Let's look at some more goings forth of our Lord Jesus. Pictured above we see another going forth of Jesus that occurred when Jesus who is Melchizedek, the King of Righteousness and King of Peace appeared to Abraham. Genesis 14:18 says And Melchizedek (King of righteousness in Hebrew) king of Salem (Peace) brought forth bread and wine (remembering the crucifixion of Jesus by communion with the breaking of bread and drinking of the wine): and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him (Abraham), and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
The following scriptures prove that Jesus is Melchizedek, the King of righteousness and King of Salem or peace who appeared to Abraham. First Revelation 19:16 says Jesus is the King of kings: And He (Jesus) hath on His vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And 1 Corinthians 1:30 tells us that Jesus is righteousness saying But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. Therefore Jesus is Melchizedek who is the King of righteousness that blessed Abraham. The prophet Isaiah said that Jesus is the King of Salem or the Prince of Peace at Isaiah 9:6: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Hebrews 6:20 speaks about Melchisedec who is Jesus. Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning form the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of Peace; Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Melchisedec is Jesus who said at Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Notice the two pictures above of a Levite priest and the bread and wine received during communion remembering the high priest Jesus for ever after the order of Melchisedec. First under the law, only the tribe of Levi could be priests. Joshua 18:7 says But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. But now the law has been changed and the priesthood comes from the tribe of Judah because Jesus is the Lion of the tribe of Juda and our high priest forevermore after the order of Melchisedec. Revelation 5:5 says And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
The priesthood forevermore with Jesus comes from the tribe of Judah and not Levi because the law about priesthood has been changed. Hebrews 7:11 says If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, for under it the people received the law, what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron (from Levi)? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. For He of whom these things are spoken (Jesus) pertaineth to another tribe (Juda), of which no man gave attendance at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
Hebrews 7:15 says And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest (Jesus), Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For He testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melshisedec. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did, by the which we draw nigh unto God.
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And now Jesus is our high priest who ever liveth to make intercession for us. Hebrews 7:25 says Wherefore He (Jesus) is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. James 5:16 says Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Jesus is the righteous man that is always praying for saved saints whose effectual fervent prayers availeth much (note that the Hebrew definition for availeth much is that Jesus' prayers will happen and give extraordinary strength and power by miracles from angels to overcome any trouble).
High priests under the law constantly stood in the temple offering sacrifices that could not remove our sins. Hebrews 10:11 says And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But our high priest Jesus sat down removing our sins forevermore. Hebrews 10:12 says But this man (Jesus), after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God.
Hebrews 8:1 says Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest (Jesus), who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. And when our high priest Jesus sat down in the heavens, we can all rejoice and say Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood.
After Jesus sat down on the right hand of God to remove our sins, another going forth of Jesus occurred when Jesus stood up on the right hand of God to welcome Stephen home to heaven when Stephen was stoned to death. Acts 7:54 says When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. But he (Stephen), being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing (not sitting) on the right hand of God.
After Jesus sat down on the right hand of God to remove our sins, another going forth of Jesus occurred when Jesus stood up on the right hand of God to welcome Stephen home to heaven when Stephen was stoned to death. Acts 7:54 says When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. But he (Stephen), being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing (not sitting) on the right hand of God.
Another going forth of the Lord Jesus occurred when Jacob wrestled with our Lord Jesus who appeared as a theophany pre incarnate visible manifestation of God. Many people say that an angel and not Jesus wrestled with Jacob. But take time to read the following scriptures that prove that Jesus wrestled and blessed Jacob. The prophet Hosea said at Hosea 12:3 He (Jacob) took his brother (Esau) by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God (notice that Hosea said Jacob wrestled with God who is Jesus): Yea, he had power over the angel (now Hosea says Jacob wrestled with an angel that shows how Jesus was also a man but Jesus also is God), and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.
Genesis 32:22 says And he (Jacob) rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man (Jesus) with him until the breaking of day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And He said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
Genesis 32:28 says And He (Jesus) said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God (note Jesus Himself proclaimed to Jacob that He is God) and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And He said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And He blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel (called facing God who is Jesus): for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Jacob said he saw God who is Jesus and not just an angel face to face. Jesus went forth from the Father and made a pre-incarnate theophany visible appearance to bless Jacob and call him Israel and a prince with God.
For our final going forth of Jesus today, pictured above we see Jesus who is the I AM God that appeared and spoke to Moses from the burning bush. Jesus proclaimed that He is the I AM God and said at John 8:58 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM. Exodus 3:13 records the conversation that Moses had with Jesus who is the I AM God at the burning bush: And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is His name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
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