. As was Isaiah, Moses and Joshua.

We see in Isaiah 61:1 a similar prophecy referring to Christ. Even though Isaiah brought this good news to the meek, broken-hearted, and the captives, it was a typification of what Messiah was to do.

Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Master Yahweh is upon Me, because Yahweh has anointed Me to bring good news to the meek. He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound,

61:2 to proclaim the acceptable year of Yahweh, and the day of vengeance of our Elohim, to comfort all who mourn,

61:3 to appoint unto those who mourn in Tsiyon (Zion): to give them embellishment for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. And they shall be called trees of righteousness, a planting of Yahweh, to be adorned.

When Yahshua read this passage in Luke 4:17-21, He said “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears”.

61:4 And they shall rebuild the old ruins, raise up the former wastes. And they shall restore the ruined cities, the wastes of many generations.

61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the foreigner be your ploughmen and your vinedressers.

61:6 But you shall be called, ‘Priests of Yahweh,’ ‘Servants of our Elohim’ shall be said of you. You shall consume the strength of the nations, and boast in their esteem.

61:7 Instead of your shame and reproach, they rejoice a second time in their portion. Therefore they take possession a second time in their land, everlasting joy is theirs.

61:8 “For I, Yahweh, love right-ruling; I hate robbery for ascending offering. And I shall give their reward in truth, and make an everlasting covenant with them.

61:9 “And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring in the midst of the peoples. All who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed Yahweh has blessed.”

Isaiah was speaking to Israelites and this prophecy was to the Israelites that were dispersed among the nations from the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities. “They shall rejoice a second time in their portion” is a reference to the remnant of Judah returning to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity. It may also refer to the righteous Israelites taking possession of the Kingdom after Christ returns. Isaiah was a 'type' of Christ, but he wasn't Christ.

Joshua son of Nun was also a 'type' of Christ. His very name was the same as Christ's, Yahshua. Yahshua means salvation. Joshua, like Jesus, was a servant of the law, he was called to lead his people. He overthrew the walls of Jericho, which typifies the strongholds of Satan and sin. Joshua saved Rahab the inn-keeper and her family, which typifies the deliverance of the ​​ righteous from among the destruction of the ungodly. And Joshua was a conqueror. But he wasn't Christ.

The time period from the death of Joshua up to Israel's first king, Saul, was about 350 years.

Since Israel constantly broke their covenant with Yahweh during the reign of the Judges, the governmental and Levitical systems did not function properly, and Israel fell out of favor with Yahweh.

Israel was constantly harrassed, defeated, and put under tribute during the time of the Judges.

But it was King David who re-established government and the Levitical office.

This happened towards the end of his reign.

1Chronicles 23:1 ​​ So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

23:2 ​​ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

23:6 ​​ And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Verses 7-23 ​​ list the sons of Levi and their sons.

23:24 ​​ These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from the age of twenty years and upward.

23:25 ​​ For David said, Yahweh God of Israel hath given rest unto His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

23:26 ​​ And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

23:27 ​​ For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

23:28 ​​ Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the chambers,

23:32 ​​ And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of Yahweh.

So we see that it was David whom Yahweh anointed to get the Levitical priesthood back to their appointed structure and duties which were established during the Exodus.

This is why David was considered a 'type' of Christ, but David was not a priest in the order of Melchizedek. He simply had the charge of revitalizing the Levitical priesthood back to it's proper office and order.

Now we do see, in 2Samuel 24:18-25, that Gad the seer instructs David to build an altar and offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings to stay the plague of pestilence which Yahweh sent upon Israel for David allowing himself to be influenced by an adversary to number Israel.

Now whether David himself performed these sacrifices is uncertain, but it was likely done by the sons of Aaron. The priests at that time were Zadok the High Priest and Abiathar.

We must also consider that David sinned a great sin by positioning Uriah to be killed so he can claim Uriah's wife Bathsheba. This would likely have disqualified David from being Melchizedek anyway. There is no record of David's sons or anyone else becoming Melchizedek, and this is because the Patriarchal office had expired and the Levitical office now had the duty of the Melchizedek Priesthood.

So we see that it was King David who re-established the Levitical office of the priesthood to it's original order which was appointed by Yahweh by the hand of Moses.

Here is a quick recap of the succession of the order of Melchizedek.

Fifteen patriarchs starting with Adam and continuing to Nahor II, Abraham's older brother, were the High Priests of the order of Melchizedek. Some of the recognizable names in that order were, Seth, the 2nd, Noah the eighth, his son Shem, the 9th, Eber (Heber), where we get the name Hebrews from was the 13th. The 15th in the order was Nahor II the younger, the brother of Abraham. The order skips great grandpa Serug, grandpa Nahor I, and Terah, Abraham's father, because Terah, his father and grandfather were idolators. So the 15th in the Patriarchal Order of the Melchizedek priesthood was Nahor the younger, Abraham's older brother.

There may have been a small gap in the position after the death of Reu and the birth of Nahor the younger because of the idolatry of 3 generations in a row. Also, the only record of Serug and Nahor I being idolators is found in the book of Jubilees, which may or may not be accurate, and it's possible Serug and Nahor I returned to Yahweh. Hard to say. But Yahweh was getting ready to pass the office on to Abraham's great grandson Levi anyway.

Since Nahor II, the younger, was a Yahweh worshiper, and lived to see the birth of Isaac, Nahor II was the 15th in the order of the first stage of the Melchizedek priesthood. Nahor II was the last in the Patriarchal line, because the chosen line did not go through Nahor II and his sons. The chosen line goes through Abraham.

I believe that if the Order continued after Nahor II, it would have continued in the line of Abraham, which would have been passed on to Isaac, then Jacob, and then Joseph, because he was the most righteous of the sons of Jacob. I also found a bit of information that leads me to believe that Moses may have been the last in the Patriarchal Order of the first stage before it was conferred to the Office of the Levites.

During the Exodus, the sons of Levi were given their instructions, duties, ordinances and oblations in which they would serve the nation. This Office of the Levitical priesthood lasted 1600 years. This was the second stage in the succession of the Melchizedek priesthood.

When Yahshua Christ was sacrificed on the stake, died, and rose from the dead, He became High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek and assumed the Office forevermore.

These 3 stages of the priesthood did not overlap each other, they transitioned from one to the other.

Paul explains all this in Hebrews chapter 5, 6, 7 and 9.

Hebrews 5:5 ​​ So also Christ glorified (honored) not Himself to be made an high priest; but He (Yahweh) that said unto Him, You art My Son, to day have I begotten (engendered) You.

Psalm 2:7 ​​ I will declare the decree: Yahweh hath said unto Me, You art My Son; this day have I begotten You.  ​​​​ (Heb 1:5)

This is a reference to Christ, who was of the seed of David, of the tribe of Judah, son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, of the race of Adam.

​​ 5:6 ​​ As He saith also in another place, You art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. ​​ (Psa 110:4)

​​ 5:9 ​​ And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation (deliverance) unto all them that obey Him;

​​ 5:10 ​​ Called of God (Addressed by Yahweh) an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. (Psa 110:1-4)

The first Patriarchal Order and the second Levitical Order were not perfect. They were of men.

The third order is eternal, because Yahshua Messiah assumed this third and eternal order.

Yahshua is our High Priest forever after the Order of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 6:18 ​​ That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation (encouragement), who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope (expectation) set before us:

​​ 6:19 ​​ Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil (death);

​​ 6:20 ​​ Where (Yahweh) the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

The earthly priesthood of the sons of Levi served it's purpose as a schoolmaster, and could never have saved the people from the penalty of death. The atonements the Levitical priesthood made for the people were only temporary, they were only for that year. When Christ became our High Priest, through Him we have a lasting propitiatory shelter from the penalty of our sins. When we obey and follow Him, we can be encouraged and expect Yahweh to fulfill His promises to those who follow and keep His ways.

Only Yahshua can be our anchor of the soul.

Hebrews 7:1 ​​ For this Melchisedec (Nahor II), king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

​​ 7:2 ​​ To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

​​ 7:3 ​​ Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like (being compared) unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

Melchizedec is an office without a father, without descent, etc. This will be explained later.

Paul is using Melchisedec as a model of Christ. David was a model of this too. This is the role we should seek. Preachers of Righteousness.

​​ 7:9 ​​ And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

​​ 7:10 ​​ For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec (Nahor) met him.

​​ 7:11 ​​ If therefore perfection (fulfillment) were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Aaron, who was Moses' brother, was a Levite. Aaron and his sons were the chief priests of the office of the priesthood from the Exodus to the first Advent of Christ. They were the mediators between Yahweh and the people. They performed the sacrifices and made atonement for the people. This office lasted for about 1600 years.

​​ 7:12 ​​ For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

A change has taken place, Christ's death, so the priesthood and it's duties ended. The blood sacrifices, priests, and everything pertaining to the priesthood were no longer needed, because Christ took over. He fulfilled all the requirements and ordinances.

The “churches” teach that the law has been “done away with”. They say even the food laws were “done away with”. Only the priesthood, it's oblations and sacrifices expired, or were “done away with”. ​​ 

​​ 7:13 ​​ For He of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

​​ 7:14 ​​ For it is evident that our Master sprang out of Judah; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

Even though Yahshua was of the tribe of Judah, He assumed the office of Levi and became our High Priest.

​​ 7:15 ​​ And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude (likeness) of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

​​ 7:16 ​​ Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

​​ 7:17 ​​ For He testifieth (witness), You art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

​​ 7:18 ​​ For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

Romans 8:3 ​​ For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

In verse 18, Paul is talking about the disannulling of the commandment of the ritual sacrifices, not the 10 commandments or the food laws. The 'churches' are ignorant of this, and would rather believe that they don't have to follow the law anymore because they are under grace, and they really love their bacon more than the Word.

​​ 7:19 ​​ For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope (expectation) did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

The law is for the unrighteous. The deeds (rituals) were the atonement for the sins of the unrighteous. The purpose of the law is for our learning and instruction. The law itself cannot justify us, only imitating the example of Christ justifies us, our faith (allegiance) to Yahweh.

​​ 7:20 ​​ And inasmuch as not without an oath He was made priest:

Yahweh swore in Psalm 110:4 that Yahshua is a Priest forever. This oath will be a factor later on during the transferrence of the Priesthood to Yahshua. The Levites were priests by birth and were chosen by Yahweh to be the priestly tribe.

​​ 7:21 ​​ (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by Him that said unto Him, Yahweh sware and will not repent (regret), You art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

​​ 7:22 ​​ By so much was Yahshua made a surety of a better testament (covenant).

Hebrews 8:6 ​​ But now He has obtained a more distinguished office, and by so much better a covenant is He mediator, by which better promises are ordained by law.

Yahweh guaranteed His Son Yahshua would obtain the office and be the only High Priest who could cover over our sins and free us from the penalty of the breaking His law.

​​ 7:23 ​​ And they (the Levites) truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

​​ 7:24 ​​ But this man, (Christ) because He continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

The Levites were just men. Christ is eternal. The Office of the Levitical priesthood expired and Yahshua assumed the priesthood and is our reigning High Priest, forever. He can absolve our sins permanently, the Levitical priesthood could not absolve sin, they could only make temporary atonements.

2Peter 2:5 ​​ And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

'Person' is in italics, meaning it was added by the translators.

Noah was the 10th patriarch from Adam, not the eighth patriarch. Since Enoch was translated and Methuselah outlived his son Lamech, Noah was the eighth Preacher of Righteousness, being the oldest living patriarch in the order of Melchizedek during the first and Patriarchal stage of the priesthood.

The first stage of the Office of Melchizedek were Patriarchal Adamites. A Patriarchal Ministry of the Adamic race, passed on to the eldest son of each generation of the sons of Adam in the chosen line. There were many other sons born to each of the patriarchs, but the eldest, or most righteous one, of a specific line assumed the mantle.

The second stage of the office were Levites, and the sons of Aaron were chief priests.

The final stage of the priesthood was assumed by Yahshua Messiah, who was an Adamic, Shemitic, Hebrew, Israelite of the tribe of Judah. He is High Priest over all the race of Adam. This is why He is called our Kinsmen Redeemer, our High Priest, and our King.

And in case you didn't know, Hebrews, Jesus, the Israelites, the sons of Adam and Adam himself, were NOT JEWS.

Jews are perverters, defilers, preachers of darkness and confusion. The Jews are descended from Cain and later Esau.

What is meant by "without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days or end of life" (Hebrews 7:3)?

It seems to plainly indicate that Melchisedec was eternal. However, we must put ourselves back into the eastern world 2000 years ago to understand what the expression would have meant to the original readers. The expression quoted above is not peculiar to the Scripture (used only once). It was an expression we find in secular literature of the day. The expression was used, not to indicate eternality, but to express the idea that an individual did not have a recorded geneology, or to indicate an obscure genealogy. Adam Clarke gives such examples from actual historical documents of the day. Here are two such documents:

Senceca, in his 108th epistle, speaking of some of the Roman kings, says: "Of the mother of Servius Tullus there are doubts; and Ancus Marcus is said to have no father."

Titus Livius, speaking of Servius, says he was born of a slave, named Cornicularia,..., of no father.

It must be noted that although there may be not a record of the genealogy of Melchizedek, we must consider Noah as a link in the progression of the Order of Melchizedek.

2Peter 2:5 ​​ And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Preacher G2783 ​​ kērux  ​​​​ kay'-roox  ​​​​ noun

From G2784 -verb- proclaim publish; a herald, that is, of divine truth (especially of the gospel): - preacher.

Righteousness G1343 ​​ dikaiosunē  ​​​​ dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay  ​​​​ noun

From G1342 -adjective- Equitable, holy (set apart), innocent, ; equity (of character or act); specifically (Christian) justification: - righteousness.

Thayer Definition:

1) righteous, observing divine laws

 ​​ ​​​​ 1a) in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the commands of God

Genesis 6:9 ​​ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

The phrase "without descent" is translated from the Greek agenealogetos (ag-en-eh-al-og'-ay-tos). This word does not mean the absence of ancestors, but the absence of a traced genealogy. According to Adam Clarke, the word means "a generation, a descent, a pedigree, not absolutely, but rehearsed (recited; repeated; as words; narrated), described, recorded."

The base of agenealogetos is genealogetos. The "a" before the word changes the word into its negative, or opposite meaning, portraying the idea of "without." "Genealogetos is he whose stock is entered on record. And so, on the contrary, agenealogetos is not he who has no descent, no genealogy, but he whose descent and pedigree is nowhere entered, recorded, reckoned up."

To the Judaeans, a traceable genealogy was of utmost importance, especially for the priesthood. If one could not prove his lineage he was barred from being a priest (Nehemiah 7:64). There is no recorded genealogy of Melchisedec (other than the connection with Noah from 2Pet 2:5). His (Melchisedec's) descent was not important because his priesthood was not dependant on it. His lineage did not affect his right to the priesthood. Actually his descent is important. We must understand that the only race with the Spirit (DNA) of Yahweh is the race of ADAM. The Bible is the book of the generations (descent) of Adam. Everything Yahweh has purposed for His priests and the priesthood are for the children of Adam, and would only be brought to them by their own kinsmen. The author (Paul) went on to say in Hebrews 7:13-17 that the Law foretold of a day in which the Melchisedecian priesthood would arise again. Since under the Law of Moses the priesthood had to be of the Aaronic order, this gave evidence that the Law would one day be abolished in favor of a new covenant and consequently a new priesthood. The only Law being referred to as being abolished is the law of the ordinances of the Levitical priesthood. All the other laws of God still stand.

Ephesians 2:15 ​​ Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances (Levitical rituals); for to make in Himself one renewed man from the two, so making peace;

The House of Judah lived in Judaea (Jerusalem) and kept the priesthood and rituals, at least until the Jewish Edomite Pharisees were installed by King Herod.

The 10 tribed House of Israel had been dispersed throughout the Greco-Roman world and became pagan. They discontinued and forgot their heritage and traditions, which is why they are called the 'lost' sheep.

The Greek: 2:15 ​​ having annulled the law of commandments in ordinances (rituals), in order that He would establish the two (Houses) with Himself into one new man, making peace,

The gospel was to those forgetful amnesiatic disobedient Israelites that were scattered among the nations. The gospel was a reminder of who they were. Our very white kinsmen in the 'churches' today are descendants of 'lost' Israel, and they are still 'lost' and walking in darkness because the 'churches' don't teach scripture, The Word of Yahweh, the history and heritage of our people, or that we still have work to do, because the 'churches' teach that the Jews are Israel, that you are a Gentile, and that you will be raptured because you accepted Jewish Jesus into your heart and declared yourself 'saved' and works are not needed because all you have to do is “just believe”.

The sacrifice of Yahshua Christ abolished the priesthood, the sacrifices and ritual ordinances, and the handwriting of ordinances which the Jewish Pharisees added to oppress the people under their usurped authority.

Colossians 2:14 ​​ Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross;

No translations say anything about the law being “done away with”. The “churches” teach that the law was “done away with”. ​​ 

The context here is about the ordinances of the priesthood, and the 'added' decrees and ordinances (handwriting) of the religion of the Jews, which is Judaism, which is the satanic version of Christianity.

The scribes, Pharisees and Sadducees took the law of Moses and perverted it into 'the traditions of the elders', which is Judaism. Today it is called the Talmud. The Talmud is the Jews' Bible. Judeo-christianity comes from Judaism, which is satanic Talumdism.

The Jewish Pharisees taught that it was against their law to do good on the Sabbath. That if a brother or even an ox were to fall in a ditch on a Sabbath, you, by their 'traditions' could not help them out.

What was Christ constantly rebuked for by these Edomite Priests? Healing on the Sabbath and that His disciples didn't follow the 'traditions of the elders' and wash their hands before eating.

These are some of the 'added' charges, decrees, obligations, or bonds, of their religion. The dogmas added by men.

So Paul is saying that since Christ died on the cross (stake, pale), the rituals and Levitical ordinances were 'done away with'. In addition, making the 'added' obligations (the handwriting) of Judaism of none effect. Now they have no authority.

Colossians 2:20 ​​ Wherefore if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances (the handwriting of men),

Don't listen to these rules and regulations of men. These decrees of Judaism.

The Greek 2:21 ​​ One should not hold, nor should one taste, nor should one touch,

22 ​​ (things which are all for corruption in their misuse,) according to the commands and instructions of men?

Paul warns us 4 times in chapter 2 of Colossians to beware of the 'doctrines of men' (handwriting, decrees, ordinances of men). This also includes the doctrines of the 33,000 denominations of so-called Christianity. All of which deviate from scriptural Christianity.

The context returns to the Levitical ordinances of the Law of Yahweh.

Hebrews 9:1 ​​ Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances (deeds) of divine service, and a worldly (earthly) sanctuary.

The ordinances spoken of are in the first covenant which were the deeds (works) of the rituals, performed by the Levitical priesthood.

The earthly sanctuary is referring to the Temples built with hands. These were part of the Old Covenant. Our ancestors needed the priesthood and sacrificial rituals because Christ did not come till much later to make propitiation for us. Because the priesthood in the BC days were just men, chosen sacred men to be mediators between Yahweh and the people, and the sacrifices they performed were only a temporary atonement for that year.

The Law (of Levitical ordinances) needed to be abolished because it demanded that the priests have their lineage through Aaron, not Melchisedec. After the Law (of ordinances) and the priesthood was abolished (expired) through Christ's death and the Renewed Covenant was instituted with His blood, Jesus had no need to be in the lineage of Levi to serve as a priest of God. He could be of the stock of Judah and still be a priest under the order of Melchisedec, for there was no genealogical requirement for this order (other than it was of Adamic genealogy). The two priesthoods were of a different sort and order, serving two different purposes, at different times.

