Mystery of Melchizedek
Mystery of Melchizedek

Author: Chuck Missler

Publisher: Koinonia House

Published: 2015-09-15

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1578216370

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The Mystery of Melchizedek Who was this strange Priest/King that received tithes from Abraham? (…and administered bread and wine to him?)How is Melchizedek relevant to the Messiah of Israel?Did Melchizedek have a temple that predated Solomon’s?Is the Jewish Kingdom as portrayed in the Old Testament simply an intermediate parenthesis within a larger expanse?Why are the distinctives so divergent from the enforced separation of the kingship and priesthood under David?Were the bread and wine served by Melchizedek eschatological? Did they embrace the Cross? (They, too, echo across the pages of the OT)Was the Lord’s Communion anticipated in Gen. 14? Deriving from some very recent discoveries in Jerusalem (although some are yet to be confirmed) these studies may challenge many of the comfortable traditions that have shaped our classic Biblical perspectives. Join us as we explore some fascinating challenges to our previous understandings of things that shape our ultimate destiny…

A Legacy of Blessings
A Legacy of Blessings

Author: Dr. D. Robert Kennedy

Publisher: TEACH Services, Inc.

Published:

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1479614327

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What do you do when you are locked down for nearly a year under concerns of a worldwide pandemic? If you are Dr. D. Robert Kennedy, you take the opportunity to explore the blessings of God introduced in the book of Genesis, and you share your discoveries as a living legacy. Originally published as 46 bite-sized entries in a local newspaper when these lockdown reflections were sorely needed, now, like the blessings of the patriarchs of old, their blessings have been repackaged and being passed for future generations. Are you needing a blessing? Then this book is for you! Among the blessings explored in this book are … • The Blessings of Marriage • The Blessings of Children • The Blessings of Family • The Blessings of Sabbath Rest • The Blessings of Work • The Blessings of Daily Provisions • The Blessings of Obedience • The Blessings of Salvation • The Blessings of Aging • The Blessings of Mercy • The Blessings of Godly Relationships • The Blessings of Dreaming • The Blessings of Self-Control • The Blessings of Integrity • The Blessings of Positive Living • The Blessings of Truthfulness • The Blessings of Principled Living • The Blessings of Resiliency • The Blessings of Forgiveness • The Blessings of Discernment

Melchizedek, King of Sodom
Melchizedek, King of Sodom

Author: Robert R. Cargill

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0190946962

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The biblical figure Melchizedek appears just twice in the Hebrew Bible, and once more in the Christian New Testament. Cited as both the king of Shalem-understood by most scholars to be Jerusalem-and as an eternal priest without ancestry, Melchizedek's appearances become textual justification for tithing to the Levitical priests in Jerusalem and for the priesthood of Jesus Christ himself. But what if the text was manipulated? Robert R. Cargill explores the Hebrew and Greek texts concerning Melchizedek's encounter with Abraham in Genesis as a basis to unravel the biblical mystery of this character's origins. The textual evidence that Cargill presents shows that Melchizedek was originally known as the king of Sodom and that the later traditions about Sodom forced biblical scribes to invent a new location, Shalem, for Melchizedek's priesthood and reign. Cargill also identifies minor, strategic changes to the Hebrew Bible and the Samaritan Pentateuch that demonstrate an evolving, polemical, sectarian discourse between Jews and Samaritans competing for the superiority of their respective temples and holy mountains. The resulting literary evidence was used as the ideological motivation for identifying Shalem with Jerusalem in the Second Temple Jewish tradition. A brief study with far-reaching implications, Melchizedek, King of Sodom reopens discussion of not only this unusual character, but also the origins of both the priesthood of Christ and the role of early Israelite priest-kings.

