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What Or Who Was Melchizedek?155place even though Shem outlived Abraham. Amazing!That is why Melchizedek blessed Abraham and Abraham gave thetithe to Melchizedek. This acknowledged that Abraham believedGod - and that Abraham and his seed would now receive the inheritance,which Abraham did not obtain in his lifetime. That isfaith (Hebrews 11:13)! From this point on, Melchizedek (Shem)is not mentioned. The blessing has been transferred from Shemwho continued to live after Abraham’s death. The genealogy,however, of the blessing of the promised seed goes on throughAbraham to Isaac, to Jacob, then to Israel, who sinned at MountSinai. This is when Israel had to receive The Letter of The Lawfor judgment to death, in order to bring them to Christ.Israel, being carnal, required another Priesthood, The LeviticalPriesthood, based on The Letter of The Law to bring them to deathand repentance. From this point on, Israel had to be judged carnallyby a carnal commandment (Hebrews 7:15). This was bya shadow of the real Priesthood, Melchizedek, which gives life.The Aaronic Priesthood could only remind them of sin and by TheLaw could only produce death (II Corinthians 3:9).The body prepared by God, still had to come through Christ. Thiswas the restoration of the true (better) Priesthood, which gave lifeeternal - and all its riches. This was by “grace” and was totallyfree!Identity Of A PatriarchNow, Abraham and his lineage were to continue the promise.Abraham was now The Patriarch. Paul said, “Now consider howgreat this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abrahamgave the tenth of the spoils” (Hebrews 7:4). Abraham was a