David was a King and considered a Priest in the Order of Melchizedek because it was David who resurrected the Levitical office to it's appointed order. Christ is also a King and a Priest. Joseph was of the tribe of Judah, which is why Yahshua carried on his name, legally.

Mary was also a Judahite, and possibly part Levite through her mother, and Mary's cousin Elisabeth and her husband Zacharias were Levites. Which would make sense as Yahshua was of Judah the kingly tribe and possibly of Levi the priestly tribe. Yahshua Christ is our King and High Priest.

The racial lineage of Melchizedek is of the race and descendency of Adam. There were three stages of the priesthood. The first stage being the Melchizedek priesthood starting from Adam, the first Preacher of Righteousness, to Nahor Abraham's older brother, and possibly culminating with Moses who it has been said held the staff which was the scepter of the High Priest of Melchizedek. Adam to Moses, being a patriarchal leading priesthood.

Not every eldest son of all the generations from all Adam's sons, but the eldest son in the specific line descended from Adam's son Seth. Then to Seth's eldest son, Enos, his eldest son Cainan, his eldest son Mahalaleel, his eldest son Jared. Jared's eldest son, Enoch, was skipped because Enoch was translated, so Enoch's eldest son Methuselah was next, then his eldest son Lamech was also skipped because Lamech died before his father Methuselah. Noah resumes the order as the 8th Preacher of Righteousness (2Pet 2:5). This line went from Noah through his eldest son Shem. Although Shem's oldest son was not Arphaxad, Arphaxad was next in the order because Yahweh's chosen people came through the line of Shem's son Arphaxad. The chosen line overrules the order of the eldest son in a few instances.

This was the order from Adam on through to the time of Abraham where his older brother Nahor II would have held the title of Melchizedek in this first order and stage of the Melchizedecian priesthood.

I believe it is possible that the order was passed from Nahor II unto Isaac, because Isaac was dedicated to Yahweh on the altar by Abraham, and the children of Israel, the Levitical priesthood, and our Messiah came through Isaac's son Jacob. I then see Jacob as next in the Order, followed by Joseph, because his ten older brothers disqualified themselves by selling him into bondage. Joseph's dream foretold his brothers making obecience to him. I then see a brief gap in order because of the increasing bondage while in Egypt. I see Moses closing out the first Order as Preacher of Righteousness.

It is noteworthy that Moses (according to the Book of Jasher) was a king between his banishment from Egypt and his time in Midian where he met his wife Zipporah and her father Reuel (Jethro), a priest of Midian.

Moses was eighteen years old when he came to the camp of Kikianus, which at that time was in a war. Moses was with King Kikianus of Cush for nine years and became beloved by the men, for he was great and worthy, his stature was like a noble lion, his face like the sun, and his strength was like that of a lion, and he was counsellor to the king. When the king died, Moses was exalted by the troops and king's servants. And Moses reigned over the children of Cush. Moses was 27 years old when he began to reign over Cush, and forty years did he reign.

Jasher 73:37 And Moses feared Yahweh his God all his life, and Moses walked before Yahweh in truth, with all his heart and soul, he turned not from the right way all the days of his life; he declined not from the way either to the right or to the left, in which Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had walked.

38 And Moses strengthened himself in the kingdom of the children of Cush, and he guided the children of Cush with his usual wisdom, and Moses prospered in his kingdom.

76:1 And Moses the son of Amram was still king in the land of Cush in those days, and he prospered in his kingdom, and he conducted the government of the children of Cush in justice, in righteousness, and integrity.

In the 40th year, Moses' queen, Adoniah, whom was given to him by the people, and whom Moses did not consummate with because she was of the daughters of Canaan, stirred up the people against him. So revering Moses and his God Yahweh, they gave him many presents and sent him from them with great honor.

After his time as King over the children of Cush, Moses went on to Midian where he met his future wife and father in law.

If not Nahor II, then from Moses did the first stage of the Patriarchal Order of the priesthood of Melchizedek pass to the Office of the Levites.

Since the people became so numerous, the Levitical priesthood and it's ordinances assumed the office and they became the preachers of righteousness for the nation, performing the sacrifices, oblations, and associated duties. All tithes and offerings were brought to the Levites during this second stage. When Christ died, the Levitical priesthood and ordinances expired and He became our High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. The Office of Righteousness.

What does the phrase "having neither beginning of days, nor end of life" mean (Hebrews 7:3)?

It could merely mean that the day of Melchisedec's birth and death are not recorded. This would be in stark contrast to other famous men of the Bible who births and deaths are recorded with great accuracy. It would also be in opposition to the importance of one's age under the Levitical and Aaronic priesthood, for under the Levitical priesthood one had to prove their age so it could be determined whether or not they were too young or too old to serve as a priest. The Aaronic priests could not begin to serve as a priest until they were twenty-five years old, and had to retire when they reached the age of fifty (Numbers 4:1-3, 22-23, 35, 43; 8:24-25).

What evidence is there that Melchisedec was more than a man?

Primary support comes from verses 3, 8, and 15-16 of Hebrews chapter 7. Verse three says Melchisedec "abideth a priest continually." The word "abideth" in the Greek is in the present tense, indicating continuous action. This being true, it appears that Melchisedec never died, but is still acting as a priest.

This is because Christ IS our reigning High Priest. He will always be our Mediator to Yahweh. Not a man, not water or any ritual, and no priest. No middle men. Just you and Christ Yahshua.

The Priesthood and each of the three Orders were held by Adamic men. The Patriarchal Office from Adam to Nahor II were Adamites, Moses and the Levitical Priests were Adamic Israelite men of the tribe of Levi, and Yahshua Messiah was High Priest in the Flesh just before He was sacrificed. This occured officially and publicly when Caiaphas put Yahshua under the oath of Leviticus 5:1, which we will get to.

The Order was a continuous ministry of Yahweh's Priests.

Verse 8 says, "of whom [Melchisedec] it is witnessed that He liveth." Notice that "is" and "liveth" are also in the present tense. By using the present tense instead of a past tense, the author of Hebrews (Paul) seems to be implying that it was still being witnessed that Melchisedec lives even in his own day.

Daniel 4:34 ​​ And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto the sky, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured Him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation:

Hebrews 7:25 ​​ Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Hebrews 9:17 ​​ For a covenant is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is never valid while the Covenanted One liveth.

Melchizedek is not a name, it's a title, an office. It applies to the Elder of our race who passes on the righteous Words of Yahweh God. The role of Melchizedek lives on in every generation.

Finally in verses 15-16 (of Hebrews chapter 7) we read that Jesus was made "after the power of an endless life." This statement arose out of the comparison the author (Paul) was making between Melchisedec and Jesus. Keeping with the author's (Paul's) train of thought, it seems as though he was implying Melchisedec's life was also endless.

Again, Melchizedek is not a name, it's a role, a title, an office, a preacher, a shepherd, a watchman. Whether a Patriarch, a Levitical priest, or Yahshua Christ, Melchizedek is one who teaches the power of an endless life.

All those who were of the Patriarchal Preachers of Righteousness, during the first stage, from Adam to Nahor II, indeed will have an endless life. All those of the Levitical priesthood, during the second stage, who were righteous priests will have an endless life. Yahshua Messiah is eternal and has an endless life. That is why He had to take over the office of the priesthood and void the priesthood of men, all the sacrifices and rituals, and ordinances. Those first two stages of the priesthood were inferior to the third stage in which Yahshua's office is eternal. His priesthood has the power of an endless life because He is eternal. It was rightfully and legally acquired by Him in the flesh, and His death and resurrection solidified His eternality in the untransferable office as the High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek.

Why was Melchisedec considered great, and greater than Abraham at that (Hebrews 7:7)?

To answer this question we must go back to the first mention of the story in Genesis 14. It is said that Melchizedek came with bread and wine to Abraham after Abraham had defeated Chedorlaomer and the kings who fought with him. These kings looted Sodom and Gomorrah, taking Lot, Abraham's nephew captive; therefore, Abraham went to rescue him. When Abraham and his servants returned from the battle, Melchizedek brought food and drink, apparently for the famished soldiers. Abraham then tithed the spoil and gave it to Melchizedek as was the ancient custom. Upon doing so, Melchizedek blessed Abraham. ​​ Dr. Macknight said concerning this blessing, "The blessing here spoken of is not the simple wishing of good to others, which may be done by inferiors to superiors, but is the action of a person authorized to declare God's intention to bestow good upon another." One reason Melchizedek is considered greater than Abraham was because he was authorized by God to declare His intentions of bestowing good upon Abraham.

Of course he was, Nahor II (Melchizedek) was the oldest living patriarch descended from the chosen family line of Adam. Abraham was his younger brother. Nahor II, being older than Abraham, would be repected as an elder. We will see more on Nahor II and why he would have been this Melchizedek at that time later in this study.

There is no way someone outside the race of Adam would be Melchizedek.

Secondly, Melchizedek was greater than Abraham because Melchizedek was the priest of the Most High God (Hebrews 7:1, 3, 11-12, 15, 17, 21). Abraham was not a priest. He was the friend of God, but not the priest of God. Melchizedek held an office that mediated between God and men. Abraham did not hold an office of this type.

Melchizedek is an office without a father and without descent.

Paul is using Melchizedek as a model of Christ. It's a role. A role of righteousness. The order of Melchizedek is also without father and without descent because it started with Yahshua, who is The Word, which was from the beginning. Yahshua is Yahweh and Yahweh is eternal. So the order of Melchizedek never had a beginning, or has an end, because Yahweh is the originator of the Order, and He was the High Priest over Adam, whom He sent down to earth to be King of the earth, have the dominion, and be King and High Priest, and to preach righteousness and pass on the heavenly heritage to his children after him.

Finally, why did God need to change the priesthood from Aaronic to Melchisedecian?

The answer to this question is supplied by the author of Hebrews (Paul) in 7:11-28. First of all, with the changing of the law (of Levitical ordinances) comes a changing of the priesthood (Hebrews 7:11-12). Under the Law of Moses, God appointed the Levitical, Aaronic line to serve as priests. When Jesus ushered in the Renewed Covenant, however, He needed to change the priesthood.

He didn't change the priesthood, it simply expired. It was of no more use after the sacrifice of Christ. Yahshua assumed the Order and the office and became our only and High Priest, for ever more. No more need for a mortal man-priest as a mediator, Christ is our mediator to Yahweh now. No more need to bring atoning offerings and bring animals to sacrifice, He desires obedience. He desires you to have knowledge and understanding, and live it. He wants you to imitate the role of Melchizedek and practice your priestly duty to witness to others about who they are and Whose they are.

Secondly, the Aaronic priesthood was weak and unprofitable (Hebrews 7:18-19). It made nothing and nobody perfect. Jesus on the other hand could (Hebrews 7:19, 22). The Aaronic priests could only minister for a short time, but since Jesus lives and dies no more, He can minister as a priest forever (Hebrews 7:23-24). The Aaronic priesthood had to be done away with because of its flaws and shortcomings, due to the nature of the men that served in it.

The Greek has: Hebrews 7:24 ​​ But He (Yahshua), because He is to abide for the ages, has the untransferable priesthood.

This shows that Yahshua had always had the priesthood, from the beginning. It was occupied by the first Adam in the flesh, his children after him, and ultimately restored back to Yahshua, the last Adam.

It sounds like an allegory that fits with the parable of Matthew 25:14 ​​ For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. The Master represents Yahweh, His servants are Adam and his children after him. They were given dominion and responsibility, and knowledge and understanding, a priesthood, and the tools to build the kingdom. Some did their job very well, and received their reward, and some did poorly and were punished.

Thirdly, but having to do with the reason above, was that the Aaronic priests could not save those who came to them. Jesus on the other hand can save all that come to Him because He lives forevermore to make intercession for them (Hebrews 7:22-28).

The Torah, the commandments, the sacrifices and atonements, and the priests, none of these can justify or make one perfect or absolved from sin. The atonements made by the priesthood were only a temporary covering over of sin, and only for that year. The Torah, the commandments, the feast days, and the food laws, are all still in effect and must be followed, because they keep us walking in The Way, healthy, and preserved. This life is a test, an ongoing test until we die. The Law, the prophets, the apostles, The Word, the Priests reminded us of The Way. When we sin, or wander out of The Way, we can't bring a goat or a bull to a priest in a temple to atone for our missing the mark of duty anymore. Because the priesthood, the sacrifices and oblations, and ceremonial ordinances were 'done away with' by the death and resurrection of Christ. But we still have to make our own personal sacrifices, which come by repentance, obedience and allegiance to The Way, the commandments, by loving our kinsmen and witnessing to them, by participating in our family heritage, the sabbaths and feast days, and deepening our understanding of who we are and Whose we are. The One we come to is Yahshua, not men, not any priest, not by rituals, and not by declaring we are 'saved'.

Finally, the Levitical order of priests had to be replaced by another order because the former had to offer sacrifices daily for their own sins before they could offer sacrifices for other's sins. Jesus offered up His own harmless, undefiled, and separated body to God to atone for sin once and for all. He had no need to offer up sacrifices for His own sins, but rather took other's sins upon Himself and gave us of His righteousness, and eternal life to those who come to God through Him (II Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 7:22-28).

The high priest of the priesthood had to first offer a sacrifice for their own sin, then they could offer sacrifice for the sins of the people.

So we can see in chapter 7 of Hebrews that the priesthood went through stages. The eldest living son in the lineage of Adam was high priest until the days of Abraham, proclaiming righteousness and setting an example. Then the Levites were the priesthood for the children of Israel because when the law was given on Mt Sinai, and when they were disobedient to the law, they required atonement for their sins. This was a shadow of things to come. When Christ died, the priesthood was no longer needed, Christ made the final atonement and assumed the role as High Priest, forever.

The atonements made during the first two stages of the Patriarchal Priesthood and Levitical Priesthood were only temporary. If Yahshua did not give His sinless life for us, we, and those who have died would not rise. When Christ died on the stake, He went into the land of the dead where all those who've died before His death were held captives. He released them from eternal death which they were prisoners of. No mortal man, priest, or ritual could do that.

Now let's cover Haran.

HARAN was Abraham's older brother.

Haran means 'mountaineer'.

Haran was the eldest son of Terah, and brother of Abraham and Nahor II, and the father of Lot, and Milcah (who married her uncle Nahor II), and Iscah, or Sarai, who married her uncle Abram, being "daughter (i.e. granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Genesis 20:12). Haran died before his father Terah (Gen. 11:27; Jasher 12:26,36-37), in Ur of the Chaldees. Harran, was a celebrated city of Western Asia, where Abram remained, after he left Ur of the Chaldees, till his father Terah died (Gen. 11:31,32), when he continued his journey into the land of Canaan.

Harran was a major city northeast of Israel in eastern Turkey. The city was called Hellenopolis in the early Christian period.

There are claims that Harran got its name from Haran the older brother of Abraham.

The city of Harran was believed to have been founded in 2000 B.C.

The Christian historian Bar Hebraeus (13th century), mentions that Harran had been built by Cainan (the father of Abraham's ancestor Shelah in some accounts), and had been named for another son of Cainan called Harran.

If this is true, then Harran was built closer to 3000 BC as Shelah lived from 3031-2498 BC.

It is also pertinent that in the next generation Abraham's son [Isaac] married Nahor's "granddaughter" [Rebecca] indicating that Nahor II was Abraham's senior by some years.

Abraham was 75 years old when he left Haran [the city] according to Genesis 12:4. Terah must have been 130 years old when he fathered Abraham. It is also to be noted that Lot's daughters described their father as being "old" [Gen 19:31]. We tend to think of Lot as Abraham's young nephew, but Lot never behaves deferentially to Abraham which indicates that they were of similar age. This again indicates that Haran [the man] was considerably older than Abraham and is consistent with the hypothesis that Haran was some 60 years older than his younger brother Abraham.

Evidently Haran was much older than Abraham (by about 60 years) and had previously settled the land known as Haran which was north and between Ur of the Chaldees in the east and the land of Canaan to the west.

Genesis 11:31 ​​ And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

​​ 11:32 ​​ And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

After Abraham hacked up the gods and idols of Terah and the people in the temple, they wanted to kill him. He exhorted them to worship the one true God and not the lifeless gods of sticks and stones.

Jasher 12:1-44

1 And when the king heard the words of Abram he ordered him to be put into prison; and Abram was ten days in prison.

2 And at the end of those days the king ordered that all the kings, princes and governors of different provinces and the sages should come before him, and they sat before him, and Abram was still in the house of confinement.

3 And the king said to the princes and sages, Have you heard what Abram, the son of Terah, has done to his father? Thus has he done to him, and I ordered him to be brought before me, and thus has he spoken; his heart did not misgive him, neither did he stir in my presence, and behold now he is confined in the prison.

4 And therefore decide what judgment is due to this man who reviled the king; who spoke and did all the things that you heard.

5 And they all answered the king saying, The man who revileth the king should be hanged upon a tree; but having done all the things that he said, and having despised our gods, he must therefore be burned to death, for this is the law in this matter.

6 If it pleaseth the king to do this, let him order his servants to kindle a fire both night and day in your brick furnace, and then we will cast this man into it. And the king did so, and he commanded his servants that they should prepare a fire for three days and three nights in the king's furnace, that is in Casdim; and the king ordered them to take Abram from prison and bring him out to be burned.

7 And all the king's servants, princes, lords, governors, and judges, and all the inhabitants of the land, about nine hundred thousand men, stood opposite the furnace to see Abram.

8 And all the women and little ones crowded upon the roofs and towers to see what was doing with Abram, and they all stood together at a distance; and there was not a man left that did not come on that day to behold the scene.

9 And when Abram was come, the conjurors of the king and the sages saw Abram, and they cried out to the king, saying, Our sovereign lord, surely this is the man whom we know to have been the child at whose birth the great star swallowed the four stars, which we declared to the king now fifty years since.

10 And behold now his father has also transgressed your commands, and mocked you by bringing you another child, which you didst kill.

11 And when the king heard their words, he was exceedingly wroth, and he ordered Terah to be brought before him.

12 And the king said, Hast you heard what the conjurors have spoken? Now tell me truly, how didst you; and if you shalt speak truth you shalt be acquitted.

13 And seeing that the king's anger was so much kindled, Terah said to the king, My lord and king, you hast heard the truth, and what the sages have spoken is right. And the king said, How couldst you do this thing, to transgress my orders and to give me a child that you didst not beget, and to take value for him?

14 And Terah answered the king, Because my tender feelings were excited for my son, at that time, and I took a son of my handmaid, and I brought him to the king.

15 And the king said Who advised you to this? Tell me, do not hide aught from me, and then you shalt not die.

16 And Terah was greatly terrified in the king's presence, and he said to the king, It was Haran my eldest son who advised me to this; and Haran was in those days that Abram was born, two and thirty years old.

17 But Haran did not advise his father to anything, for Terah said this to the king in order to deliver his (own) soul from the king, for he feared greatly; and the king said to Terah, Haran your son who advised you to this shall die through fire with Abram; for the sentence of death is upon him for having rebelled against the king's desire in doing this thing.

18 And Haran at that time felt inclined to follow the ways of Abram, but he kept it within himself.

19 And Haran said in his heart, Behold now the king has seized Abram on account of these things which Abram did, and it shall come to pass, that if Abram prevail over the king I will follow him, but if the king prevail I will go after the king.

