Priests receive a tenth of everything, but they die. Melchizedek received a tenth of everything, but we are told that he lives.
In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. You will live because I live.
Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me.
Who heard God and rebelled? All those whom Moses led out of Egypt rebelled.
In another place in Scripture, God said, “You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest.”
where Jesus went before us on our behalf. He has become the chief priest forever in the way Melchizedek was a priest.
There was a long succession of priests because when a priest died he could no longer serve.
No one can deny that the more important person blesses the less important person.
We could even say that when Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything, Levi was giving a tenth of everything. Levi gave, although later his descendants would receive a tenth of everything.
People die once, and after that they are judged.
the living one. I was dead, but now I am alive forever. I have the keys of death and hell.