“3He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.” – Hebrews 7:3 (ESV)
With my study of beginning, I have discerned that everything has a beginning with the exception of God who was, is, and always will be. This begs the question, based on the verse above and what we know of Melchizedek; how is it that he does not have a beginning?
Let’s go back to the appearance of Melchizedek in Genesis:
“18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.)” – Genesis 14:18 (ESV)
There is no genealogy reference to where he came from, no family history, no written account of his life, however Melchizedek was known, “He was priest of God Most High.” He must have had a beginning somewhere.
Just because it is not written down, does not mean it did not happen, there is just no discernible record of it happening. Someone, somewhere knew of the life and times of Melchizedek.
In our world of instant gratification and information (social media presence), we believe what we are able to find on the internet. I often joke that “it must be true because it was found on the internet”. That however does not make it true, nor does it mean there was something before then as well. How many events in the world happened that you or I do not know about? Did Gandhi just appear out of thin air? What about Buddha?
It is hard for us to grasp the idea of materialization and frankly, with the exception of God, there is none. Jesus was before He was born, but our acceptance of Him would not have been as easy had He just appeared. God knew this and therefore, He was born into this world so that we would more easily accept and believe. A created beginning for our benefit. THANK YOU GOD!!!
When you are looking at things, are you aware of the beginning? What drives your acceptance of something as real? Have you looked deeper into things in search of a beginning?
Trevor's Thoughts 