20 And when Terah had spoken this to the king concerning Haran his son, the king ordered Haran to be seized with Abram.

21 And they brought them both, Abram and Haran his brother, to cast them into the fire; and all the inhabitants of the land and the king's servants and princes and all the women and little ones were there, standing that day over them.

22 And the king's servants took Abram and his brother, and they stripped them of all their clothes excepting their lower garments which were upon them.

23 And they bound their hands and feet with linen cords, and the servants of the king lifted them up and cast them both into the furnace.

24 And Yahweh loved Abram and He had compassion over him, and Yahweh came down and delivered Abram from the fire and he was not burned.

25 But all the cords with which they bound him were burned, while Abram remained and walked about in the fire.

26 And Haran died when they had cast him into the fire, and he was burned to ashes, for his heart was not perfect with Yahweh; and those men who cast him into the fire, the flame of the fire spread over them, and they were burned, and twelve men of them died.

27 And Abram walked in the midst of the fire three days and three nights, and all the servants of the king saw him walking in the fire, and they came and told the king, saying, Behold we have seen Abram walking about in the midst of the fire, and even the lower garments which are upon him are not burned, but the cord with which he was bound is burned.

28 And when the king heard their words his heart fainted and he would not believe them; so he sent other faithful princes to see this matter, and they went and saw it and told it to the king; and the king rose to go and see it, and he saw Abram walking to and fro in the midst of the fire, and he saw Haran's body burned, and the king wondered greatly.

29 And the king ordered Abram to be taken out from the fire; and his servants approached to take him out and they could not, for the fire was round about and the flame ascending toward them from the furnace.

30 And the king's servants fled from it, and the king rebuked them, saying, Make haste and bring Abram out of the fire that you shall not die.

31 And the servants of the king again approached to bring Abram out, and the flames came upon them and burned their faces so that eight of them died.

32 And when the king saw that his servants could not approach the fire lest they should be burned, the king called to Abram, O servant of the God who is in heaven, go forth from amidst the fire and come hither before me; and Abram hearkened to the voice of the king, and he went forth from the fire and came and stood before the king.

33 And when Abram came out the king and all his servants saw Abram coming before the king, with his lower garments upon him, for they were not burned, but the cord with which he was bound was burned.

34 And the king said to Abram, How is it that you wast not burned in the fire?

35 And Abram said to the king, The God of heaven and earth in whom I trust and who has all in His power, He delivered me from the fire into which you didst cast me.

36 And Haran the brother of Abram was burned to ashes, and they sought for his body, and they found it consumed.

37 And Haran was eighty-two years old when he died in the fire of Casdim. And the king, princes, and inhabitants of the land, seeing that Abram was delivered from the fire, they came and bowed down to Abram.

38 And Abram said to them, Do not bow down to me, but bow down to the God of the world who made you, and serve Him, and go in His ways for it is He who delivered me from out of this fire, and it is He who created the souls and spirits of all men, and formed man in his mother's womb, and brought him forth into the world, and it is He who will deliver those who trust in Him from all pain.

39 And this thing seemed very wonderful in the eyes of the king and princes, that Abram was saved from the fire and that Haran was burned; and the king gave Abram many presents and he gave him his two head servants from the king's house; the name of one was Oni and the name of the other was Eliezer.

40 And all the kings, princes and servants gave Abram many gifts of silver and gold and pearl, and the king and his princes sent him away, and he went in peace.

41 And Abram went forth from the king in peace, and many of the king's servants followed him, and about three hundred men joined him.

42 And Abram returned on that day and went to his father's house, he and the men that followed him, and Abram served Yahweh his God all the days of his life, and he walked in His ways and followed His law.

43 And from that day forward Abram inclined the hearts of the sons of men to serve Yahweh.

44 And at that time Nahor and Abram took unto themselves wives, the daughters of their brother Haran; the wife of Nahor was Milca and the name of Abram's wife was Sarai. And Sarai, wife of Abram, was barren; she had no offspring in those days.

Genesis 12:1 ​​ Now Yahweh had said unto Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, unto a land that I will shew you:

​​ 12:2 ​​ And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shalt be a blessing:

​​ 12:3 ​​ And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curseth you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

​​ 12:4 ​​ So Abram departed, as Yahweh had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

​​ 12:5 ​​ And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

After the birth of Isaac...

Genesis 21:8 ​​ And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

Jasher 21:6-8

6 Also Terah, the father of Abraham, and Nahor his brother, came from Haran, they and all belonging to them, for they greatly rejoiced on hearing that a son had been born to Sarah.

7 And they came to Abraham, and they ate and drank at the feast which Abraham made upon the day of Isaac's being weaned.

8 And Terah and Nahor rejoiced with Abraham, and they remained with him many days in the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 24:2 ​​ And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh:

​​ 24:3 ​​ And I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

​​ 24:4 ​​ But you shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

​​ 24:9 ​​ And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

​​ 24:10 ​​ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. ​​ 

The City of Nahor

The city of Nahor may be referring to the city of Harran.

When Abraham sent out his servant to find his kin, he sent him to Aram Naharaim, translated by the KJV and other bibles as “Mesopotamia”. Later in Genesis, this kingdom will be revealed to be close to (or containing) the city of Harran, where Terah settled his family en route to Canaan. Paddan Aram, first mentioned in Genesis 25, may be an alternate or more specific name for the region. Although the city of Nahor is in Aram Naharaim at the start of this story, Genesis 11 does not record him traveling with his father and siblings:

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Harran, they settled there. Genesis 11:31

Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai, and his grandson Lot. Why not Nahor II?  ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ By Genesis 24, Nahor II is so at home in Aram that a town bears his name. Although Abraham and Nahor II took different paths, they both appear to be prominent in their communities. Like Abraham, Nahor II was probably rich: he may have founded the town that he lived in and his granddaughter Rebekah was well-stocked with nurses and attendants. Nahor was the progenitor of twelve tribes through his 11 sons and 1 daughter. Eight were children of Milcah and four were children of Reumah (Gen. 22.20-24). Even if he wasn’t prominent in the text, he was a prominent man in his community.

It is said that Nahor's sons were Aramaean tribes, but they only lived in the land of Aram, Shem's son. Nahor was a Hebrew, so his children were also Hebrews.

Genesis 22:20 ​​ And it came to pass after these things (offering up of Isaac), that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

22:21 ​​ Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram (the younger),

22:22 ​​ And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

22:23 ​​ And Bethuel begat Rebekah (Isaac's wife): these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

22:24 ​​ And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

The Maachathites dwelt among the Israelites as attested in Joshua 13:13.

*I believe Abraham's older brother Nahor II was the High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. That it was Nahor II whom Abraham paid tithes to. I believe it was Nahor II because this Patriarchal Order began with Adam and continued in the family and would not include anyone outside our race or outside of this chosen line of Patriarchs. Abraham's g-g-grandfather Reu was the last High Priest of the order before Nahor II, in which the order skipped three generations because Serug, Nahor I, and Terah were idolators. So if the Patriarchal Order is as I've traced, it stands to reason that Nahor II, being the older brother of Abraham, would assume the order, and be the High Priest in the Patriarchal Order. It didn't go to Abraham, because Abraham paid tithes to Nahor II. And Nahor II witnessed the birth of Isaac and blessed him, and must have known that Yahweh had chosen Abraham to continue the chosen line, especially after he saw that Sarah and Abraham gave birth to Isaac in their old age. Truly a miracle.

Was Nahor's God Yahweh too?

How could Nahor II be in the line of the patriarchal office of Melchizedek if he were not a Yahweh worshiper?

Genesis 31:53 ​​ The God of Abram and the God of Nahor judge between us; and Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

This was when Jacob and his uncle Laban were disputing about the decision to leave and return to the land of his kindred. Laban was also an idolator.

Joshua 24:2 ​​ And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Yahweh God of Israel, Your (fore)fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

Terah served other gods. Abraham and Nahor II were sons of Terah. The 'they' that served other gods were Serug, his son Nahor I the elder, and his son Terah, Nimrod, and those ancestors of theirs that dwelt beyond where the flood occurred. The flood was not worldwide. It was in the Tarim Basin.

So yes, we see that Nahor II was a Yahweh worshiper and he must have been the King of Salem and a Preacher of Righteousness.

The Adamic race is God's children in the earth. Yahweh's chosen line goes from Adam to Noah, Noah's son Shem to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Then Yahweh's chosen line goes through Jacob and his children. Levi was Jacob's 3rd son, and to whom the office of the priesthood was transferred to. This was because Nahor II was not an Israelite. He was an Adamic, Shemite, Hebrew, as was Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. This is where the transition from the first Patriarchal stage of the order of Melchizedek went to the second stage, the office of the Levites.

Nahor's children were not chosen by Yahweh to assume the office of the priesthood and order of Melchizedek. Abraham's seed was chosen, through Isaac and Jacob, and Jacob's son Levi and to Moses and Aaron. They were ordained by Yahweh to carry the torch and assume the management of the Israelite family.

Here is the breakdown of the First Order of the Melchizedek Priesthood.

Yahweh's race in the earth. The Preachers of Righteousness. The office of Melchizedek.

​​ *Timeline according to the Septuagint LXX (The Jewish Masoretic texts leave out ​​ 1300+ years which is why many believe Shem was alive when Abraham was alive)(If the timeline of the Jewish Masorettes was accurate, then Shem may have been Melchizedek, but....NO.)

Note: Melchizedek is not a name, it's a title. It's an office.

Melchizedek is a Preacher of Righteousness.

#1 ​​ ADAM  ​​​​ 5554-4624 BC  ​​ ​​​​ (Adam means red, ruddy, able to blush)  ​​ ​​​​ 

Preacher of Righteousness for 930 yrs.

Adam was the first in the Order of Melchizedek. But Yahweh made the first sacrifice.

Genesis 3:21 ​​ Unto Adam also and to his wife did Yahweh God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

We also know Adam offered sacrifice. He was the first High Priest in the flesh.

In The Book of Adam and Eve, chapter 1:9 ​​ Adam said to Eve “Come, let us take an offering and offer it up unto God, and ask Him to give us a fair child, in whome we may find comfort,...10 Then they prepared an offering and brought it up to the altar, and offered it before Yahweh, and began to entreat Him to accept their offering, and to give them a good offspring. 11 And God heard Adam and accepted his offering.

We also know that Abel offered sacrifices.

Genesis 4:4 ​​ And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Yahweh had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

#2 ​​ SETH  ​​​​ 5324-4412 BC  ​​ ​​​​ (Seth means substitute, compensation)

POR for 212 yrs.

From The Book of Adam and Eve 95:1 AFTER the death of Adam and of Eve, Seth severed his children, and his children's children, from Cain's children. Cain and his seed went down and dwelt westward, below the place where he had killed his half brother Abel.

2 But Seth and his children,

dwelt northwards upon the mountain of the Cave of Treasures, in order to be near to their father Adam.

3 And Seth the elder, tall and good, with a fine soul, and of a strong mind, stood at the head of his people; and tended them in innocence, penitence, and meekness, and did not allow one of them to go down to Cain's children.

4 But because of their own purity, they were named "Children of God," and they were with God, instead of the hosts of angels who fell; for they continued in praises to God, and in singing psalms unto Him, in their cave--the Cave of Treasures.

12 They were happy, innocent, without sudden fear, there was no jealousy, no evil action, no hatred among them. There was no animal passion; from no mouth among them went forth either foul words or curse; neither evil counsel nor fraud. For the men of that time never swore, but under hard circumstances, when men must swear, they swore by the blood of Abel the just.

13 But they constrained their children and their women every day in the cave to fast and pray, and to worship the most High God. They blessed themselves in the body of their father Adam, and anointed themselves with it.

14 And they did so until the end of Seth drew near.

#3 ​​ ENOS (Enosh)  ​​​​ 5119-4214 BC  ​​ ​​​​ (Enos means man, mortal)

POR for 198 yrs.

Genesis 4:26 ​​ And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of Yahweh.

“Enosh,” who was prominent in the line of Seth, was the originator of public prayer and spiritual worship. In it, the indescribable name of the eternal God was used.

#4 ​​ CAINAN  ​​​​ 4929-4019 BC  ​​ ​​​​ (Cainan means possession, fixed, a chamber)  ​​​​ 

POR for 195 yrs

Genesis 5:13 ​​ And Cainan lived after his begetting Maleleel, seven hundred and forty years, and he begot sons and daughters. ​​ (Septuagint)

Jasher 2:11 And Cainan grew up and he was forty years old, and he became wise and had knowledge and skill in all wisdom, and he reigned over all the sons of Adam, and he led the sons of Adam to wisdom and knowledge; for Cainan was a very wise man and had understanding in all wisdom, and with his wisdom he ruled over spirits and demons;

12 And Cainan knew by his wisdom that God would destroy the sons of Adam for having sinned upon land, and that Yahweh would in the latter days bring upon them the waters of the flood.

#5 ​​ MAHALALEEL  ​​​​ 4759-3864 BC  ​​ ​​ ​​​​ (Mahalaleel means praise of God) ​​ 

POR for 155 yrs

Genesis 5:16 ​​ And Maleleel lived after his begetting Jared, seven hundred and thirty years, and he begot sons and daughters. ​​ (Septuagint)

#6 ​​ JARED  ​​​​ 4594-3632 BC  ​​​​ (Jared means descent, to descend) ​​ 

POR for 232 yrs

Genesis 5:19 ​​ And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ​​ 

Enoch 6:1 And it came to pass when the children of Adam had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of Adam and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear you will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it.

Hermon (kher-mone') means 'a santuary'. It's from the word charam (khaw-ram'), a verb, which means to ban, to devote to destruction, to destroy, to divide.

Book of Jubilees 17:15 ​​ And in the second week of the tenth jubilee Mahalaleel took unto him to wife Dinah, the daughter of Baraki’el the daughter of his father's brother, and she bare him a son in the third week in the sixth year, and he called his name Jared; for in his days the angels of Yahweh descended on the earth, those who are named the Watchers, that they should instruct the children of Adam, and that they should do judgment and uprightness on the earth.

-The order skips Enoch who was translated (Heb 11:5) (Enoch means dedicated, to train) ​​ Enoch lived from 4432-4067 BC

#7 ​​ METHUSELAH  ​​​​ 4267-3298 BC  ​​ ​​​​ (Methuselah means man of a dart, shoot of growth, branch) ​​ 

POR for 334 yrs

Jasher 5:5 And all who followed Yahweh died in those days, before they saw the harm which God declared to do upon the land.

6 And after the lapse of many years, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the life of Noah, when all those men, who followed Yahweh had died away from amongst the sons of Adam, and only Methuselah was then left, God said unto Noah and Methuselah, saying,

7 Speak you, and proclaim to the sons of Adam, saying, Thus saith Yahweh, return from your evil ways and forsake your works, and Yahweh will repent (change His mind) of the harm that He declared to do to you, so that it shall not come to pass.

8 For thus saith Yahweh, Behold I give you a period of one hundred and twenty years; if you will turn to Me and forsake your evil ways, then will I also turn away from the harm which I told you, and it shall not exist, saith Yahweh.

9 And Noah and Methuselah spoke all the words of Yahweh to the sons of Adam, day after day, constantly speaking to them.

10 But the sons of Adam would not hearken to them, nor incline their ears to their words, and they were stiffnecked.

Enoch 76:12 And the twelve portals of the four quarters of the heaven are therewith completed, and all their laws and all their plagues and all their benefactions have I shown to you, my son Methuselah.

The Heavenly Tablets and the Mission of Enoch.

Enoch 81:1-6 And he said unto me:
'Observe, Enoch, these heavenly tablets,
And read what is written thereon,
And mark every individual fact.'

And I observed the heavenly tablets, and read everything which was written (thereon) and understood everything, and read the book of all the deeds of mankind, and of all the children of flesh that shall be upon the earth to the remotest generations. And forthwith I blessed the great Yahweh the King of glory for ever, in that He has made all the works of the world,

And I extolled Yahweh because of His patience,
And blessed Him because of the children of Adam.

And after that I said:
'Blessed is the man who dies in righteousness and goodness,
Concerning whom there is no book of unrighteousness written,
And against whom no day of judgment shall be found.'

And those seven holy ones brought me and placed me on the earth before the door of my house, and said to me: 'Declare everything to your son Methuselah, and show to all your children that no flesh is righteous in the sight of Yahweh, for He is their Creator. One year we will leave you with your son, till you givest your (last) commands, that you mayest teach your children and record (it) for them, and testify to all your children; and in the second year they shall take you from their midst.

Charge given to Enoch: the four Intercalary Days: the Stars which lead the Seasons and the Months.

Enoch 82:1-6 And now, my son Methuselah, all these things I am recounting to you and writing down for you! and I have revealed to you everything, and given you books concerning all these: so preserve, my son Methuselah, the books from your father's hand, and (see) that you deliver them to the generations of the world.

I have given Wisdom to you and to your children,
[And your children that shall be to you],
That they may give it to their children for generations,
This wisdom (namely) that passeth their thought.

And those who understand it shall not sleep,
But shall listen with the ear that they may learn this wisdom,
And it shall please those that eat thereof better than good food.

Blessed are all the righteous, blessed are all those who walk in the way of righteousness and sin not as the sinners, in the reckoning of all their days in which the sun traverses the heaven, entering into and departing from the portals for thirty days with the heads of thousands of the order of the stars, together with the four which are intercalated which divide the four portions of the year, which lead them and enter with them four days. Owing to them men shall be at fault and not reckon them in the whole reckoning of the year: yea, men shall be at fault, and not recognize them

accurately.

These are the 91st days of the Solar calendar. Soldier Sabbaths. They mark the 4 seasons of the year. John the Baptist was born on (or near) the first one, which is the Spring Equinox, usually March 20th or 21st. Six months later, as recorded in scripture, Christ was born, on the third 91st day, which usually falls on September 17th or 18th. The second 91st day is June 18th or 19th, and the fourth intercalary day is December 17th or 18th. It was Adam, Enoch and Job that were the original astrologers and instituted the calendar.

First Dream-Vision on the Deluge.

Enoch 83:1-9 And now, my son Methuselah, I will show you all my visions which I have seen, recounting them before you. Two visions I saw before I took a wife, and the one was quite unlike the other: the first when I was learning to write: the second before I took your mother, (when) I saw a terrible vision. And regarding them I prayed to Yahweh. I had laid me down in the house of my grandfather Mahalaleel, (when) I saw in a vision how the heaven collapsed and was borne (carried) off and fell to the earth. And when it fell to the earth I saw how the earth was swallowed up in a great abyss, and mountains were suspended on mountains, and hills sank down on hills, and high trees were rent from their stems, and hurled down and sunk in the abyss. And thereupon a word fell into my mouth, and I lifted up (my voice) to cry aloud, and said: ' The earth is destroyed.' And my grandfather Mahalaleel waked me as I lay near him, and said unto me: ' Why dost you cry so, my son, and why do you make such lamentation?' And I recounted to him the whole vision which I had seen, and he said unto me: ' A terrible thing hast you seen, my (grand)son, and of grave moment is your dream- vision as to the secrets of all the sin of the earth: it must sink into the abyss and be destroyed with a great destruction. And now, my (grand)son, arise and make petition to Yahweh of glory, since you are a believer, that a remnant may remain on the earth, and that He may not destroy the whole earth.

Fragment of the Book of Noah

Enoch 106:1 And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became ​​ pregnant by him and bore a son (Noah). And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful. And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house was very bright. And thereupon he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and conversed with Yahweh of righteousness.

