Covenant Reformed News – April 2014 • Volume XIV, Issue 24
This article from Covenant Reformed News examines Christ's priesthood through the lens of Melchizedek typology, refuting various speculative identifications of Melchizedek while establishing him as a type of Jesus Christ's mediatorial work. Drawing on Reformed commentators like John Calvin, A.W. Pink, and Thomas Boston, the piece demonstrates how Melchizedek's priestly functions—offering sacrifice, intercession, and blessing—prefigure Christ's own priestly ministry as our great High Priest.
Christ’s Melchizedekian Priesthood (3) Some people reckon that Melchizedek (Gen. 14:18-20) was Shem, a son of Noah. This view is popular among the Jews. However, Shem was not without genealogy (Heb. 7:3; cf. Gen. 10-11). Others think that Melchizedek was an angel or the Holy Spirit or Christ Himself. However, contrary to some fundamentalists, since Melchizedek was “made like unto the Son of God,” he was not Christ personally (Heb. 7:3). As a priest “after the order of Melchisedec,” the Lord...