Feb. 10, 2010 – Genesis 13:8 – 14:24

Melchizedek.  I really didn’t know a lot about him even though we here his name mentioned quite a bit in the Mass.  Lately his name has been coming up more and more so I have started to look into it.  It is a little bit crazy to see how many different theories about a person from the Bible you can get.  First, it may not be an actual person’s name, but more of a title.  This person that was doing the blessing was Melchizedek, like saying he was king, emperor, pope, a title. 

I also read that since it was a title and not a name there is the idea that this Melchizedek was actually Seth, the son of Noah.  Evidently if you do the math, Seth was still alive at the time of Abram.  I also read that Melchizedek was the brother of Noah and was taken safely away to the garden of Eden and protected during the flood.  So, there can be a lot of different takes on someone when the Bible does not give any background.  This is only for someone mentioned very little.  When we get to the long list of A begat B, B begat C and so on and you wonder about the point of listing out all the family history remember Melchizedek and the yarns that can be spun when a persons history isn’t laid out.  History and family lines are very important. 

There is more I could talk about but I don’t want to give anything away for a talk I am working on for a retreat coming up and some may be reading this.