Enoch 107:1 And I saw written on them that generation upon generation shall transgress, till a generation of righteousness arises, and transgression is destroyed and sin passes away from the earth, and all manner of good comes upon it. And now, my son, go and make known to your son Lamech that this son, which has been born, is in truth his son, and that (this) is no lie.' And when Methuselah had heard the words of his father Enoch-for he had shown to him everything in secret-he returned and showed (them) to him and called the name of that son Noah; for he will comfort the earth after all the destruction.

Enoch 108:1 Another book which Enoch wrote for his son Methuselah and for those who will come after him, and keep the law in the last days (that's us!). Ye who have done good shall wait for those days till an end is made of those who work evil; and an end of the might of the transgressors.

-The order skips Lamech who died before Methuselah, and because in Lamech's heart he was not a Yahweh worshiper.  ​​​​ (Lamech means powerful) ​​ Lamech lived from 4080-3303 BC.

Jasher 5:19 ​​ And Lamech the father of Noah, died in those days; yet verily he did not go with all his heart in the ways of his father, and he died in the hundred and ninety-fifth year of the life of Noah.

#8 NOAH  ​​​​ 3898-2948 BC  ​​ ​​ ​​​​ (Noah means rest, quiet)

Preacher of Righteousness for 356 yrs

The 8th Preacher of Righteousness

2Peter 2:5 ​​ And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Enoch 10:1 Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, and said to him: 'Go to Noah and tell him in My name "Hide yourself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come upon the whole land, and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape and his seed may be preserved for all the generations of the world.'

Enoch 67:1 And in those days the word of God came unto me, and He said unto me: ' Noah, your lot has come up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and uprightness. And now the angels are making a wooden (building), and when they have completed that task I will place My hand upon it and preserve it, and there shall come forth from it the seed of life, and a change shall set in so that the land will not remain without inhabitant. And I will make fast your seed before Me for ever and ever, and I will spread abroad those who dwell with you: it shall not be unfruitful on the face of the land, but it shall be blessed and multiply on the land in the name of Yahweh.'

This came true. Ham's children were the original Egyptians, Ethiopians and North Africans. Japheth's children spread out all over, founded Greece, and went to the far east. These became the Indo-Aryans, Medes, some Greeks, Romans, Russians and Slavs were Japhethites. Shem's children were the Assyrians, Lydians, Syrians, Aramaeans, Hebrews, and Israelites. The Holy line chosen by Yahweh continues through ​​ Shem. ​​ Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are Shemites. This is where we get the term 'Semite/Semitic'. Semites are white people. The Jews are not Semites. Anti-semitism is a Jewish invented term applied to themselves to deceive the world into believing they are Israelites and are oppressed.

Jacob's children, Israelites, (Semites), went on to settle the white nations we have today. Yes, the race of Adam is the white race. The Jews are of the race of Cain and of Esau's children. The Jews are not Israelites or Shemites (Semites).

_______________________The Flood and deluge 3298 BC________________________

#9 ​​ SHEM  ​​ ​​​​ 3396-2796 BC  ​​​​ (Shem means 'name')  ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ 

Preacher of Righteousness for 65 yrs

It is fitting that Shem means 'name' in the Hebrew. Yahweh placed His name on Shem's lineage.

It was assumed that he held the keys to the priesthood and was the great high priest of his day where he stands next to Noah during this time when the patriarchs passed on the priesthood within the family.

Shem was the ninth Patriarch in the order who transmitted the traditions that originated with Adam.

Shem was not Melchizedek whom Abraham paid tithes to. He died over 600 years before Abraham was even born.

*Matthew Nolan did a great study on Melchizedek, but his understanding comes through the Masoretic timeline and the Book of Jasher which has been tampered with to coincide according to the Masoretic timeline.

He states that Shem was Melchizedek whom Abram paid tithes to. That one of the kings that Abram defeated and killed was Chedorlaomer King of Elam (Gen 14:1). Chedorlaomer was a descendant of Elam (Gen 10:22) who was the son of Shem. Matthew Nolan states that Shem was making a peace-offering with Abram because Abram killed Chedorlaomer, a racial relative, a descendant of Shem. Matthew Nolan explains that this was a family feud, hence the peace-offering. Nolan then quotes Psalm 2:

Psalm 2:1 ​​ Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

2:2 ​​ The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against His anointed, saying,

2:3 ​​ Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

He associates bands and cords with 'customs'. Breaking the customs of the forefathers, which is why there was war between the Kings of the Nations.

This all sounds plausible, but the fact is that Shem was not alive in Abram's time.

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#10 ​​ ARPHAXAD (Arpachshad) ​​  ​​​​ 3296-2731 BC (3rd son of Shem)  ​​​​ 

(According to BDB, Arphaxad means 'I shall fail as the breast: he cursed the breast-bottle)(others have a healer, a releaser)

POR for 65 yrs

The order did not go to Elam or Asshur, the elder sons of Shem, because the chosen line goes through Arphaxad.

Genesis 11:13 ​​ And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Cainan, four hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years and begot Sala; and Canaan lived after he had begotten Salah, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.

#11 ​​ KAINAN (Cainan)  ​​​​ 3161-2701 BC  ​​ ​​ ​​​​ (Kainan means 'their smith')

POR for 30 yrs

Jubilees 8:1-3 ​​ In the twenty-ninth jubilee, in the first week, in the beginning thereof Arpachshad took to himself a wife and her name was Rasu'eja, the daughter of Susan, the daughter of Elam, and she bare him a son in the third year in this week, and he called his name Kainam. And the son grew, and his father taught him writing, and he went to seek for himself a place where he might seize for himself a city. And he found a writing which former (generations) had carved on the rock, and he read what was thereon, and he transcribed it and sinned owing to it; for it contained the teaching of the Watchers in accordance with which they used to observe the omens of the sun and moon and stars in all the signs of heaven.

Cainan was the possessor of great astrological wisdom.

*The Order may have skipped Kainan because it appears he may have observed the teachings of the Watchers.

#12 ​​ SALAH (Shelah)  ​​ ​​​​ 3031-2498 BC  ​​ ​​​​ (Salah means sprout)

POR for 203 yrs

Genesis 11:15 ​​ And Sala lived after he had begotten Heber, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. ​​ (Septuagint)

Jubilees 8:5 ​​ And in the thirtieth jubilee, in the second week, in the first year thereof, he (Kainan) took to himself a wife, and her name was Melka, the daughter of Madai, the son of Japheth, and in the fourth year he begat a son, and called his name Shelah; for he said: 'Truly I have been sent.'

#13 ​​ (H)EBER  ​​​​ 2901-2397 BC  ​​​​ Father of the Hebrews (Eber means 'the region beyond')  ​​ ​​​​ 

POR for 101 yrs

Genesis 10:25 ​​ And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

11:17 ​​ And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

Jubilees 8:6-7 ​​ ...and Shelah grew up and took to himself a wife, and her name was Mu'ak, the daughter of Kesed, his father's brother. And she bare him a son, and he called his name Eber.

- The order skips PELEG  ​​​​ 2767-2428 BC  ​​ ​​ ​​​​ (Peleg means division, channel, canal)

Peleg died before his father Eber.

Genesis 11:19 ​​ And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

In the days of Peleg, “the land was divided”. This was the time just before the Tower of Babel.

Jubilees 8:8 ​​ ...and he (Eber) took unto himself a wife, and her name was 'Azurad, the daughter of Nebrod. And she bare him son, and he called his name Peleg; for in the days when he was born the children of Noah began to divide the earth amongst themselves: for this reason he called his name Peleg.

#14 ​​ REU  ​​ ​​​​ 2637-2298 BC  ​​ ​​ ​​​​ (Reu means friend)  ​​​​ 

POR for 99 yrs

Genesis 11:21 ​​ And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

Jubilees 10:18 ​​ And in the three and thirtieth jubilee, in the first year in the second week, Peleg took to himself a wife, whose name was Lomna the daughter of Sina'ar, and she bare him a son in the fourth year of this week, and he called his name Reu; for he said: 'Behold the children of Adam have become evil through the wicked purpose of building for themselves a city and a tower in the land of Shinar.'

-The order skips SERUG (Seroh) ​​ 2505-2175 BC ​​ (Serug means branch, intwine).

The order skips Serug because he was an idol-worshiper.

Genesis 11:23 ​​ And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Jubilees 11:3-7 ​​ And 'Ur, the son of Kesed, built the city of 'Ara of the Chaldees, and called its name after his own name and the name of his father. And they made for themselves molten images, and they worshipped each the idol, the molten image which they had made for themselves, and they began to make graven images and unclean simulacra, and malignant spirits assisted and seduced (them) into committing transgression and uncleanness. And the prince Mastema (Satan) exerted himself to do all this, and he sent forth other spirits, those which were put under his hand, to do all manner of wrong and sin, and all manner of transgression, to corrupt and destroy, and to shed blood upon the earth. For this reason he called the name of Seroh, Serug, for every one turned to do all manner of sin and transgression. And he grew up, and dwelt in Ur of the Chaldees, near to the father of his wife's mother, and he worshipped idols, and he took to himself a wife in the thirty-sixth jubilee, in the fifth week, in the first year thereof, and her name was Melka, the daughter of Kaber, the daughter of his father's brother. And she bare him Nahor, in the first year of this week, and he grew and dwelt in Ur of the Chaldees, and his father (in-law?) taught him the researches of the Chaldees to divine and augur, according to the signs of heaven.

If this is true about Serug, then he would have been skipped in the Order because he was an idolator. We only have this record in Jubilees that Serug was the first in the patriarchal line to abandon Yahweh and turn to idol worship. He may not have continued in idolatry worship and might have returned to Yahweh. We can only hope so.

Serug was the g-g-grandfather of Abraham.

-The order skips NAHOR I (the elder)  ​​​​ 2375-2167 BC  ​​ ​​​​ (Nahor means snorting)

Nahor I was an idol-worshiper.

Genesis 11:25 ​​ And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah, an hundred and twenty-five years, and begot sons and daughters, and he died. ​​ (Septuagint)

Jubilees 11:7 ​​ and he (Nahor) grew and dwelt in Ur of the Chaldees, and his father (Serug) taught him the researches of the Chaldees to divine and augur, according to the signs of heaven.

This was the elder Nahor, grandfather of Abraham, Haran, and Nahor the younger.

The order skipped Nahor the elder because his father Serug taught him the ways of idolatry as well.

-The order skips Terah  ​​​​ 2296-2091 BC  ​​ ​​ ​​​​ (Terah means delay)

The priesthood skips Terah because he was an idolater.

Genesis 11:26 ​​ And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Jubilees 11:8-9 ​​ ...and he (Nahor I) took to himself a wife, and her name was 'Ijaska, the daughter of Nestag of the Chaldees. And she bare him Terah.

Terah was 130 when he had Abram. Terah was 70 when he begat Haran, who was the eldest.

-The order skips Haran who did not trust in Yahweh when it counted. He was burned in the furnace of fire of Nimrod while Abram was preserved and delivered out of it.

The order would skip Serug, Nahor the elder, and his son Terah because they were idolators.

So Nahor the younger, Abraham's older brother would be the 15th in the succession. So since Reu died about 100 years or so before Nahor II was born, the order skipped 3 generations and landed on Nahor II Abraham's older brother. So there was about a 100 year vacancy, which shows that this Partriarchal order was coming to an end. Idolatry was prevailing and I believe this is why we read in...

Exodus 20:5 ​​ You shalt not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I Yahweh your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;

20:6 ​​ And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My commandments.

This was speaking of the children of Israel and shows that when idolatry takes over, it can take up to three to four generations to purge it out. Which is why the generations that came out of Egypt were destroyed in the wilderness and the newer generations that were born during the wandering made it into the Promised Land, because they were weened from the idolatry of their parents and grandparents and brought up according to The Way.

So if this order is correct, then Nahor II would become the next in the order.

#15 ​​ NAHOR II the younger  ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ 

Nahor's birth is unknown. Haran was born in 2166 and Abraham was born about 60 years later, so Nahor would be born between 2166 and 2106 BC.

Nahor II was Abraham's older brother, whom (I believe) Abraham paid tithes to. We know Nahor the younger was a Yahweh worshiper as attested in Genesis 31:53.

ABRAHAM was the 'friend of God' and to whom the covenants and promises were made.

Abraham was not Melchizedek because he paid tithes to Melchizedek, whom I believe was Nahor II, his older brother.

2166-1991 BC is shown as Abraham's birthdate, but that is likely in error. Why?

Genesis 11:26 ​​ And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

(Abraham was not the firstborn, Haran his brother was some 60 years older)

Haran would have been 5 years old when grandpa Nahor I (the elder) dies.

This would make the birth of Abraham no earlier than 2106 BC.

Jubilees 11:15-16 ​​ And the child began to understand the errors of the earth that all went astray after graven images and after uncleanness, and his father taught him writing, and he was two weeks of years old (14), and he separated himself from his father, that he might not worship idols with him. And he began to pray to the Creator of all things that He might save him from the errors of the children of men, and that his portion should not fall into error after uncleanness and vileness.

So if my calculations, research and understanding is correct, then Nahor II was Melchizedek at the time of his brother Abram and Nahor II was the 15th High Priest in the Patriarchal Order of Melchizedek.

The number 15 in the Bible pictures rest, which comes after deliverance, represented by fourteen. The 15th day of the first Hebrew month (Abib) is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a day of rest for the children of Israel. The 15th day of the 7th Hebrew month begins the Feast of Tabernacles, also a day of rest. ​​ 

Nahor II may have seen the birth of Isaac as attested in Jasher 21:6-7, and must have attented the feast Abraham held on that day in Genesis 21:8.

Here's my math on this:

If it was Haran born in 2166 (instead of Abram), and Abram was born 60 years after Haran, then Abram would have lived from 2106-1931 BC (as opposed to 2166-1991).

Abraham begat Isaac when he was 100, so Isaac would have been born in 2031 and died in 1851 BC.

If Nahor II was the middle brother, he would have been born anywhere between 2166 and 2106.

If Nahor II indeed was at Isaac's birthday feast, as attested, then he would have been no older than 115 when his nephew Isaac was born.

Isaac was 60 years old when Jacob was born.

If Nahor II indeed was Melchizedek, and lived another 60 years after Isaac was born, then Nahor II would have been no older than 175 and possibly had seen the birth of Jacob and Esau.

This website has a good Timeline of Chronology. http://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-chronology-charts-age-of-earth-date-Genesis-5-11-Septuagint-text-LXX-original-autograph-corrupted-Masoretic-MT-primeval-5554BC.htm

So in the patriarchal order of Melchizedek from Adam to Nahor, 5 patriarchs were not in the order. Enoch who was translated. Lamech who died before his father Methuselah. According to the Apocryphal literature Serug and his son Nahor the elder were idolators. Terah son of Nahor the elder, was also an idolator as attested in Joshua 24:2 and the Apocrypha. So 3 generations were ineligable for the Order of Melchizedek, because they were idolators.

The first stage of the patriarchal order had run it's course. Three of the last four patriarchs were idolators. But it was supposed to expire, as the family of Adam had grown into a large multitude of tribes and nations, which needed an office of priests.

I found something interesting.

*I want to add another hypothetical possibility. 'Serpent' in the bible can mean a few things. As a verb, it means to practice divination, to divine. As a noun it means divination, enchantment; and, a snake. It can also identify Satan, his children the counterfeit race, occult science, witch-craft, and black magic. In the New Testament, it identifies Jewry's Ophidian religion of the Luciferian Doctrine of Spiritual Illumination, denoted by the Greek word for serpent, which is ophis.

In the study on Nachash, which is the Hebrew word for the serpent in the Garden of Eden who beguiled Eve and became the father of Cain, is a commentary by BF Jackson. He is the author of the book The Mystery of the Serpent. It comes from the part in Exodus where Yahweh instructs Moses to return to Egypt, to Pharaoh, to bring the children of Israel out of Mitsrayim (Egypt).

Exodus 4:1 ​​ And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, Yahweh hath not appeared unto you.

4:2 ​​ And Yahweh said unto him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.

4:3 ​​ And He (Yahweh) said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent (H5175- Divine); and Moses fled from before it.

If the corona of cosmic electricity is what Moses saw, then what was the 'serpent' that frightened Moses when he cast his rod upon the ground?

A portion of the answer is in the word “rod”. Originally, it was matteh. It means a staff. Then, in Exodus 4:8 God says to Moses: “If they will not believe you, neither harken to the voice of the first sign, then they will believe the voice of the latter sign”.

The first sign was in the rod. The second occurred when Moses thrust his hand into his coat.

We observe, therefore, when Moses cast his shepherd's staff upon the ground, Divine Power changed the staff into the ankh (staff) as the sceptre of the High Priest of the Order of Melchizedek which God conferred upon Moses. The "voice" of that ankh was the crackling sound of cosmic electricity running over it. That Power was the nachash, or 'serpent', which frightened Moses because he was shocked by its spiritual force.

I do not know where BF Jackson got the idea or the information about Moses being in the Order of Melchizedek. I do believe however it is very possible, because the office of the Levitical Priesthood was not official until Sinai and the Levites were given their instructions during the wandering. Leaving a gap from Nahor II until the Exodus of a few hundred years.

So if the Order continued from Nahor II, it would not have gone to his sons, it would have gone through Abraham's son Isaac, whom Nahor II attended his weaning feast. Nahor would certainly have blessed Isaac, and this situation may have been similar to when Simeon blessed the child Yahshua in the temple. “And Shimeon blessed them, and said to Miryam His mother, “See, this One is set for a fall and rising of many in Yisra’el (Luke 2:34). Nahor II would have been informed by Abraham, and Yahweh that “In Isaac shall thy seed be called”. When Nahor II died, Isaac would have assumed the Order. Then Jacob. I would have to assume Joseph would have been next in the Order. I would also assume the Patriarchal Order went from Joseph, and there may have been a vacancy while the Israelites were in bondage in Egypt, to Moses. Aaron, who was older than his brother Moses, and his sons became the chief priests over all the clans of Levi. Aaron would not have been Melchizedek because Moses was the one Yahweh went through and instructed, and because Aaron was weak and made the golden calf for the people. He would have been disqualified.

So Moses quite possibly could have been Melchizedek, and this is where the office of the Order of Melchizedek would have been handed to the Levites.

Now we see the transition from the Patriarchal order to the Levitical office of the tribe of Levi.

The book of Leviticus is the training manuel for the priesthood.

Yahweh chose the children of Jacob as His Chosen People. The line which started with Adam leads to Jacob and his sons.

Exodus 19:6 ​​ And ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which you shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

1Peter 2:9 ​​ But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light:

When Yahweh brought the Israelites out of Egypt, He appointed Moses and Aaron, who were Levites, to instruct the sons of Levi of their office, their duties, and their calling.

Genesis 46:11 ​​ And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Exodus 6:18 ​​ And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel:

6:20 ​​ And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses:

Levi was Moses' and Aaron's great-grandfather.

From the Testament of Levi:

1:6 And when I was feeding the flocks in Abel-Maul, the spirit of understand of Yahweh came upon me, and I saw all men corrupting their way, and that unrighteousness had built for itself walls, and lawlessness sat upon towers.

7 And I was grieving for the race of the sons of Adam, and I prayed to Yahweh that I might be saved.

8 Then there fell upon me a sleep, and I beheld a high mountain, and I was upon it.

9 And behold the heavens were opened, and an angel of God said to me, Levi, enter.

10 And I entered from the first heaven, and I saw there a great sea hanging.

11 And further I saw a second heaven far brighter and more brilliant, for there was a boundless light also therein,

12 And I said to the angel, Why is this so? And the angel said to me, Marvel not at this, for you shalt see another heaven more brilliant and incomparable.

