“These secret teachings are the hidden essence of the Sepher Yetzirah, which was taught to the patriarch Abraham by Melchizadek after he initiated Abraham into the heavenly transmission, the Qabalah. Melchizadek is that mysterious being, who is King of Peace and Priest of the Most High God-Melchizadek, who is "without father or mother, knowing neither death nor end of days." “
- Tower Of Alchemy - An Advanced Guide To The Great Work
“Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life… a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
— Hebrews 7:3
An ancient priesthood
Names and Meanings
Melchizedek (מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק)
— “King of Righteousness”
— “My King is Zedek” (Zedek, a Canaanite deity associated with Jupiter and justice)
— King of Salem = King of Peace
Priest of El Elyon (God Most High)
First to offer bread and wine in sacred ritual
Blessed Abraham and received tithes
Appears suddenly in Genesis 14
Referenced again in Psalm 110 and the Book of Hebrews
He is the first individual to be given the title Kohen (priest) in the Hebrew Bible.
Melchizedek is mentioned only three places in Scripture: Genesis 14, Psalm 110, and Hebrews chapters 5, 6, and 7.
Origin
Some claim the Kaloo, survivors of Atlantis, helped establish its outer form in the Essene brotherhoods.
Others link the Order to Enoch, Thoth, Hermes Trismegistus.
To the ancient star priesthoods.
To the Great White Brotherhood.
Lineage & Transmission
Some traditions say the order begins with Adam.
Passed to Seth.
To Enosh.
To Methuselah.
To Noah.
To Shem.
Shem, known in some esoteric circles to be the Melchizedek who blessed Abraham.
A line of transmission outside the Levitical priesthood.
The order of Melchizedek was Adam's until he died, and then the title was passed to his son Seth. From Seth, the title passed from father to son (or grandson). Noah inherited the title when Methuselah died even though Noah was Methuselah's grandson, because Methuselah outlived his son, Lamech. Therefore, the order skipped over Lamech and went to Noah upon Methuselah's death. Similarly, Enoch never inherited the order of Melchizedek because Enoch was "translated" off the earth before his father, Jared, died. The Bible calls Noah the eighth preacher of righteousness in 2 Peter 2:5, as reflected in this literal translation of the text from Young's Literal Translation: 2PET. 2:5 and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought, Noah was the eighth man to hold the order of Melchizedek, the order of righteousness. When Noah died, the order was inherited by his son, Shem. In Genesis a man with the title Melchizedek meets Abram returning from defeating the invading kings. This priest was Shem, the oldest living patriarch in the line of the seed promise in Abram's day. After Shem died, the title continued to be inherited from generation to generation until it reached Jesus of Nazareth through His earthly father, Joseph. The men who held this title were the Old Testament saints who carried the seed promise of Genesis 3
Yeshua and the Fulfillment of the Order
Psalm 110:4: “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.’”
In the Epistle to the Hebrews, Jesus is identified as the high priest—not of Levi, but of Melchizedek.