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MELCHIZEDEK

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MELCHIZEDEK - The priest-king of Salem (Peace), who offered bread and wine to Abraham (Gen. 14:18), is regarded as a 'type' of Christ not only by the Fathers but equally in the New Testament itself (Heb. 5:6; 7:1-19).

(King of Righteousness,  King of Peace)

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