13 And when you hast ascended thither, Thou shalt stand near Yahweh, and shalt be His minister, and shalt, declare His mysteries to men, and shalt proclaim concerning Him that shall redeem Israel.

14 And by thee and Judah shall Yahweh appear among men, saving every race of men.

15 And from Yahweh's portion shall be your life, and He shall be your field and vineyard, and fruits, gold, and silver.

Numbers 18:20 And Yahweh said to Aharon, “You are not to have an inheritance in their land, nor have any portion in their midst. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Yisra’el.

18:21 “And see, I have given the children of Lewi all the tithes in Yisra’el as an inheritance in return for the service which they are serving, the service of the Tent of Appointment.

Chapter 2 ​​ Levi urges piety and education.

2:1 NOW, therefore, know that Yahweh shall execute judgement upon the sons of Adam.

2 Because when the rocks are being rent, and the sun quenched, and the waters dried up, and the fire cowering, and all creation troubled, and the invisible spirits melting away, and Hades taketh spoils through the visitations of the Most High, men will be unbelieving and persist in their iniquity.

Psalm 78:32 In spite of all this they still sinned, And did not believe in His wonders.

3 On this account with punishment shall they be judged.

4 Therefore the Most High hath heard your prayer, to separate thee from iniquity, and that you shouldst become to Him a son, and a servant, and a minister of His presence.

5 The light of knowledge shalt you light up in Jacob, and as the sun shalt you be to all the seed of Israel.

6 And there shall be given to thee a blessing, and to all your seed until Yahweh shall visit all the nations in His tender mercies for ever.

7 And therefore there have been given to thee counsel and understanding, that you mightest instruct your sons concerning this;

8 Because they that bless Him shall be blessed, and they that curse Him shall perish.

9 And thereupon the angel opened to me the gates of heaven, and I saw the holy temple, and upon a throne of glory the Most High.

10 And He said to me: Levi, I have given thee the blessing of the priesthood until I come and sojourn in the midst of Israel.

Chapter 3 ​​ Levi has visions and shows what rewards are in store for the righteous.

14 And I saw seven men in white raiment saying unto me: Arise, put on the robe of the priesthood, and the crown of righteousness, and the breastplate of understanding, and the garment of truth, and the shield of faith, and the turban of the head, and the ephod of prophecy.

Exodus 28:30 ​​ And you shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before Yahweh: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Yahweh continually.

Urim means 'lights', and Thummim means 'perfection'. They were stones,12 stones on the high priest's breastplate used in determining Yahweh's decision in certain issues. They were used for the means of achieving a sacred lot revealing Yahweh's will.

15 And they severally carried these things and put them on me, and said unto me: From henceforth become a priest of Yahweh, you and your seed for ever.

16 And the first anointed me with holy oil, and gave to me the staff of judgement.

17 The second washed me with pure water, and fed me with bread and wine even the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe.

18 The third clothed me with a linen vestment like an ephod.

19 The fourth put round me a girdle like unto purple.

20 The fifth gave me a branch of rich olive.

21 The sixth placed a crown on my head.

22 The seventh placed on my head a diadem of priesthood, and filled my hands with incense, that I might serve as priest to Yahweh God.

23 And they said to me: Levi, your seed shall be divided into three offices, for a sign of the glory of Yahweh who is to come.

24 And the first portion shall be great; yea, greater than it shall none be.

25 The second shall be in the priesthood.

26 And the third shall be called by a new name, because a king shall arise in Judah, and shall establish a new priesthood, after the fashion of the nations.

27 And His presence is beloved, as a prophet of the Most High, of the seed of Abraham our father.

This may be referring to 1Chronicles chapters 6, 9, 23, and 25 where David set the services of the Levites when they were finally settled. Apparently because they strayed from their duties and from the office between the Exodus and the period of the Judges.

28 Therefore, every desirable thing in Israel shall be for you and for your seed, and you shall eat everything fair to look upon, and the table of Yahweh shall your seed apportion.

29 And some of them shall be high priests, and judges, and scribes; for by their mouth shall the holy place be guarded.

30 And when I awoke, I understood that this dream was like the first dream. And I hid this also in my heart, and told it not to any man upon the earth.

31 And after two days I and Judah went up with our father Jacob to Isaac our father's father.

32 And my father's father blessed me according to all the words of the visions which I had seen. And he would not come with us to Bethel.

33 And when we came to Bethel, my father saw a vision concerning me, that I should be their priest unto God.

34 And he rose up early in the morning, and paid tithes of all to Yahweh through me. And so we came to Hebron to dwell there.

35 And Isaac called me continually to put me in remembrance of the law of Yahweh, even as the angel of Yahweh showed unto me.

36 And he taught me the law of the priesthood of sacrifices, whole burnt-offerings, first-fruits, freewill-offerings, peace-offerings.

37 And each day he was instructing me, and was busied on my behalf before Yahweh, and said to me: Beware of the spirit of fornication; for this shall continue and shall by your seed pollute the holy place.

38 Take, therefore, to thyself a wife without blemish or pollution, while yet you are young, and not of the race of strange nations.

39 And before entering into the holy place, bathe; and when you offerest the sacrifice, wash; and again, when you finishest the sacrifice, wash.

40 Of twelve trees having leaves offer to Yahweh, as Abraham taught me also.

41 And of every clean beast and bird offer a sacrifice to Yahweh.

42 And of all your first-fruits and of wine offer the first, as a sacrifice to Yahweh God; and every sacrifice you shalt salt with salt. ​​ (Lev 2:13; Mar 9:49; Col 4:6)

43 Now, therefore, observe whatsoever I command you, children; for whatsoever things I have heard from my fathers I have declared unto you.

44 And behold I am clear from your ungodliness and transgression, which you shall commit in the end of the ages against the Saviour of the world, Christ, acting godlessly, deceiving Israel, and stirring up against it great evils from Yahweh.

45 And you shall deal lawlessly together with Israel, so He shall not bear with Jerusalem because of your wickedness; but the veil of the temple shall be rent, so as not to cover your shame.

Matthew 27:51 ​​ And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

46 And you shall be scattered as captives among the nations, and shall be for a reproach and for a curse there.

47 For the house which Yahweh shall choose shall be called Jerusalem, as is contained in the book of Enoch the righteous. ​​ (Enoch 25:1-7)

48 Therefore when I took a wife I was twenty-eight years old, and her name was Melcha.

49 And she conceived and bare a son, and I called his name Gershon, for we were sojourners in our land.

Gershon means 'exile'. Gershon must have done something to disqualify him from being first in rank.

50 And I saw concerning him, that he would not be in the first rank.

51 And Kohath was born in the thirty-fifth year of my life, towards sunrise.

Kohath means 'assembly'. Kohath was whom the line of Aaron became the high priests.

52 And I saw in a vision that he was standing on high in the midst of all the congregation.

53 Therefore I called his name Kohath which is, beginning of majesty and instruction.

Kohath was the grandfather of Moses and Aaron.

Chapter 4 ​​ Levi shows how wisdom survives destruction. He has no use for scornful people.

1 AND now, my children, I command you: Fear Yahweh your God with your whole heart, and walk in simplicity according to all His law.

2 And do you also teach your children letters, that they may have understanding all their life, reading unceasingly the law of God.

3 For every one that knoweth the law of Yahweh shall be honoured, and shall not be a stranger whithersoever he goeth.

4 Yea, many friends shall he gain more than his parents, and many men shall desire to serve him, and to hear the law from his mouth.

5 Work righteousness, therefore, my children, upon the earth, that you may have it as a treasure in heaven.

6 And sow good things in your souls, that you may find them in your life.

Matthew 6:20 ​​ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

1Timothy 6:19 ​​ Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

7 But if you sow evil things, you shall reap every trouble and affliction.

8 Get wisdom in the fear of God with diligence; for though there be a leading into captivity, and cities and lands be destroyed, and gold and silver and every possession perish, the wisdom of the wise nought can take away, save the blindness of ungodliness, and the callousness that comes of sin.

9 For if one keep oneself from these evil things, then even among his enemies shall wisdom be a glory to him, and in a strange country a fatherland, and in the midst of foes shall prove a friend.

10 Whosoever teaches noble things and does them, shall be enthroned with kings, as was also Joseph my brother.

11 Therefore, my children, I have learnt that at the end of the ages you will transgress against Yahweh, stretching out hands to wickedness against Him; and to all the nations shall you become a scorn.

12 For our father Israel is pure from the transgressions of the chief priests [who shall lay their hands upon the Saviour of the world].

Matthew 16:21 ​​ From that time forth began Yahshua to shew unto His disciples, how that He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

13 For as the heaven is purer in Yahweh's sight than the earth, so also be you, the lights of Israel, purer than all the nations.

14 But if you be darkened through transgressions, what, therefore, will all the nations do living in blindness?

15 Yea, you shall bring a curse upon our race, because the light of the law which was given for to lighten every man this you desire to destroy by teaching commandments contrary to the ordinances of God.

16 The offerings of Yahweh you shall rob, and from His portion shall you steal choice portions, eating them contemptuously with harlots.

Malachi 3:7-8 ​​ Even from the days of your fathers you are gone away from Mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto Me, and I will return unto you, saith Yahweh of hosts. But you said, Wherein shall we return? ​​ Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

17 And out of covetousness you shall teach the commandments of Yahweh, wedded women shall you pollute, and the virgins of Jerusalem shall you defile; and with harlots and adulteresses shall you be joined, and the daughters of the nations shall you take to wife, purifying them with an unlawful purification; and your union shall be like unto Sodom and Gomorrah,

18 And you shall be puffed up because of your priesthood, lifting yourselves up against men, and not only so, but also against the commands of God.

19 For you shall contemn the holy things with jests and laughter.

20 Therefore the temple, which Yahweh shall choose, shall be laid waste through your uncleanness, and you shall be captives throughout all nations.

21 And you shall be an abomination unto them, and you shall receive reproach and everlasting shame from the righteous judgement of God.

22 And all who hate you shall rejoice at your destruction.

This happened during the Babylonian invasion. The Babylonians burned Jerusalem, the Temple, the houses and the gates of the city, and took the house of Judah in Jerusalem captive to Babylon. And the Edomite Jews rejoiced at the destruction of our people Israel.

Psalm 137:7 Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom The day of Yerushalayim, Who said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, To its foundation!”

23 And if you were not to receive mercy through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers, not one of our seed should be left upon the earth.

Grace and mercy towards the children of Israel comes from the promises Yahweh made with Abraham and his seed. If it were not for His covenant, our ancestors would have been destroyed with no remnant left.

24 And now I have learnt that for seventy weeks you shall go astray, and profane the priesthood, and pollute the sacrifices.

25 And you shall make void the law, and set at nought the words of the prophets by evil perverseness.

26 And you shall persecute righteous men, and hate the godly; the words of the faithful shall you abhor.

27 And a man who reneweth the law in the power of the Most High, you shall call a deceiver; and at last you shall rush upon Him to slay Him, not knowing His dignity, taking innocent blood through wickedness upon your heads.

28 And your holy places shall be laid waste even to the ground because of Him.

29 And you shall have no place that is clean; but you shall be among the nations a curse and a dispersion until He shall again visit you, and in pity shall receive you through faith and water.

This is the 70 Weeks Prophecy of Daniel.

Daniel 9:24 ​​ Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation (propitiation) for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

To Finish the Transgression of Israel: ​​ Yahshua's last words were “It is finished.” ​​ His First Advent completed the Old Covenant of the ritual laws of blood sacrifice. ​​ Yahshua Christ was the last sacrifice under the Old Covenant.

His death nullified the state of divorce between Israel and Yahweh. It releases Yahweh from marriage and satisfies the law of the husband. Romans 7:1-12. It frees Yahweh and allows for remarriage. Yahweh being the husband to ancient Israel at Sinai, who divorced them after the death of Solomon and cast them off among the nations, and the reconciliation through His death as Yahweh in the flesh, Yahshua, which clears Him of His own law of marriage and divorce, and now He can marry us upon Judgment day which is also the marriage supper of the Lamb.

Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation (propitiation) for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

To Make and End of Sins: ​​ The Renewed Covenant, which was announced at the Last Supper, was prophesied by Jeremiah, in Chapter 31:31-37.

At that time, 99.9% of the Israelites in the world were in the Dispersion (outside of Judaea), scattered among the nations and walking in darkness (ignorance); and they didn’t even know that their Messiah had come. ​​ That Good News was not spread until after His death. The Gospel is to these 'lost' scattered and walking in darkness Israelites. The same 'lost' stiffnecked, ignorant, pork-eating, Jew worshiping white Israelites in today's 'churches', who are walking in darkness, and think that Jesus put an end to sin and the law, and made the garbage eating animals clean to eat. Well, these garbage disposing animals are still eating garbage, so was garbage cleansed too?

Sin did not end. It put an end to sins under the Old Covenant, which needed a priesthood and ritual oblations to cover over the sins of the people, but it was only a temporary atonement, because a man or a ritual cannot absolve the penalty of sin. Only Christ Yahshua can.

Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation (propitiation) for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

To Make Reconciliation for Iniquity: ​​ Reconciliation is atonement for our sins. ​​ As our Kinsman Redeemer, Yahshua Messiah took upon Himself all of our sins under the Old Covenant, thus atoning for the millions of violations of the oath our ancestors made at Mt. Sinai, which applies to all their children after them. Yahshua is our propitiatory shelter. His blood covers our sins and shelters us from the penalty of death, which we deserve. The priesthood could only make a temporary propitiatory shelter because they were only men, and the blood was of animals. They were just men of the office of an earthly priesthood. When Christ died and arose from the dead, He became the High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. He is eternal and His blood is the only propitiatory shelter which is not temporary, ...so long as you continue in The Way.

Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation (propitiation) for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

To Bring In Everlasting Righteousness: ​​ All of Christian history, starting from that day, was designed and intended by Yahweh to bring in everlasting righteousness (justice according to His Laws). This will not be accomplished until the Second Coming, when both death and evil will be destroyed. But we are to strive to be like Christ, to walk in His example and as the true Christian the scriptures teach us to be. One with knowledge and understanding, who believes and practices The Belief. Yahweh gave us laws, we are to follow them, when we miss the mark of duty and sin, we invite the curses of Deuteronomy chapter 28 upon us, if we don't get the warning and continue to sin, then we are not covered under His blood. His blood doesn't cover unrepentant sinners. Christianity is a lifestyle, and it's a heritage. It's not a religion, it's not a club, and it's not something to 'just believe'.

Everlasting righteousness belongs to those of the seed of Jacob who are obedient to Christ.

Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation (propitiation) for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

To Seal Up the Vision and the Prophecy: ​​ This means that Calvary fulfilled the Seventy Weeks prophecy.  ​​​​ All of the prophecies concerning the first Advent were fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

'Sealed up' means ratified.

And the last part: and....

To Anoint the Most Holy: ​​ John 12:1-16 (Mark 14:3)

Mark 14:3 ​​ And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as Yahshua sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on His head.

The angel Gabriel still speaking:

Daniel 9:25 ​​ Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be (re)built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

The decree was given sometime between the Fall of 458 to Spring of 457 BC.

Ezra 7:21 ​​ And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

​​ 9:26 ​​ And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off (destroyed), but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

The lower case 'prince' (commander) is a reference to General Titus. The Romans destroyed the temple in 70 AD. They plowed Jerusalem like a field.

Seventy weeks of years = 490 years.

The first set of 7 weeks (49 yrs) was rebuilding Jerusalem.

After 62 more weeks of years (434 years), in the 70th week of years, Yahshua’s baptism took place at the hand of John the Baptist.

So, the first 69 weeks (483 years) brings us to the 70th week, which in 'the midst of the week' began Jesus’ mission in Judaea.

The 'midst of the week' is referring to the middle of the 70th week of prophetic years, which would leave 3 ½ years left in the life of Christ, in which He began His ministry.

Having achieved the age of thirty (Luke 3:23), Jesus was eligible to become a priest of Israel.

​​ 9:27 ​​ And He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week He shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations He shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.  ​​​​ (1Mac 1:44-50, 54)

Isaiah 42:6 ​​ I Yahweh have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand, and will keep You, and give You for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations;

Matthew 26:28 ​​ For this is My blood of the new testament (covenant), which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Yahshua confirmed the Covenant with His people, Israel, during the final literal week of the 70 weeks prophecy. His fellowshipping with His disciples in Bethany and Jerusalem during Holy Week.

The Last Supper was the actual event at which the New Covenant of Jeremiah 31:31-37 was instituted.

Jeremiah 31:31 “See, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I shall make a renewed covenant with the house of Yisra’el and with the house of Yahudah,

31:32 not like the covenant I made with their fathers in the day when I strengthened their hand to bring them out of the land of Mitsrayim, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares Yahweh.

31:33 “For this is the covenant I shall make with the house of Yisra’el after those days, declares Yahweh: I shall put My Torah in their inward parts, and write it on their hearts. And I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.

31:34 “And no longer shall they teach, each one his neighbour, and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares Yahweh. “For I shall forgive their crookedness, and remember their sin no more.”

31:35 Thus said Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the laws of the moon and the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, and its waves roar – Yahweh of hosts is His Name:

31:36 “If these laws vanish from before Me,” declares Yahweh, “then the seed of Yisra’el shall also cease from being a nation before Me forever.”

31:37 Thus said Yahweh, “If the heavens above could be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I would also cast off all the seed of Yisra’el for all that they have done,” declares Yahweh.

Hebrews 8:8 ​​ For finding fault with them, He says, “See, the days are coming,” says Yahweh, “when I shall conclude with the house of Yisra’el and with the house of Yahudah a renewed covenant,

8:9 ​​ not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Mitsrayim, because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them,” says Yahweh.

8:10 ​​ “Because this is the covenant that I shall make with the house of Yisra’el after those days, says Yahweh, giving My laws in their mind, and I shall write them on their hearts, and I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.

8:11 ​​ “And they shall by no means teach each one his neighbour, and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh,’ because they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.

8:12 ​​ “Because I shall forgive their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I shall no longer remember.”

Hebrews 10:16 “This is the covenant that I shall make with them after those days, says Yahweh, giving My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I shall write them,”

10:17 and, “Their sins and their lawlessnesses I shall remember no more.”

It's important to understand the difference between the 70th week year, which is 7 years, and the final literal 7 day week.

The “midst of the week” is a reference to the final prophetic week (final 7 years), the baptism of John in the Jordan River, which, although occurring in the middle of the final “week” (of 7 years), was the BEGINNING of His ministry, which was 3 ½ years.

The phrase “sacrifice and the oblation to cease” refers to the Levitical priesthood. The Levites cleansed and prepared the lambs for sacrifice for the atonement of sin for the children of Israel. When John, the last legitimate Levitical priest, was baptizing, he was cleansing the priesthood (Mal 3:3), and his baptizing of Christ was preparing Him for sacrifice. After Christ died, the priesthood, rituals, and sacrifices ended. The Levitical ordinances expired. Christ is now our High Priest.

The “churches” teach that the law was “done away with”.

The law is still in effect. The priesthood and it's rituals were done away with.

The phrase, “the overspreading of abominations”, is a reference to the Edomite Jews that have taken over and resided in the land of Israel. John Hyrcanus and Herod had a hand in this.

They were the ones who forced racial integration of Jews and Israelites. John Hyrcanus was the one who started circumcising Jews, and Herod was the one who had the Levitical priests slaughtered and replaced the priesthood with Edomite Jews.

