The priesthood not after the carnal commandment-Part 1

Heb 7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the Thurah), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Heb 7:12 For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of Thurah also.
Heb 7:13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertains to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.Heb 7:14 For it is evident that our Adoneynu was sprang out of Yahudah, of which tribe Moshe spoke nothing concerning priesthood.Heb 7:15 And it is yet far more evident, for that after the similitude of Melchizedek there arise another priest,Heb 7:16 who is made, not after the law of carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Heb 7:17 For he testified of Him, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.Heb 7:18 For, there is verily a disannulling of commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

The passages of Hebrew 7: 11-18 speak of two priesthoods 1) The Levitical priesthood under which the people received the Thurah and was a priesthood by a carnal commandment and 2) The priesthood of Melchizedek which is not after the carnal commandment but after the power of an endless life.
Yahusha ha Mashiyach is the Kohen Ha Gadal after the order of Melchizedek and not according to the carnal commandment of Thurah but of the power of the endless life which is through Dabar. We will see this priesthood as per Dabar in sometime but first let’s view the word Gadal.
Gadal:

Gadal means magnify/magnificent, Grow or Tassel and in English is translated as ‘high’ whereas it should be translated as magnificent priest.
The Hebrew word for priest is ‘kahan’ whose root word is ‘kan’ which means ‘base’

Kahan means ‘ the base which supports the people’

Mt 9:20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him (Yahusha), and touched the kanaph (tassel) of his garment:

Mt 14:36 And besought him (Yahusha) that they might only touch the kanaph (tassel) of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

Kanaph has the root word ‘kan’ which means ‘base’

Put together Gadal kahan means ‘magnificent base which supports the people’ and that’s exactly who our Mashiyach is.


Unlike Aaron who was appointed by a carnal commandment which was weak and unprofitable according to Thurah our Mashiyach was appointed by the testimony of Aluahym himself who said of him Heb 7:17 For he testified of Him, You are a priest forever after dabar Melchizedek.

Who was Melchizedek?

Heb 7:1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High Al, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

I was always wondering how could there be a high priest of the Most High when there was no Moshe’s Mishkan (tabernacle) yet, no temple yet, no sacrifices yet? I was amazed to see some facts from scriptures which show that there were high priests of Aluahym before even the Thurah was given and this is what is called Dabar period when the father taught his son to sacrifice to Yahuah to be in a covenant with him.

Gen 14:17 Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh that is, the plain of the Kings.
Gen 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of Al Alyon.
Gen 14:19 He blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram of Al Alyon, Possessor of heaven and earth;
Gen 14:20 And blessed be Al Alyon, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. He gave to him a tenth of all.

What is Dabar?

Dabar is broken down into Dalet (doorway) Bet (house/tent) Resh (first head)
The Bet and Resh form the word ‘Bar’ which means Son and hence Dabar means ‘Doorway to the Son’

Ps 110:4 Yahuah has sworn and shall not repent, You are a priest forever according to DABAR Melchizedek.

Dabar is translated by KJV and other translations as ‘order

To understand this we must look at who was allowed to offer atonement sacrifices on the altar during the mishkan & heykal era?

Heb 9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service,
Heb 9:7 but into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people.

The Kahan Gadal (magnificient priest) went once a year into the most holy place behind the veil once a year to atone for his and Yasharal sins. Only he was allowed to offer this atonement and no one else. But here we have scripture testifying of Melchizedek as the high priest of the most high when the mishakn or the heykal was not even built.

Who was Melchizedek? Yasher 16 which is a historical book identifies Mechizedek to be ‘Shem’ the son of Noach. While the scriptures are silent on the actual name of Melchizedek a close look at scriptures show a possibility of him being Shem. Melchizedek king of Salem (peace) came out to Abraham with peace offerings bread (symbolizing the shew bread) and the wine (drink offerings).

Gen14:1 And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

Why would Melchizedek bring forth peace offerings to Abraham? Chedorlaomer was a direct descendant of Shem and king of Elam. Elam was Shem’s son.

Gen 10:22 The sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.

Chedorlaomer descendant of Shem mingled with ungodly seed and here Abraham warred with him and the kings with him and rescued his nephew Lot who was taken captive by them and took their spoil. Scripture says consider how great this man was that even our patriarch Abraham gave him tenth of all the spoils and Melchizedek blessed him.

Heb 7:4 Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the choicest spoils.

And Levi who accepts tithe from the people was still in the loins of Abraham spiritually paying the tithe to Melchizedek through Abraham though not being born.

Heb 7:5 And those indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the office of the priesthood have a commandment in the Thurah to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their brethren, although they come out of the loins of Abraham.
Heb 7:6 But he whose genealogy is not counted from them collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him that had the promises.
Heb 7:7 But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater (ha Gadal).

