Melchizedek and People Outside Our Religions
Do people outside our religions also have a connection with God? Can they teach us something about God? Whether we are Jewish or Christian or Muslim or Universalist or Hindu or pagan or whatever else, I believe multitudes of people from all walks of life, and faiths from all over the world and throughout history, have or have had this connection. And, much more importantly , they can teach us facets of belief and practices and concepts that we may not find in our own little tribes. And Jewish scripture and the Old Testament recognized that people outside our tribes do indeed have a connection with this same God. Yep. It's in there. In the Pentateuch. And Jesus knew it. Melchizedek, king of Salem, was a mysterious character in the story of Abraham's life in Genesis 14. He appears just before God's blessing of Abraham. In chapter 14, Genesis says, "After [Abraham's] return from the defeat of...