The 69 weeks, which is 483 years, ended in the year 26 AD.

The 70th week culminated at the cross (stake) in 33 AD.

Artaxerxes decree was given in 458 BC + 490 years (70 prophetic weeks x 7) = 33 AD.

Testament of Levi Chapter 5

1 AND whereas you have heard concerning the seventy weeks, hear also concerning the priesthood. For in each jubilee there shall be a priesthood.

2 And in the first jubilee, the first who is anointed to the priesthood shall be great, and shall speak to God as to a father.

3 And his priesthood shall be perfect with Yahweh, and in the day of his gladness shall he arise for the salvation of the world.

A Jubilee year occurs every 49 years. If we number 7 Jubilees from the death of Christ backwards we start in the year approximately 310-308 BC, because 7 x 49 = 343. So verses 1-3 are speaking of Onias.

Sabbath and jubilee years

Leviticus 25:1 ​​ And Yahweh spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

​​ 25:2 ​​ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Yahweh.

​​ 25:8 ​​ And you shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

​​ 25:9 ​​ Then shalt you cause the trumpet (H7782- shophar) of the jubilee (H8643- sound of shophar) to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement (propitiation) shall you make the trumpet (H7782- shophar) sound throughout all your land.

The Jubilee starts on the Day of Atonement in the 49th year and lasts until the Day of Atonement the following year.

Example: 49 years. The '50th' year is symbolic. This Yobel year would be within the 49th and 50th year. The next Yobel year would be within the 98th and 99th year.

​​ 25:10 ​​ And you shall hallow (set apart) the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee (H3104- yobel year, marked by blowing of cornets) unto you; and you shall return every man unto his possession, and you shall return every man unto his family.

1st Jubilee 308-260 BC

Onias I, son of Jaddua, was high priest between 320-280 BC.

1Maccabees 12:7 ​​ There were letters sent in times past unto Onias the high priest from Darius, who reigned then among you, to signify that you are our brethren, as the copy here underwritten doth specify.

12:8 ​​ At which time Onias entreated the ambassador that was sent honourably, and received the letters, wherein declaration was made of the league and friendship. (and 12:20)

2Maccabees 3:1 ​​ Now when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness,

2Maccabees 15:12 ​​ And this was his (Judas Maccabeus') vision: That Onias, who had been high priest, a virtuous and a good man, reverend in conversation, gentle in condition, well spoken also, and exercised from a child in all points of virtue, holding up his hands prayed for the whole body of the Judahites.

Simon I, son of Onias, was high priest from 280-260 BC.

He was described as "the sun shining upon the temple". President of the Sanhedrin. Turned people away from Greek culture.

Sirach 50:1 ​​ Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house again, and in his days fortified the temple: 50:11 ​​ When he put on the robe of honour, and was clothed with the perfection of glory, when he went up to the holy altar, he made the garment of holiness honourable.

According to Josephus (Ant.12:2:5) this Simon was called "the Just", "on account of his piety and his benevolent disposition toward his countrymen."

*So we see that Onias I and Simon I were righteous and perfect with Yahweh, as Levi prophesied.

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Testament of Levi 5:4 ​​ In the second jubilee, he that is anointed shall be conceived in the sorrow of beloved ones; and his priesthood shall be honoured and shall be glorified by all.

2nd Jubilee 259-211 BC

Eleazar, son of Onias I, was high priest from 260-245 BC.

Eleazar was the high priest involved in communication with Ptolemy II Philadelphus discussed in the Letter of Aristeas. According to the letter, Eleazar sent seventy two scholars, six from each of the tribes of Israel to the island of Pharos, in order to provide the Library of Alexandria with a Greek translation of the Hebrew Law, also called the Septuagint.

Manasseh son of Jaddua, uncle of Eleazar, was high priest from 245-240 BC.

Was given a choice of divorcing his foreign wife or of leaving the priesthood.

Onias II, son of Simon I was high priest from 240-218 BC.

He was called "a man of little soul" by Josephus. A covetous man and of limited intelligence. He did not pay Ptolemy III the yearly tribute for years which resulted in Ptolemy sending an official to collect the money.

Simon II, son of Onias was high priest from 218-185 BC.

Josephus says that this Simon in the conflict of the sons of Joseph sided with the elder sons against Hyrcanus the younger.

*So we see that Eleazar was a good priest and was honored with putting the Greek Septuagint into translation. We also see some sorrowful issues with the other three priests.

Testament of Levi 5:5 And the third priest shall he be taken hold of by sorrow.

3rd Jubilee 210-162 BC

Simon II was succeeded by Onias III son of Simon, who was high priest 185-175 BC.

He was murdered in 170 BC. Onias III was succeeded by Jason son of Simon.

Jason was high priest 175-172 BC.

Jason was the last of the Zadokite dynasty. Zadok was a descendant of Aaron.

4Maccabees 4:15 ​​ But on the death of Seleucus the king, his son Antiochus Epiphanes succeeds to the kingdom: a man of haughty pride and terrible. 4:16 ​​ Who having deposed Onias from the high priesthood, appointed his brother Jason to be high priest: 4:17 ​​ who had made a covenant, if he would give him this authority, to pay yearly three thousand six hundred and sixty talents. 4:18 ​​ And he committed to him the high priesthood and rulership over the nation. 4:19 ​​ And he both changed the manner of living of the people, and perverted their civil customs into all lawlessness.

Jason offered to pay Antiochus in order to be confirmed as the new High Priest in Jerusalem. Antiochus accepted the offer. Jason introduced the program of Hellenization that eventuall led to the Maccabean Revolt.

Menelaus was high priest 172-162 BC.

Menelaus and his acts are found in 2Maccabees. Menelaus is said to be of the tribe of Benjamin. According to Josephus he was a brother of Jason and Onias III, and his name was Onias. The account in 2Maccabees states he was the brother of the notorious Simon who suggested to the Syrians the plundering of the temple; he was thus of the tribe of Benjamin (2Macc 4:23; 3:4) and not properly eligible to the high-priesthood.

* So we see the murder of Simon II, we see the last Zadokite priest in Jason, who paid Antiochus for the priesthood, and Menalaus who was not eligible to be a high priest.

Testament of Levi 5:6 And the fourth shall be in pain, because unrighteousness shall gather itself against him exceedingly, and all Israel shall hate each one his neighbour.

4th Jubilee 161-113 BC

Alcimus was high priest 162-159 BC.

Alcimus is covered in 1Maccabees and chapter 14 of 2Maccabees.

1Maccabees 7:9 ​​ And him (Bacchides) he (King Demetrius) sent with that wicked Alcimus, whom he made high priest, and commanded that he should take vengeance of the children of Israel.

The “missing” high priest 159-152 BC

It is unknown who held the position of High Priest of Jerusalem between Alcimus' death and the accession of Jonathan. Josephus, in Judaean Antiquities XX.10, relates that the office was vacant for six years.

It has been argued that the founder of the Qumran community, the Teacher of Righteousness (Moreh Zedek), was High Priest (but not necessarily the sole occupant) during the inter-sacerdotium and was driven off by Jonathan. This view is based on sources from the Qumran, that portray the teacher as a figure of authority usually associated with the high priest, however, without clearly spelling out names or events.

Jonathan Apphus was high priest 153-143 BC. (1Mac 2:5; chapters 5, 9-14)

His name means 'the diplomat'. The youngest of the five sons of Mattathias.

Simeon Tassi, brother of Jonathan, was high priest 142-134 BC. (1Macc 13:8-11; Joe, Ant Bk13:6:4)

He was the second son of Mattathias. The name 'Thassi' has a connotation of 'the Wise', which can also mean 'the Director', or 'the Guide', 'the man of Counsel', and 'the Zealous'.

John Hyrcanus, son of Simeon, was high priest 134-104 BC. John Hyrcanus closed out the 4th Jubilee and was high priest 8 years into the 5th Jubilee. It was during the 5th Jubilee when the darkness took hold.

* So we see that Alcimus was wicked and the acts of John Hyrcanus caused division in Israel. This began the decay and end of the priesthood, which had become chaotic, disorganized, increasingly apostate, and eventually replaced with Edomite Jews.

Testament of Levi 5:7 The fifth shall be taken hold of by darkness. Likewise also the sixth and the seventh.

5th Jubilee 112-64 BC

John Hyrcanus I, son of Simeon Tassi, 134-104 BC. (2Mac 3:11 as Hircanus)

Hyrcanus was not present at a banquet at which his father and his two brothers were murdered.

Hyrcanus "permitted the Idumeans (Edomite Jews) to remain in their country as free men if they would circumcise their genitals and observe Israelite law." This was against Israelite law and Yahweh, as the Edomite Jews were not Israelites. This also allowed the Jewish infiltration of the Levitical priesthood.

The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1903 edition, says under the heading Edom,

They were then incorporated with the Judahite nation, and their country was called by the Greeks and Romans “Idumea” . . . From this time the Idumeans ceased to be a separate nation, though the name “Idumea” still existed (in) the time of Jerome.

Idumea was the territory of the Edomite Jews. Judaea was the territory of the house of Judah. When the Edomite Jews of Idumea were incorporated and merged with the land of Judah, it became called Judaea. Judaeans were then a territory with Jews and Israelites living together, which is one of the big reasons that everyone is deceived by the lie that the Jews are Israelites.

The Pharisees asked him (Hyrcanus) to relinquish the position of High Priest (Josephus Ant. 13.288–296). He sided with the Sadducees, which were an all Edomite Jew sect.

Aristobulus I, son of John Hyrcanus, was high priest 104-103 BC.

2Maccabees 1:10 ​​ In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus' master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Judaeans that were in Egypt:

He was the eldest of the five sons of John Hyrcanus. Aristobulus was referred to as 'Philhellene', meaning he was an admirer of Greek culture. Josephus states that he was the first Judaean in “four hundred and eighty three years and three months” to have established a monarchy since the return from the Babylonian Captivity.

If you add 483 years (69 wks of years) to 103/104 (BC) = 587/586 BC, which was when the house of Judah in Jerusalem was deported to Babylon.

Aristobulus was not only the first king from the Hasmonean lineage, but the first of any Hebrew king to claim both the high-priesthood and kingship title. The Pharisees felt that the kingship could only be held by the descendants of the Davidic line, and began a massive rebellion, but Aristobulus died before any attempt to depose of him could occur.

Alexander Jannaeus, son of John Hyrcanus, was high priest 103-76 BC.

Alexander inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus I, and married his brother's widow, Queen Salome Alexandra. From his conquests to expand the kingdom to a bloody civil war, Alexander's reign has been generalized as cruel and oppressive with never ending conflict.

He was an avid supporter of the Sadducees.

During the Feast of Tabernacles, Alexander Jannaeus, while officiating as the High Priest at the Temple in Jerusalem, demonstrated his displeasure against the Pharisees by refusing to perform the water libation ceremony properly: instead of pouring it on the altar, he poured it on his feet. The crowd responded with shock at his mockery and showed their displeasure by pelting him with citrons. Outraged, he ordered soldiers to kill those who insulted him, which lead to the massacre of six thousand people in the Temple courtyard. With further frustration, Alexander had wooden barriers built around the altars preventing people from sacrificing and denied daily offerings except for the priests. This incident during the Feast of Tabernacles was a major factor leading up to the Judean Civil War by igniting popular opposition against Jannaeus.

John Hyrcanus II, eldest son of Alexander Jannaeus, was high priest 76-66 BC.

Hyrcanus II had scarcely reigned three months when his younger brother Aristobulus II rose in rebellion.

Aristobulus II, son of Alexander Jannaeus, was high priest 66-63 BC.

Aristobulus II was a supporter of the Sadducees.

Pompey defeated the Judaean armies in multiple battles, and took the fortresses of Judaea. Aristobulus and his sons Alexander and Antigonus were captured in 63 BC.

6th Jubilee 63-15 BC

John Hyrcanus II (restored as high priest) 63-40 BC.

Around 63 BC, Hyrcanus II was restored to his position as High Priest but not to the Kingship. Political authority rested with the Romans whose interests were represented by Herod Antipater, who primarily promoted the interests of his own house. Edomites.

Antigonus, son of Aristobulus II, was high priest 40-37 BC.

5th generation from Maccabean brothers, known as Antigonus the Hasmonean, was the last Hasmonean king of Judaea. A puppet king installed by the Parthians. In 37 BC Herod handed him over to the Romans for execution.

The Herodian-Roman period.

Herod Antipater was an Edomite Jew as attested by Josephus in Antiquities 14:8 (See also: 14:403, 14:120-121, Wars 1:123, 312-313) where he states Herod was a certain friend of Hyrcanus and that Herod was an Idumean. When Herod secured power in Judaea, he put all of the principle men of the land to death, who were connected to the Hasamoneans (the Maccabees). Not long before his own death, after a failed sedition against him, he again had all of the principle men of Judaea gathered into the Hippodrome, and had them all slain. Then Herod installed his own brood of Edomite Jews into the priesthood. This Herod was also the one who ordered all infants 2 years and younger slain in hopes to kill the Christ-child. Herod represents the dragon in Revelation 12:4.

Ananelus 37-37 BC

Though of priestly descent, he was not a member of the Hasmonean dynasty. The Mishnah (Parah 3:5) identifies him as Hanameel the Egyptian, while Josephus (Ant. 15:2:4) identifies him as being from Babylon. He was appointed by Herod to fill the office of high priest made vacant by the death of Antigonus.

Aristobulus III 36 BC

Last of the Hasmoneans and brother of Herod's second wife Mariamne I.

The youthful Hasmonean, however, was too popular with the patriotic party; though he was a brother of Mariamne, Herod's beloved wife, he was treacherously drowned at Herod's instigation (35 BC), and Ananelus was restored to the high position until 30 BC

Joshua (Jesus) ben Fabus, 30-23 BC.

7th Jubilee 14 BC - 33 AD

Simon son of Boethus 23-4 BC.

And so forth. These last four and the ones that follow were Edomites put into the priesthood by Herod, who had the Levites gathered into the Hippodrome and slaughtered.

The Boethusians were a Jewish sect closely related to, if not a development of, the Sadducees. They lived in luxurious splendor and did not believe in an afterlife nor a resurrection from the dead.

A parallel to the Yoma 19b (from the Talmud) has "Sadducees" instead of "Boethusians"; and in other passages the Talmud undoubtedly uses these two terms indifferently in designating the same sect.

Annas was high priest 6-15 AD

This was Annas the Edomite high priest in Luke 3:2; John 18:13,24; and Acts 4:6.

Caiaphas 18-36 AD was the last high priest when Christ was murdered by the Jews.

This was Caiaphas the Edomite high priest in Matthew 26:3,57; Luke 3:2; John 11:49, 18:13-14,24,28; and Acts 4:6.

Annas and his son-in-law Caiaphas were Edomite Jews.

Acts 4:6 ​​ And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

The priests at this time were Edomite Jews.

The priesthood had to come to an end because it was saturated with devils.

Testament of Levi 5:8 And in the seventh shall, be such pollution as I cannot express before men, for they shall know it who do these things.

In this seventh Jubilee, the high priest was Simon son of Boethus. He and those after him were Edomite Jews installed by King Herod. These Jews were not Israelites, they were not Levites. They were impostors posing as Levites. They taught Judaism which is a perversion of the Laws of Moses, and the origin of Judeo-christianity. Yahshua exposed this corrupt, apostate, and reprobate priesthood as devils in the flesh.

John 8:44 ​​ Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

8:45 ​​ And because I tell you the truth, you believe Me not.

8:46 ​​ Which of you convinceth Me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do you not believe Me?

8:47 ​​ He that is of God heareth God's words: you therefore hear them not, because you are not of God.

Testament of Levi 5:9 Therefore shall they be taken captive and become a prey, and their land and their substance shall be destroyed.

10 And in the fifth week they shall return to their desolate country, and shall renew the house of Yahweh.

The fifth week was 112-64 BC. The Maccabees defeated the Seleucid Empire (which existed between 312-63 BC), restored the land of Israel as a Judaean province, re-dedicated the Temple, after eight days of effort to cleanse it from the pollution of Antiochus Ephiphanes, and purged the Judaean society of idolatry to prepare it for the time of the end. (Daniel 11:35)

This became known as Hanukkah. The re-dedication of the Temple. The miracle of the oil.

The victorious Maccabees could only find a small jug of oil that had remained uncontaminated by virtue of a seal, and although it only contained enough oil to sustain the Menorah for one day, it miraculously lasted for eight days, by which time further oil could be procured.

It was Yahweh who made the oil to miraculously last!

Testament of Levi 5:11 And in the seventh week shall become priests, who are idolaters, adulterers, lovers of money, proud, lawless, lascivious, abusers of children and beasts.

The seventh week is when the Levitical priesthood was replaced with Edomite Jews by Herod the Edomite Jew. Herod was the tetrarch and puppet king of Judaea who tried to have the Christ-child murdered.

12 And after their punishment shall have come from Yahweh, the priesthood shall fail.

The priesthood failed because it was of men, and because it was replaced with Jews. This was the end of the second stage of the priesthood, which lasted 1600 years.

The only known Israelites in or associated with the priesthood were:

Flavius Josephus

Titus Flavius Josephus was a Romano-Judahite scholar, historian, and writer, who belonged to the first century. Josephus initially served as a priest, like his father, but remained unsatisfied with the limited knowledge he had at that time. To understand life better, he decided to stay in the wilderness for a while. Upon his return, he decided to be a Pharisee. His fate turned him into a military general by the Sanhedrin.

He was a 5th generation descendant of the high priest Jonathan.

PAUL

Acts 23:6 ​​ ...Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

Acts 26:5 ​​ Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Philippians 3:5 ​​ Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

Paul thought he was doing God's service when he was a Pharisee. He wasn't. Yahshua set him straight on the road to Damascus. The same thing is going on in today's 'churches' and in the hearts and minds of our people who are members of any of the 33K denominations of so-called christianity. They are all brainwashed by Jewish hokum.

GAMALIEL

Acts 5:34 ​​ Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

His grandfather was Hillel the Elder, who founded the lenient version of Pharisaism. Gamaliel became Hillel’s successor, leading the Pharisaic movement. Luke’s statement that he was “respected by all the people” is actually somewhat of an understatement: he was the most respected, most influential Judaean alive at this time. It is for this reason that Paul cites study under him as a prominent feature of his teaching (Acts 22:3). Because he was the leader of the Pharisees, he brought this emphasis on leniency into the deliberations of the Sanhedrin, where he served as co-chair along with the High Priest.

He is said to have been associated with the development of the Talmud and founding of the school of tannaim. Whether he is an Edomite Jew is not known. His respect among the people, his favor toward the apostles, and his teacher-student relationship and concern for the scattered Israelites shows him to be an Israelite.

Gamaliel focused on the importance of study and the teacher-student relationship. He reached out to scattered Israelites. Like his master Gamaliel, Paul can be seen in the NT mentoring younger students, reaching out to Israelites scattered among the nations.

NICODEMUS

Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin who secretly visited Jesus Christ at night because he suspected this young teacher might be the Messiah promised to Israel by God. He helped Joseph of Arimathea care for and bury the body of Christ.

Nicodemus, whose name means "innocent of blood," stood up for Jesus when the Pharisees were conspiring against him:

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their (Pharisees) own number, asked, "Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?" (John 7:50-51)

Nicodemus, a man of great wealth, donated 75 pounds of expensive myrrh and aloes to anoint the Master's body after Jesus died. This amount of spice was enough to fittingly bury royalty, signaling that Nicodemus had recognized Jesus as King. He also defied the Sanhedrin and Pharisees by treating Jesus' body with dignity and assuring that he received a proper burial. Nicodemus, by these works and recognizing Messiah as King proves Nicodemus was not a Jew.