Jesus and his Two Fathers: The Person and the Legacy
Jesus and his Two Fathers: The Person and the Legacy

Author: Uri Wernik

Publisher: Vernon Press

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1622738748

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Who was Jesus in real life? What inspired his ideas? What did he aim to achieve? What drew his disciples to him? How was he influenced by them? Unlike the many “quests for the historical Jesus”, as a psychologist, Wernik answers these questions from the perspectives of psychology and the social sciences. This book’s central axis is the theme of the father. It looks at the family constellation into which Jesus was born, where he was raised by a stepfather. It also investigates the relationship he develops with God, his father in heaven; and examines how he became a father figure to his disciples and followers. It is hoped that readers will also think about their own father when reading, the one usually called “dad”. Jesus and His Two Fathers sees Jesus’ love of peace and appeasement doctrine, as well as his difficulty with anger control, in the context of his upbringing and family constellation. Wernik offers a solution to the problem of the “missing years” which were unaccounted in the New Testament. He examines the internal conflicts in Jesus’ movement, and the tensions with the religious establishment, which led to his death. Jesus did not see himself as the Messiah, and Wernik shows him in fact as a great reformer of Judaism, who changed the notions of righteousness, the relation of the believers to God, and the status of the commandments. This book will be of interest to scholars, teachers and students in the humanities and social sciences, among others in the fields of religion, especially Christianity and Judaism. It is aimed at interested discerning readers of non-fiction in these areas.

Temple Theology
Temple Theology

Author: Margaret Barker

Publisher: SPCK

Published: 2004-04-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780281056347

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Margaret Barker believes that Christianity developed so quickly because it was a return to far older faith—far older than the Greek culture that is long-held to have influenced Christianity. Temple Theology explains that the preaching of the gospel and the early Christian faith grew out of the centuries' old Hebrew longing for God's original Temple.

Melchizedek & the Temple
Melchizedek & the Temple

Author: R. J. Konczyk

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2008-11-24

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 1467868299

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The current world confusion and condition of human affairs is a natural phase within an evolutionary process that will ultimately lead to the unification of the human race into a single social order. This processhas passed throughstageswe should consider as being analogous tothose of infancy and childhood, and is now in the culminating period of adolescence approaching its long-awaited coming of agean age of universal peace and justice. This has been the promise given throughout all the major faiths of the world. The social fabric of the world is out of balance and through Divine interventionnations willform together in a collective consciousness recognizing the need for a revolutionary shift of spirit to undertake those measures creating lasting harmony and peace. Dr. M. Scott Peck speaks of world-views as being religious. To move away from war, we must distinguish between "true religions and false religions, true prophets and false prophets," and that "truth in religion is characterized by inclusivity," while "falsity in religion can be detected by its one-sidedness and failure to integrate the whole." History clearly shows that some form of a universal legislative body is not only essential, but also inevitable.Such a system is not conceived from the mind of mortal man; rather, it is a Divine System that was set in motion over 6000 years ago. The purpose in writing Melchizedek & the Temple is to show the story of this evolutionary processa journey through time, culminating with the promise of an earthly kingdoman all-inclusive world government, free from tyranny, hate, prejudice and war.Melchizedek & the Temple offers a practical, and compelling alternative to antiquated ideas that in reality prevent humankind from achieving what it longs foruniversal peace and justice. It is a message of warning and of promise.

Pistis Sophia
Pistis Sophia

Author: Amelineau

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-02-28

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9780526355969

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The Macarian Legacy
The Macarian Legacy

Author: Marcus Plested

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2004-09-23

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0199267790

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"The Macarian writings are among the most important and influential works of the early Christian ascetic and mystical tradition. Marcus Plested deals both with their immediate historical and theological context and with their later influence and circulation - their 'legacy'. His book constitutes the first attempt to examine in detail and in the round the nature of that legacy within the Eastern Christian tradition. This is undertaken not so much as an exercise in source criticism as an exploration of the very nature and dynamic of the Christian paradosis. In short, Plested offers a timely reassessment of the 'place' of the writings in the Eastern Christian tradition, thereby clearing away some of the pre-conceptions that have hindered due appreciation of these remarkable works."--BOOK JACKET.

Prophecies of Melchi-Zedek in the Great Pyramid and the Seven Temples
Prophecies of Melchi-Zedek in the Great Pyramid and the Seven Temples

Author: Brown Landone

Publisher: Health Research Books

Published: 1996-09

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780787305239

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1940 Some of the Contents: Up Out of Dreaded Shadows; the Path Illumined; Fateful Day - August 9; Who Were the Mysterious Builders?; True Names in White Stone; Prophecies of the Mysterious Teleois; Strange Phrases & Numbers; Seven Great Powers;.