Key Precept: The first Adam began the High Priest-King dynasty / order, of Melchizedek that culminates with the last Adam.
Stepping stone on the path to eternal life: Find a godly leader to support spiritual growth and development in this life.
Continue reading “19) The Order of Melchizedek”
Eber 1723 AM – 2187 AM: contemporaneous with Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Nimrod, and Abraham through Jacob
Key precept: Understanding the Old Testament Hebrew nation is foundational to New Testament saving faith.
Stepping stone on the path to eternal life: Apply for citizenship to the right nation.
Part of the problem with understanding the Bible, I’m sorry to say, is that the church experience typically isolates Old Testament “Bible stories” in Sunday School – “Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden”, “Noah and the Ark”, “The Tower of Babel”, ‘Sodom and Gomorrah”, “Abraham Offers Isaac”, and so on. If we take everything recorded in the Bible as a coherent whole story we will understand so much more of God’s entire message to us.
Continue reading “20) The Hebrew Nation”
Abraham 1980 AM – 2155 AM, contemporaneous with Noah, Shem, Nimrod, Eber, Jacob
Key precept: Abraham is the father / spiritual leader for all believers in the Promised Seed.
Stepping stone on the path to eternal life: Align yourself with the right Father Figure.
Continue reading “21) Father Abraham”
~1300 BC – 1,000 BC Joshua and a series of judges / leaders to King David
Key Precept: God established an embassy on earth from which his appointed ambassadors could minister the Kingdom of Heaven on earth to the nations scattered at Babel.
“Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there…for all the earth is mine.“ (I Kings 11:36, Exodus 19:5)
Continue reading “22) The Promised Land”
~1452 BC – 1322 BC: Moses, Jacob’s great-great-grandson, contemporary with Joseph
Key Precept: Melchizedek Moses of the Hebrew nation led the multi-ethnic nation of Hebrews out of Egypt.
Stepping stone on the path to eternal life: Know what nation you belong to.
Continue reading “23) The Exodus”
~1500: Moses onward
Precept: The law of Moses is for all followers of YHVH’s Savior Melchizedek.
Stepping stone on the path to eternal life. Obey the laws that apply to you.
Continue reading “24) The Law of Moses”
Precept: Recognizing the conflict that exists between the main characters from the beginning of the story to the end is essential to understanding the actions of the secondary characters in the middle of the story.
Stepping stone on the path to eternal life: Position yourself on the right end of the sword.
“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34)
Continue reading “25) War Is Declared”
~ 1500: From Moses onward
Key Precept: As the Melchizedek High Priest King over all the earth, Moses is not just a key figure for Judaism, but also for the multinational Hebrews in what became commonly known as Christianity.
Stepping stone on the path to eternal life: Put your faith in the Word of God not any spin-off religion.
“I am the LORD, I change not…Remember ye the law of Moses my servant…lest I come and smite the earth.” (Malachi 3-4)
Continue reading “26) A Melchizedek Like Moses”
~1000 BC onward: Dynasty of King David of the tribe of Judah
Key precept: David and his heirs inherited the position of Melchizedek.
Stepping stone on the path to eternal life: Accept a heart transplant.
“the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people…man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.” (I Samuel 13:14, 16:7)
Continue reading “27) The Son of David”
Key precept: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned…” George Santayana
Stepping stone on the path to eternal life: Give up control over your life.
“Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments…lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” (Malachi 4)
Continue reading “28) Everything New Is Old Again”