Joseph of Ramathaim (Arimathea)

He was a prominent member of the Sanhedrin, the court which condemned Jesus to death. Joseph risked his reputation and his life by standing up for Jesus.

Joseph of Arimathea was the uncle of Mary, and thus a great uncle to the Christ by direct relationship. He was a man of great means and great influence, and he was also one of the Essenes.

The whole site of Glastonbury in Britain belonged to Joseph of Arimathea where he founded the Glastonbury Abby. Joseph owned tin mines and Christ travelled with him between the ages of 12-30 and visited many universities in Britain. Glastonbury is the place where Mary was buried.

Upon the death and resurrection of Christ, the office of the Levitical priesthood expired, the rituals and ordinances were 'done away with', and Yahshua Messiah became our High Priest of the Order of Melchizedek. His death made the corrupt Edomite priesthood and their added decrees and ordinances void as well.

Testament of Levi 5:13 Then shall Yahweh raise up a new priest.

14 And to Him all the words of Yahweh shall be revealed; and He shall execute a righteous judgement upon the earth for a multitude of days.

15 And His star shall arise in heaven as of a king.

16 Lighting up the light of knowledge as the sun the day, and He shall be magnified in the world.

17 He shall shine forth as the sun on the earth, and shall remove all darkness from under heaven, and there shall be peace in all the earth.

18 The heavens shall exult in His days, and the earth shall be glad, and the clouds shall rejoice;

19 And the knowledge of Yahweh shall be poured forth upon the earth, as the water of the seas;

20 And the angels of the glory of the presence of Yahweh shall be glad in Him.

21 The heavens shall be opened, and from the temple of glory shall come upon Him sanctification, with the Father's voice as from Abraham to Isaac.

22 And the glory of the Most High shall be uttered over Him, and the spirit of understanding and sanctification shall rest upon him in the water.

Luke 3:22 and the Set-apart Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven saying, “You are My Son, the Beloved, in You I did delight.”

23 For He shall give the majesty of Yahweh to His sons in truth for evermore;

24 And there shall none succeed Him for all generations for ever.

25 And in His priesthood the nations shall be multiplied in knowledge upon the earth, and enlightened through the grace of Yahweh. In His priesthood shall sin come to an end, and the lawless shall cease to do evil.

26 And He shall open the gates of paradise, and shall remove the threatening sword against Adam, and He shall give to the saints to eat from the tree of life, and the spirit of holiness shall be on them.

Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is winning lives is wise.

27 And Beliar shall be bound by Him, and He shall give power to His children to tread upon the evil spirits.

28 And Yahweh shall rejoice in His children, and be well pleased in His beloved ones for ever.

29 Then shall Abraham and Isaac and Jacob exult, and I will be glad, and all the saints shall clothe themselves with joy.

Revelation 7:9 After this I looked and saw a great crowd which no one was able to count, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Deliverance belongs to our Elohim who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

30 And now, my children, you have heard all; choose, therefore, for yourselves either the light or the darkness, either the law of Yahweh or the works of Beliar.

31 And his sons answered him, saying, Before Yahweh we will walk according to His law.

32 And their father said unto them, Yahweh is witness, and His angels are witnesses, and you are witnesses, and I am witness, concerning the word of your mouth.

33 And his sons said unto him: We are witnesses.

34 And thus Levi ceased commanding his sons; and he stretched out his feet on the bed, and was gathered to his fathers, after he had lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.

So, the office of the priesthood went to Levi and his sons, and we just went over a lengthy examination of the Testament and prophecies of Levi which he told to his sons just before he died. That the priesthood would become corrupt and come to an end with the death of Messiah.

The Patriarchal Office of the Preacher of Righteousness (Melkizedek) from Adam to Nahor II, and possibly including Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses, came to a close and the tribe of Levi then had the responsibility to teach righteousness.

This began the second stage in the order of Melchizedek. The office went to the Levites.

The first stage was of a single eldest patriarch being High Priest to the families of Adam, to the second stage which was an office of the sons of Levi, of which they were the priests to the nation of the families of Jacob Israel, who are also a priestly nation to all the families of Adamkind.

The third stage of the order of Melchizedek began it's transferrence with the Immersion by John, the unwitting facilitation of Caiaphas' adjuration, and when Christ had risen from the dead, becoming our High Priest and ending the priesthood and all it's ordinances. He holds this office and order of Melchizedek forever.

We saw in the Testament of Levi, that just before the time of Christ, the priesthood would become wicked and apostate. Although the Levitical priesthood had it's ups and downs in righteousness, the time of John Hyrcanus and his circumcising of Edomite Jews and King Herod's slaughter of the Levites and installment of Edomites into the priesthood was the beginning of the end of the priesthood. The priesthood had become entirely corrupt and infiltrated by Jews and the distinctions between Jews and Israelites were not so obvious.

This is why Christ's death ended the priesthood. Not only because He became our High Priest and only Mediator to God, but because the priesthood had been overtaken by Jews.

The same thing has happened in all these 33,000 so-called Christian denominations. Jewish influence and our own ignorance have repeated the lies of Jewish fables and counterfeit doctrines and now our people are walking in darkness worshiping a Jewish Jesus and believing fairy tales of love, personal salvation, the rapture, and bacon. This will all come to an end when Yahshua returns.

Now back to the sons of Levi.

Kohath was the 2nd son of Levi. His name means 'assembly'.

Gershom was the first-born, but he must have done something to forfeit his birthright, as attested in the Testament of Levi chapter 3:50, where Levi saw in a vision that Gershom would lose his rank.

KOHATH -His sons Amram, Hebron, Uzzeil, Izhar and his son Korah.

The Kohath clan were responsible for the care of the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the article of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use (Numbers 3:31-32, KJV).

Korah challenged Yahweh's decision of appointing Aaron and his sons as the chief priests, and paid the ultimate price for it.

The rebellion of Korah

Numbers 16:3 ​​ And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Yahweh is among them: wherefore then lift you up yourselves above the congregation of Yahweh?

16:28 ​​ And Moses said, Hereby you shall know that Yahweh hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

16:32 ​​ And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

Korah and his cronies tried to elevate their Levitical status with a challenge to Moses and Aaron. With this act they also challenged Yahweh, who had placed Moses and Aaron in their positions.

This example also shows that in the case of Genesis with Cain and Abel's offering,

Abel's was accepted, Cain's was not. Cain was not Adam's son. If Cain was the firstborn son, Abel would have been challenging the order of the Patriarchal Priesthood and would have been destroyed, just like Korah and his men were.

This example also shows that Levi knew what he was talking about in his Testament that his children would go against The Way.

Kohath's son AMRAM bore Miriam, Aaron, and Moses.

Amram means 'exalted people'.

AARON was the first chief priest of the office of the priesthood -His sons were Eleazar, Ithamar, Nadab, Abihu.

Leviticus 10:1 ​​ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which He commanded them not.

10:2 ​​ And there went out fire from Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.

Again, Levi in his testament foretold of the abominations his sons would do in the priesthood.

Aaron's sons Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of their father Aaron.

Eleazar had sixteen sons and Ithamar had eight sons.

Moses appointed Eleazar as High Priest after Aaron died.

Phinehas assumed High Priest after his father Eleazar died.

Then his son Abishua, his son Bukki-ancestor of Ezra.

Then Uzzi, son of Bukki.

Sons of Ithamar

Eli ​​ (1Sa 4:18) Because of his unrighteousness, his seed was thrust from the priesthood. Below is his lineage.

Sons of Eli

Hophni and Phinehas

1Samuel 2:34 ​​ And this shall be a sign unto you, that shall come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

Ahitub, son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli assumed High Priest.

Then his son, Ahijah.

Then Ahimelech, son of Ahitub became High Priest during the reign of King Saul; killed by Doeg the Edomite Jew; part of the curse on the House of Eli- that none of Eli's male descendants would live to old age.

Ahimelech's son, Abiathar was High Priest during the reign of King David and early years of Solomon. He was a 5th generation descendant of Eli, and deposed from office of High Priest which went to the house of Zadok. Fulfilling the other part of the Curse on the House of Eli- that the priesthood would pass out of his descendants.

Also in the line of Ithamar was Hilkiah and Jeremiah.

1Kings 2:26 ​​ And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get you to Anathoth, unto your own fields; for you art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put you to death, because you barest the ark of Yahweh GOD before David my father, and because you hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

2:27 ​​ So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Yahweh; that he might fulfil the word of Yahweh, which He spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

Jeremiah 1:1 ​​ The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Then Zadok, son of Ahitub of the line of Eleazar became High Priest during the reign of King Solomon.

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Aaronic Priesthood

As a result of the failure of the Israelites to observe the gospel law administered by Moses under the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood, Yahweh gave an additional law of performances and ordinances and “confirmed a priesthood also upon Aaron and his seed, throughout all their generations” to administer it. This priesthood was of lesser power and authority than the priesthood of Melchizedek and was used to administer the outward ordinances, particularly as characterized by the ceremonies of the law of Moses. The terms Aaronic and Levitical are sometimes used synonymously, although there are some specific differences in the offices existing within the Levitical Priesthood. For example, the lesser priesthood was conferred only upon men of the tribe of Levi. However, within the tribe, only Aaron and his sons could hold the office of priest. And, still further, from the firstborn of Aaron’s sons (after Aaron) was selected the high priest (or chief of the priests). Thus Aaron and his sons after him had greater offices in the Levitical Priesthood than did the other Levites.

The privileges of the priests were greater than those who functioned in the other Levitical offices, and a distinction between the two is evident when the scripture speaks of them as “the priests and the Levites”.

1Kings 8:4 ​​ And they brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

Ezra 2:70 ​​ So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

The Nethinims were not Levites or even Israelites. They were the descendants of Esau that beguiled Joshua and the people into believing they were kin from afar, and got them to swear not to kill them. These Nethinims were of the cast of Gibeonites and I believe were part of the infiltration of the priesthood in the days of Joshua. ​​ During the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities, the conquering kings placed Sepharvaim Jews in the land (2Ki 17:24). In the time of King Herod the Edomite tetrarch of Judaea, he slaughtered the Levitical priesthood and replaced them with Edomite Jews. There were only a very few Israelites in the priesthood by the time of Christ, such as Paul, Nicodemus, uncle Joseph of Arimathea (Ramathaim), and possibly Gamaliel and a couple others. ​​ Today these Jews have infiltrated our nation and control everything. We once more find ourselves in Egypt (captivity).

John 1:19 ​​ And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art you?

The Pharisees did not come to John because they believed him. They really came in order to see what he was doing and by whose authority. John was sent “to cleanse the sons of Levi”, as it is evident at Malachi chapter 3. John's having called certain of the Judaeans a “race of vipers” by itself indicates that they (the Jews) are certainly not Levites.

The priests could offer sacrifices for the people, burn incense on the altar, and teach the law, whereas the other Levites were employed in more menial tasks, such as the housekeeping of the tabernacle, keeping oil in the lamps, transporting the Ark of the Covenant, taking down and setting up the tabernacle when moving, and related tasks in assisting the priests. The account of Korah’s rebellion against Moses and Aaron delineates some of the differences between the duties of the priests and those of the Levites. It also shows the error of aspiring to offices in the priesthood. Levite companions sought for the high priesthood, but as they found out, they were unworthy, and Yahweh destroyed them.

The Aaronic Priesthood continued “with the house of Aaron among the children of Israel” from Aaron until John the Baptist, who was a priest in the Aaronic order, and by this authority he prepared the way for Yahshua. John was the last legitimate Levitical priest.

The Aaronic priesthood held the office for 1600 years.

The Levitical priesthood under ARRON (Ezra 7:1-6)

#2 Eleazar -When Aaron died in Mosera near Mount Hor, Eleazar became High Priest. (Num 20:28, chapters 25-27,31-32; Deut 10:6; Josh chapters 14,17,19-21,24 death; 1Chr 24:2)

#3 Phinehas -Stopped Israel's fall into idolatrous practices brought in by Midianite women. ​​ (Num 25:7,31:6; Josh 22; Jdg 20; Psa 106:30)

#4 Abishua -Said to be a contemporary of Ehud, one of the Judges. ​​ (1Chr 6:4)

#5 Bukki (1Chr 6:5)

#6 Uzzi (1Chr 6:5)

​​ Eli, descendant of Ithamar, son of Aaron. -Eli was the second-to-last Judge. His sons Hophni and Phinehas were wicked. ​​ (1Sa 1:9, chapters 1-4)

​​ Ahitub, son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli

​​ Ahijah, son of Ahitub -Ahijah was high priest during the reign of King Saul. ​​ (1Sa 14:3)

#12 Ahimelech, son of Ahitub -High priest during the reign of King Saul: killed at Nob by Doeg; part of the curse on the House of Eli - that none of Eli's male descendants would live to old age - was fulfilled with the death of Ahimelech. ​​ (1Sa 21 and 22; 2Sa 8:17; 1Chr 24; Psa 52:1)

#13 Abiathar, son of Ahimelech -High Priest during the reign of King David and the early years of Solomon, deposed (1 Ki 2:27). 5th Generation descendant of Eli; Deposed from office of High Priest which went to the house of Zadok after the Holy Spirit deserted Abiathar and without which the Urim and Thummin could not be consulted; the other part of the Curse on the House of Eli - that the priesthood would pass out of his descendants - was fulfilled when Abiathar was deposed from the office of High Priest. Abiathar was the only priest to escape from Saul's massacre in Nob (1Sa 22:20-22). ​​ (1Sa 23,30; 2Sa 15,17,19,20; 1Ki 1,2,4; 1Chr 15:11; Mar 2:26)

Zadok, son of Ahitub of the line of Eleazar -High Priest during the reign of King David and Solomon and the construction of the First Temple. ​​ (2Sa; 1/2Ki; 1/2Chr)

Ahimaaz, son of Zadok -High Priest during the reign of King David and Solomon. He remained faithful to David during Absalom's revolt. ​​ (2Sa 15,17,18; 1Chr 6:8)

Azariah, son of Ahimaaz -High Priest during Solomon's reign (1Ki 4:2)

Joash, son of Azariah  ​​​​ Fourth High Priest of Solomon's Temple

Jehoiarib, son of Joash (1 Chr 9:10)

Jehoshaphat, son of Jehoiarib

Jehoiada, son of Jehosaphat (842-820 BC) Jehoiada was the priest that protected Jehoash from being slain by Athaliah. (2Ki 11:4,9,15,17, 12:7,9; 1Chr 12:27, 2Chr 22:11,23:8-9,11,14,16,18, 24:3,6,12,14-15,17)

Pediah, son of Jehoiada

Zedekiah, son of Pediah

Azariah II, son of Zedekiah (750 BC)(2Chr 26:17,20, 31:10)

Jotham, son of Azariah

Urijah, son of Jotham (732 BC)(2Ki 16:10-11,15-16; Isaiah 8:2)

Azariah III, son of Johanan, son of Azariah II (715 BC)(1Chr 6:9, 2 Chr 31:10,13)

Hoshaiah, son of Azariah III

Shallum (Meshullam), son of Zadok, son (or probably grandson) of Ahitub, son of Amariah, son of Azariah III (630 BC)(1Chr 6:12-13, 9:11; Ezr 7:2)

Hilkiah, son of Shallum (622)(2Ki 22:4,8,10,12,14, 23:4,24; 2Chr 34:9,14-15,18,20,22, 35:8) High Priest during time of King Josiah. Known for finding a lost copy of the Torah at the Temple.

Azariah IV, son of Hilkiah (1Chr 6:13, 9:11; 2Chr 26:17,20, 31:10,13; Ezr 7:1)

Seraiah, son of Azariah IV (2Ki 25:18; Ezr 7:1; Neh 11:11: Jer 52:24) Carried captive by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon, and there put to death.

After the Babylonian Exile

Joshua, son of Jehozadak (Josedech) ​​ 515-490 BC, First High Priest after the rebuilding of the Temple. (Hag 1:1,12,14, 2:2,4; Zec 3:1,3,6,8-9, 6:11)

Joiakim, son of Joshua ​​ 490-470 BC ​​ Second High Priest after the rebuilding of the Temple. ​​ (Neh 12:10,12,26)

Eliashib, son of Joiakim ​​ 470-433 BC ​​ A contemporary of Ezra. ​​ Third High Priest after the rebuilding of the Temple. ​​ (Neh 3:1,20-21, 12:10,22, 13:4,7)

Joiada, son of Eliashib ​​ 433-410 BC ​​ Fourth High Priest after the rebuilding of the Temple. {A son married a daughter of Sanballat the Horonite for which he was driven out of the Temple by Nehemiah} (Neh 12:10-11,22, 13:28)

Johanan, son of Joiada ​​ 410-371 BC ​​ Fifth High Priest after the rebuilding of the Temple. ​​ (Ezr 10:6; Neh 12:22-23)

Jaddua, son of Johanan ​​ 371-320 BC, during the reign of Alexander the Great. Some have identified him as Simeon the Just. ​​ (Neh 12:11,22)

By the time of Christ, the priesthood had been infiltrated by the Canaanite and Edomite Jews. We saw that through the Testament of Levi, historical records, the genealogical records, the replacing of Levites with Edomites by Herod. We also see in the epistle of John the very rebukes of Yahshua Christ against the Jewish Pharisees and Sadducees for being of their father the Devil. He called them devils, serpents, vipers, hypocrites, liars, murderers, and reprobate.

Zacharias and John were the last legitimate Levites of the line of Aaron left.

ZACHARIAS (Likely of the line of Zadok)

Luke 1:5 ​​ There was in the days of Herod, the king (tetrarch, procurator) of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the (8th) course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

1:6 ​​ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of Yahweh blameless.

1:7 ​​ And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

1:8 ​​ And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,

1:9 ​​ According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of Yahweh.

1:10 ​​ And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.

1:11 ​​ And there appeared unto him an angel of Yahweh standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

1:12 ​​ And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

1:13 ​​ But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elisabeth shall bear you a son, and you shalt call his name John.

Their son, and Christ's cousin, John the Baptist.

Prophecy of John the Baptist

Malachi 3:1 ​​ Behold, I will send My messenger (John), and he shall prepare the way before Me: and

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ Yahweh, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple (body), even the messenger of the

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ covenant, whom you delight in: behold, He shall come, saith Yahweh of hosts.

​​ 3:2 ​​ But who may abide the day of His (Christ's) coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

​​ 3:3 ​​ And he (John) shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he (John) shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto Yahweh an offering in righteousness.

​​ 3:4 ​​ Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

'The days of old and in former years' are referring to when the priesthood was performing righteously and in accordance with the law.

Since Christ died, and the ritual ordinances expired, we, the holy seed, a priestly kingdom, must offer 'spiritual sacrifice' to Yahweh. This would be done by immersing ourselves in His Word. And practicing it. Knowledge, understanding, allegiance in action.

John was sent to cleanse the Levitical priesthood in order that they may offer Christ in righteousness. The priesthood was infiltrated by the Jews and had become corrupt.

Baptism with water was an ordinance commissioned to John for the Levitical priesthood and for Christ. John was the last Levitical priest and Christ was the last sacrifice. When Christ died, the priesthood, water baptism, the oblations and ordinances of the priesthood ended. Christ is now our High Priest. The only way to be baptized now is by being immersed in the knowledge and understanding of the Word. Water and some man claiming to be a priest cannot do anything for you. The mediators were removed by Yahshua.