The high priest stood in righteousness in blessing Abraham and passing on his priestly blessing over to him even though he smote his own seed.

We then have scripture confirming Abraham sacrificing for the first time because now he had the high priestly blessing upon him which was a custom of a father giving his birth right to his son which began right from Adam.

Gen 15:9 So He said to him, Bring for Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

While scripture doesn’t record of Adam sacrificing on the altar, how else would Abel learn to sacrifice and his sacrifice was acceptable to Yahuah? It was obvious that this high priestly blessing was passed upon him by Adam.

Gen 4:4 and Abel brought, he also, from the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And Yahuah had regard for Abel and for his offering;

Why would scripture compare Yahusha ha Mashiyach with Abel if Abel would not have been a type of high priest?

Heb 12:24 and to Yahusha, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

What did Esau loose? He lost his birthright as he sold this birthright to his brother Yaqoob much before than he lost it and though he sought repentance carefully with tears he did not get it.

Heb 12:16 lest there be any fornicator, or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his own birthright.
Heb 12:17 For you know that afterwards, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

Just after Yaqoob received the high priestly blessing he saw the ladder going to heaven

Gen 28:16 Then Ya’aqob awoke from his sleep and said, Surely Yahuah is in this place, and I did not know it. Gen 28:17 He was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is none except the house of Aluahym, and this is the gate of the heavens. Gen28:18 So Ya’aqob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head and placed it as a memorial and poured oil on its top. Gen 28:19 He called the name of that place Beth AL (house of AL); yet, Luz was the name of the city at first.

Didn’t Yahusha say in Yahuchanan 1:51 And He said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you shall see the heavens opened and the angels of Aluahym ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

The house of AL is Yahusha the Kahan ha Gadal and through the high priestly blessing upon him Yaqoob saw and testified of Mashiyach.


Shem:

Gen 11:10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood; Gen 11:11 and Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arpachshad, and he fathered sons and daughters.
Shem lived 500 years after the flood. He outlived Abraham.
Gen 11:12 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and fathered Shelah;----35
Gen 11:14 Shelah lived thirty years, and fathered Eber;-30
Gen 11:16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and fathered Peleg;-34
Gen 11:18 Peleg lived thirty years, and fathered Reu;-30
Gen 11:20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and fathered Serug;-32
Gen 11:22 Serug lived thirty years, and fathered Nahor;-30
Gen 11:24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and fathered Terah;-29
Gen 11:26 Terah lived seventy years, and fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran.-70
35+30+34+30+32+30+29+70 =290

Shem was 390 years when Abraham was born. 100 years unto the flood plus 290 until Abraham. Shem lived 500 years after he begat Arpachshad.

Gen 11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Terah lived 135 years (205-70 =135) after Abraham was born while Shem would have been 525 years when Terah died.

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

Abraham left his father’s house while his father was yet alive and he was 75 years old.

Gen 25:7 These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life that he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years.
Gen 25:8 Abraham expired and died in a good old age, aged, and satisfied and he was gathered to his people.

Shem was still alive even after Abraham died at 175. Shem would have been 390+175= 565 years when Abraham died and he lived another 37 years after Abraham to sum up 602 years (100 years unto flood  +2 when Arpachshad was born+ 500 years after Arpachshad was born) and died.
Since the Abary lineage was from Shem, it’s quite possible that he was Melchizedek as stated in Yasher 16, a title attributed to him as per dabar.

This is what Yasher 16 records

11 And Adonizedek king of Jerusalem, the same was Shem, went out with his men to meet Abram and his people, with bread and wine, and they remained together in the valley of Melech.12 And Adonizedek blessed Abram, and Abram gave him a tenth from all that he had brought from the spoil of his enemies, for Adonizedek was a priest before God.

Gen 21:5 Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Yitschaq was born to him.
Abraham was 100 years old when his son Yitschaq was born to him.
Gen 25:20 and Yitschaq was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean to him, to be his wife.

Abraham was 140 years old when Yitschaq took Rebekah to be his wife. So Shem would have been 290+140 = 430 years when Yitschaq got married to Rebekah.

Gen 25:21 Yitschaq prayed to Yahuah on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and Yahuah was entreated for him and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Gen 25:22 But the children struggled together in her womb; and she said, If it is so, why then am I this way? So she went to inquire of Yahuah.

Where did Rebekah go to inquire if not to the high priest? There was no Mishkan, no tabernacle yet, no Levitical priesthood, no ephod, no Thurah yet. She must have gone to the high priest at Salem to inquire from Yahuah.

Gen 35:28 Now the days of Yitschaq were one hundred and eighty years.

Shem would have died when Yitschaq would have been around 110 years of age.

When Yitschaq married Rebekah he was 40 and Shem 430. Shem lived another 70 years to sum up his life span of 500 years. So Yitschaq would have been 110 years (40 + 70 =110) when Shem died.