The transference of the Levitical Priesthood to Yahshua's eternal Order began at His baptism when He was ceremonially prepared and cleansed for sacrifice by the last legitimate Levitical priest, John the Baptist.

Matthew 3:1 And in those days Yohanan the Immerser came proclaiming in the wilderness of Yahudah,

3:2 and saying, “Repent, for the reign of the heavens has come near!”

Matthew 3:13 Then Yahshua came from Galilee to Yohanan at the Yarden to be immersed by him.

3:14 But Yohanan was hindering Him, saying, “I need to be immersed by You, and You come to me?”

3:15 But Yahshua answering, said to him, “Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fill all righteousness.” Then he permitted Him.

Matthew 4:1 Then Yahshua was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tried by the devil.

Yahshua was tried just as we are, because He came in the Adamic fleshly body, just as ourselves.

This is why in Hebrews 5:1-2 ​​ it reads, “For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.”

Yahshua did not forgive sins until He was immersed by John and after His trial with the Devil. Christ was High Priest in the flesh. This brought the Order of Melchizedek full circle back to Yahshua, who was Yahweh in the flesh. This is also why Adam was the first in the Order, and the last Adam, Christ, reclaimed the Patriarchal Order over all Adamkind, forever. Becoming a life-giving spirit, something men could never give.

1Corinthians 15:45 ​​ And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

So while our own people can be wicked and do wickedly, and have done so according to the Testament of Levi, in which the Levites went astray and profaned the office, the Levitical Priesthood had to end, because of the Edomite infiltration, and because Yahshua died once and for all Adamkind. It is finished!

The Israelites incorporated pagan rites into their worship and forsook Yahweh God.

The Edomite Jews perverted and twisted the Word of God and incorporated it into their own traditions and have the nerve to sell it as the Law of Moses, and claim they are Israel.

When Herod secured power in Judaea, he put all of the principle men of the land to death, who were connected to the Hasmoneans (the Maccabees). Later, he murdered his own wife and several of his own sons. Not long before his own death, after a failed sedition against him, he again had all of the principle men of Judaea gathered into the Hippodrome, and had them all slain.

JUDAISMS BEGINNINGS

2Kings 17:24 ​​ And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

17:27 ​​ Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom you brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

17:28 ​​ Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh.

17:31 ​​ And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

17:34 ​​ Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not Yahweh, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which Yahweh commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel;

Ezra 3:3 ​​ And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries (the Edomite Sepharvaim): and they (Israel) offered burnt offerings thereon unto Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

Ezra 4:1 ​​ Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto Yahweh God of Israel;

4:2 ​​ Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as you do; and we do sacrifice unto Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

These are the Canaanites and Edomites that were placed in the land while Judah was in captivity in Babylon. These are those Sepharvaim and “people of those countries” from verse 3:3 of Ezra. They were Sepharvaim Jews. Since they were taught the laws of Moses (2K17:27-28), they considered themselves equal to the Israelites. But...

Ezra 4:3 ​​ But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Yahweh God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

Nehemiah 2:20 ​​ Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, He will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build: but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem (in our family).

Descendants of Esau

Edomite Jews

The Jews admit that they are not the descendants of the Ancient Israelites in their writings.

Under the heading of “A brief History of the Terms for Jew” in the 1980 Jewish Almanac is the following:

“Strictly speaking it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a 'Jew' or to call a contemporary Jew an Israelite or a Hebrew.” 1980 Jewish Almanac, p.3

1943 Jewish Encyclopedia

The Jewish religion as it is today traces it's descent, without a break, through all the centuries, from the Pharisees.

Universal Jewish Encyclopedia ​​ 1942 Vol 8 pg 474

Jewish religion today, Judaism, has not changed since the religion of the Pharisees.

Now, let's cover the end days of the second stage of the Office of Melchizedek. The very reason why it had to end. Because these Edomites are NOT Israelites. They taught a very different doctrine than that which Christ and His disciples were spreading. They hated Christ and murdered Him. And they didn't accept Him, don't accept Him, and never will.

John 8:42 ​​ Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, you would love Me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of Myself, but He sent Me.

8:43 ​​ Why do you not understand My speech? even because you cannot hear My word.

8:44 ​​ Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

But the 'churches' do not believe Christ's own words, or even the Jews' own words that they themselves state that they are not Israelites. The 'churches' believe their pulpit pimp over the Word of God, God Himself, and God's messengers. Woe to the 'churches'.

EDOMITE PRIESTS- the corrupt priesthood

We have the infiltration by the enemies of Israel into the priesthood. These are the descendants of Cain and of Esau. They are the counterfeit. The wolves in sheep's clothing. The jackals, dragons, foxes, tares, serpents and vipers of scripture.

Christ was talking to the Jew Pharisees and priests.

Matthew 23:33 ​​ Ye serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the damnation of hell?

23:34 ​​ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

23:35 ​​ That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.

ANNAS was high priest from 6-15 AD

He was deposed by the procurator Valerius Gratus, yet he remained as an influential puppet. Annas presided over the Sanhedrin.

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John 18:12 ​​ Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound Him,

​​ 18:13 ​​ And led Him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

The true high priests of Israel did not play musical chairs. This is more evidence of the Edomite authority in the priesthood at that time.

​​ 18:14 ​​ Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Judaeans, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. ​​ (John 11:50)

​​ 18:15 ​​ And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple (John) was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.

​​ 18:16 ​​ But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple (John), which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.

​​ 18:17 ​​ Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not you also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.

​​ 18:18 ​​ And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.

​​ 18:19 ​​ The high priest then asked Jesus of His disciples, and of His doctrine.

​​ 18:20 ​​ Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world (society); I ever taught in the synagogue (assembly hall), and in the temple, whither the Judaeans always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.

​​ 18:21 ​​ Why askest you Me? ask them which heard Me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.

​​ 18:22 ​​ And when He had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest You the high priest so?

​​ 18:23 ​​ Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest you Me?

​​ 18:24 ​​ Now Annas had sent Him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.

​​ 18:25 ​​ And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not you also one of His disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.

​​ 18:26 ​​ One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see you in the garden with Him?

More evidence that the high priests were Edomites.

​​ 18:27 ​​ Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. ​​ 

Acts 4:1 ​​ And as they (the disciples) spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

​​ 4:2 ​​ Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Why did the religious sects grieve about the apostles teaching truth? Because they were of the serpent seed. John 8:44

​​ 4:3 ​​ And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

​​ 4:4 ​​ Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

​​ 4:5 ​​ And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

​​ 4:6 ​​ And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

These kindred are defined by Christ Himself as the seed of the wicked one. He is referring to Satan's children through Cain and through Esau who mixed with Cain's kids.

The Pharisees was once an Israelite Levitical sect, but at the time of Christ was under Edomite control.

The sect of the Sadducees was always an Edomite sect. None of them believed in resurrection.

Peter and the apostles doing the work of Yahshua.

Acts 5:16 ​​ There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

​​ 5:17 ​​ Then the high priest (Annas, an Edomite) rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation (jealousy),

​​ 5:18 ​​ And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. ​​ (Luke 21:12)

The Edomite Sadducees were accusing the apostles of teaching the doctrine of Christ! This alone proves that the Sadducees' and Pharisees' doctrine was NOT the doctrine of Christ.

The next 2 priests after Annas were Ishmael ben Fabus 15-16 AD and Simon ben Camithus 17-18 AD.

CAIAPHAS ​​ 18-37 AD

John 11:47 ​​ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

​​ 11:48 ​​ If we let Him thus alone, all men will believe on Him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

Occupancy, opportunity, and people.

Their position of authority was in jeopardy because Christ was exposing them.

​​ 11:49 ​​ And one of them (a chief priest), named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

​​ 11:50 ​​ Nor consider that it is expedient (advantageous) for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

Caiaphas was talking about his own nation, the Edomite Jews.

​​ 11:51 ​​ And this spake he (Caiaphas) not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

Christ's message threatened the position of the Jews, Caiaphas said that Christ must die for His people ('that nation'), meaning Israelites, instead of what would happen to Caiaphas' kindred (Edomites/Jews) if Christ lived. Caiaphas was an Edomite Jew.

​​ 11:52 ​​ And not for that nation only, but that also He should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. ​​ (Isa 49:6)

Caiaphas knew that Christ came for His own people who were among the Judaeans, and that those scattered abroad were also His people, the “lost”, or dispersed Nations of Israel.

​​ 11:53 ​​ Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put Him to death.

Now the Edomites are full aware of the real threat.

​​ 11:54 ​​ Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Judaeans; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with His disciples.

Matthew 26:3 ​​ Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, ​​ 

​​ 26:4 ​​ And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill Him.

The “churches” teach that the Romans killed Christ. But once again, scripture reveals otherwise. Caiaphas and the priesthood at that time were Edomite Jews.

This was 2 days before Passover. The next few verses cover the second anointing of Yahshua by a woman with an alabaster box of very precious ointment.

This is also the day Judas the man of Kerioth, an Edomite Jew, went to the Jewish priests and covenanted with them to betray Yahshua Christ for thirty pieces of silver.

The next day was the Last Supper, the praying of Yahshua in Gethsemane, and the betrayal and arrest of Yahshua.

These were not Roman soldiers, as verse 47 states, 'a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders'.

Yahshua Before the High Priest Caiaphas.

Matthew 26:57 ​​ And they that had laid hold on Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

​​ 26:58 ​​ But Peter followed Him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.

​​ 26:59 ​​ Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put Him to death;

​​ 26:60 ​​ But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, ​​ 

​​ 26:61 ​​ And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

But Christ was referring to His body. The Jewish priests thought He was threatening the temple, and their authority.

Now this is where Yahshua establishes His Priesthood.

​​ 26:62 ​​ And the high priest arose, and said unto Him, Have You no answer to make? What do these witness against You? ​​ (Isa 53:7)

​​ 26:63 ​​ But Jesus held His peace. And the high priest answered and said unto Him, I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You be the Christ, the Son of God.

A more correct translation reads: “I put You to oath, by the living Elohim that You say to us if You are the Messiah, the Son of Elohim.”

This is very important ​​ because Caiaphas puts Yahshua under the oath of Leviticus 5:1.

Leviticus 5:1 ​​ And when a being sins in that he has heard the voice of swearing (an oath), and is a witness, or has seen, or has known, but does not reveal it, he shall bear his crookedness.

Now when Caiaphas put him under this oath, Christ didn't sin AND He knew the truth, so He has to speak it, or He would be a sinner and therefore disqualified from being High Priest.

​​ 26:64 ​​ Jesus saith unto him, You hast said: (This was not good enough, Yahshua must speak the truth because He was put under an oath by Caiaphas, so Yahshua continues...) nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall you see the Son of Adam sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. ​​ (Dan 7:13)

Now the next verse is very important to understand because of Leviticus 10:6.

Leviticus 10:6 ​​ ...Ye shall not make bare your heads, and ye shall not tear your garments; that ye die not, and so there should be wrath on all the congregation...

Yahweh did not want the priestly garments torn, and He even made sure it didn't happen by accident.

The priestly robe was like a sheet with a hole in the middle for the head.

Exodus 28:32 ​​ And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, ...that it does not tear.

​​ 26:65 ​​ Then the high priest (Caiaphas) rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now you have heard His blasphemy.

Caiaphas tore his priestly garments, breaking the law and disqualifying himself as high priest, (which these Edomite priests were not eligible in the first place), and this act publicly establishes Yahshua Messiah as the legitimate High Priest.

So what was next? A sacrifice with no high priest? Yahshua officiated His own sacrifice because He was now High Priest.

The Levitical Priesthood was not made with an oath, the Levites were chosen by Yahweh to be the priestly tribe, by birth.

Hebrews 7:20 ​​ And inasmuch as not without an oath He was made priest:

7:21 ​​ (For those (the Levitical) priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by Him that said unto Him, Yahweh sware and will not repent, You art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

7:22 ​​ By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

Yahweh swore His Son would be a priest forever (Psalm 110:4), and Caiaphas, putting Yahshua under the oath of Leviticus 5:1 resulted in his disqualification and publicly established Yahshua as High Priest, fulfilling the Word of Yahweh.

Hebrews 7:28 For the Torah appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the Torah, appoints the Son having been perfected forever.

John 5:36 ​​ But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given Me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father hath sent Me.

5:37 ​​ And the Father Himself, which hath sent Me, hath borne witness of Me. Ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape.

Oath in Hebrews 7:20 is G3728 horkomosia, to make an oath, which Yahweh did.

Adjure in Matthew 26:63 is G1844 exorkizo, to extract or force an oath, which Caiaphas did.

This is why the seed of the serpent is of the devil, which means in Greek the false accuser.

If these were Israelite priests, they would have known and believed that this was He that would come. But Christ exposed them as the devils they are, and today's 'churches' refuse to believe Him, The Word, and the Truth, because the 'churches' love Himey Jesus and his happy meal message of 'just believe'. So they accept Jewish Christ into their delusional hearts, eat unclean filthy animals, cast aside His laws, sabbaths and feast days, tolerate and make peace with evil and unrighteousness, and just wait for the rapture. They won't see Yahshua High Priest of Melchizedek, they will be seeing FIRE AND MELTING-LIKE-CHEESE-TO-DEATH!!!

Even with all these facts, acts, signs and wonders, the Jews simply do not accept Yahshua Messiah. They never have and never will, because they are of their father the Devil.

Yahshua was exalted and established High Priest by the Jews' own mouths and their actions and still did not submit to Him.

John 19:15 But they shouted, “Away, away, impale Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I impale your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no King except Caesar!”

The Jews rejected and still reject Yahshua as Messiah, as Son of God, as High Priest, and as King!

This fits the parable of the nobleman who went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

Luke 19:22 ​​ And He saith unto him, Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

The Jews took the priesthood from Levi and served their father the devil with their usurped authority.

19:26 ​​ For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

The Jews did not have the Covenant Yahweh made with Levi, and the Jews did not legitimately have the priesthood. Now they have nothing. The only thing the Jews have left is the fulfillment of Obadiah.

19:27 ​​ But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before Me.

All 7 priests between Caiaphas and Ananias were Edomite Jews.

ANANIAS ​​ 46-58 AD

Josephus, Antiquities xx. 5. 2, called him "Ananias ben Nebedeus". The Pulpit Commentary described him as "a violent, haughty, gluttonous, and rapacious man, and yet looked up to by the Jews".

Paul on trial before the Sanhedrin (Acts 22:30-23:10)

(Acts 23:3) Paul calls high priest Ananias a “whitened wall” and warns that God would smite him. The fulfillment is recorded by Josephus (Wars 2.17.9). Slain with his brother by robbers.

Acts 23:1 ​​ And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

​​ 23:2 ​​ And the high priest Ananias (Edomite Sadducee) commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. ​​ 

​​ 23:3 ​​ Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite you, you whited wall: for sittest you to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Leviticus 19:35 ​​ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

A Prisoner in Caesarea

Governor Felix holds Paul as a prisoner in Caesarea for more than two years. Felix does this because he hopes to be bribed into an early release (Acts 24:26-27). When Porcius Festus replaces Felix as governor in 60 AD the case against the apostle is repeated.

Paul, refusing the offer to have his trial in Jerusalem, requests his case be heard by Caesar. Festus agrees and soon sends him off to Rome.

Acts 24:1 ​​ And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

​​ 24:2 ​​ And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by you we enjoy great quietness (prosperity), and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by your providence (foresight),

​​ 24:3 ​​ We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.

​​ 24:4 ​​ Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto you, I pray you that you wouldest hear us of your clemency a few words.

​​ 24:5 ​​ For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Judaeans throughout the world (society), and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

​​ 24:6 ​​ Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took hold of, from whom you yourself should be able, examining him concerning all these things, to discover that which we accuse him of.

These Jews were trying to put Paul away for preaching scripture. The Jews were teaching their own religion, the 'traditions of the elders' (Judaism).

The DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM came in ​​ 70 AD.

The priesthood had ended and Yahweh scattered the wolves and devils into Khazaria where they stayed for about 800 years.

When Yahshua cursed the fig tree in Matthew 21, He was cursing the land, the Edomite Jew priesthood, and the fruits of their satanic religion.

The cursing of the fig tree was about the Edomite Jews and their counterfeit priesthood. It produced only evil fruit, and no good fruit.

The land is still cursed today because of the shed blood of Christ.

The Jews usurped, claimed and stole the land through instigation of the two World Wars. They appointed Yahweh's land for themselves.

Ezekiel 36:5 ​​ Therefore thus saith Yahweh GOD; Surely in the fire of My jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Idumea, which have appointed My land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

Idumea was the territory of the Edomite Jews.

The Jews are children of Esau Edom.

When Israel and Judah went into Babylonian captivity, the Edomite Jews tried to lay claim on the Israelites lands.

Jews are not Israelites. The Jews are Edomites.

They put on a show and don't really follow any of God's laws. They even make loop holes to get around His laws.

Here's some examples:

Prominent Israeli Rabbi says eating genetically engineered cloned pork and transgenic animals is kosher, and under his Halachic Interpretation, cloned humans are edible too. http://www.skywatchtv.com/2018/03/28/prominent-israeli-rabbi-says-eating-genetically-engineered-cloned-pork-transgenic-animals-is-kosher-and-under-his-halachic-interpretation-cloned-humans-could-be-edible-too/

The Kol Nidre -used to swear NOT to keep all oaths and promises that they swear.

The Jews even say that God inquires the Rabbis before making a decision.

The curse on that land called Israhell still stands. The curse on the children of Esau still stands. The prophecy of their total destruction and annihilation still stands and will be fulfilled. The book of Obadiah states this in just 21 verses.

Yet, the 'churches' refuse to come out of their pew and smell the Jew.

They even think that the Wailing Wall is part of the Temple, again showing the ignorance of the 'churches' and that they just don't believe the scriptures, history, genetics, archaeology, migration of our people, or genealogy. Or the Word of God or Yahweh Himself! Here are 3 witnesses.

Matthew 24:1 ​​ And Yahshua went out, and departed from the temple: and His disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the temple.

24:2 ​​ And Yahshua said unto them, See you not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Jeremiah 26:18 ​​ Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Yahweh of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

Josephus Wars 7:1:1 In executing the command of Titus, relative to the demolition of Jerusalem, the Roman soldiers not only threw down the buildings, but even dug up their foundations, and so completely levelled the whole circuit of the city, that a stranger would scarcely have known that it had ever been inhabited by human beings.

The Wailing wall is the remains of a Roman fortress.

The Temple was not even on the mount, the fortress was.

See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rmk6_bIDMM&feature=youtu.be

See 'Pharisees' in Who's Who menu for a full understanding of this corrupt priesthood. Pharisees  ​​​​ https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/pharisees-3/

My email is: www.ageoflaodicea@gmail.com

References on list of High Priests: http://hebrewswakeup.com/resources/Chronology_Of_%20HighPriests_List.pdf

https://wiki2.org/en/List_of_High_Priests_of_Israel

Septuagint Chronology Timeline: http://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-chronology-charts-age-of-earth-date-Genesis-5-11-Septuagint-text-LXX-original-autograph-corrupted-Masoretic-MT-primeval-5554BC.htm

I must give credit to these men for some of their research, knowledge, and work, I've learned something from each one of them which helped me to piece together the Mystery of Melchizedek: Dr. Wesley Swift, Bertrand Comparet, Eli James, Stephen H. Anderson, Sheldon Emry, and Matthew Nolan.

I owe all the credit, glory and honor to Yahweh for sending His Son Yahshua who sent His Holy Spirit to help me out on this too.