Adam was the firstborn and a type of Mashiyach who was to come. In Adam we all die but in Mashiyach all those who believe will live with a power of an endless life. In Adam we all fall short but become whole in Mashiyach. It’s a journey from woe to wholeness (hay -woe to kal-whole---haykal)

2Pe3:7 But the heavens and earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and destruction of lawless men.

2Pe3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with Yahuah as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Not even one from our fathers who were type of high priests crossed the thousand-year mark to complete a day in Yahuah’s eyes but we have our Mashiyach with the power of an endless life.

Gen 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Adam fell short of the 1000 years. The longest one to live was MethuSelah

Gen 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

After his transgression Adam built and altar and offered sacrifices to Yahuah. When he died later his son Seth became high priest in his place and when he died the priesthood went to Methuselah who lived right until the flood during Noach’s time. Noach learned the laws of sacrifice clean and unclean from Methuselah his great grandfather who was still alive when he was born.

Gen 8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto Yahuah; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Gen 8:21 And Yahuah smelled a sweet savour; and Yahuah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 

Gen 5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
Gen 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
Gen 5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
Gen 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahuah hath cursed. 

Methuselah lived 782 years after Lamech was born. Lamech was 182 years when Noach was born which means Methuselah was 187 years when Lamech was born (969-782=187) and 369 years when Noach was born (187+182=369).

Gen 5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
Noach was 500 years old when he begat Shem, Ham and Yapeth.

Gen 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Yapheth

Methuselah would have been 500+369 = 869 years when Shem was born and would have lived another 100 years making his total life span of 969 years. Shem would have been 100 years when Methuselah died and Noach would have been 600 years.

Gen 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 

So the flood came upon the earth just after Methuselah died. Noach found grace in the eyes of Yahuah and the high priestly blessing was transferred to him.

Gen 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
Gen 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Gen 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Gen 9:23 And Shem and Yapheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Gen 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
Gen 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Gen 9:26 And he said, Blessed be Yahuah Aluahym of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Gen 9:27 Aluahym shall enlarge Yapheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 

Noach after the flood drunk intoxicating wine and slept uncovered not befitting a high priest. Ham mocked his father because of which he was cursed but Shem was blessed by Noach thus transferring his priestly blessing over to him and also blessed Yapeth who was the father of Gentiles telling him that he would come and dwell in the tents of Shem. A prophecy which was fulfilled when the Gentiles believed in Mashiyach the high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

The priesthood of Melchizedek was not through the law of a carnal commandment but through dabar as we read in Pslams 110:4

Jer 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith Yahuah that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jer 23:6 In his days Yahudah shall be saved, and Yasharal shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Yahuah Tsadakanu.

Some translations say ‘Adonizedek’ 

Later on this title became a known title for a ruler/king dwelling in Yarushalam

Jos 10:1 ¶ Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Yarushalam had heard how Yahusha (Joshua) had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Yericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Yasharal, and were among them;

Thus Melchizedek’s priesthood was the doorway to the Son who is the Kahan Gadal who gave himself for us. While Melchizedek a title for a priesthood through dabar, all the high priests including Shem died falling short of the complete 1000 years yet this priesthood lives forever in Mashiyach in an endless life

Heb 7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of Aluahym; abideth a priest continually. 

It is no coincidence that his name Sham (Shin Mem) means ‘breath’ and also means ‘name’ which speaks of ‘breath of vanity’ and is temporal and passing away. Whereas Mashiyach ‘s breath is the RUAH which he will give his people at his appearing and is immortal.

There as so many people occupied with carnal ordinances and commandments without understanding that before the Thurah was given the Covenant was confirmed by Aluahym to Abraham when he told him that in him all nations shall be blessed.

Gal 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of Aluahym, the Thurah, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

The promise was the SEED i.e. our Mashiyach. The Thurah only uphelds him in signs & shadows pointing to the Dabar priesthood which is eternal. The Shabbats & muaedim are eternal in Mashiyach and are more than days, months and years which will pass away as Sham falling short of the 1000 years but that which is eternal will always remain.

Finally it is no concidence that Caiapha who was high priest according to the carnal commandment unknowingly prophesied of Yahusha that it is necessary that one man die for the people than the whole nation of Yasharal perish. The carnal was making way for the DABAR

John 11:49 But one of them, Caiapha, who was high priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all,
John 11:50 nor consider that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish. 

The DABAR is indeed made flesh and is tabernacled (mishkanoth) with us. A Mishkanoth which Adonay pitched and not by a carnal commandment which stood in shadows and types.

Heb 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest (kahan gadal), who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
Heb 8:2 a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle (mishkan), which the Master (Adonay) pitched, not man.