Was Melchisedek an Angel?
Heb 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
Heb 7:2 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;
Heb 7:3 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.
Heb 7:4 Now consider
how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
He had no father or mother, no lineage, no beginning and no end.
And yet he was made like unto the Son of God and is called a man of greatness.
Who ministered the law?
Heb 7:11 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?
Act 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Act 7:53 Who have received the law
by the disposition of angels, and have not kept
it.
The bible interprets the word angel.
Greek:
ággelos, ang'-el-os; from ἀγγέλλω aggéllō (probably derived from
G71; compare
G34) (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an "angel"; by implication, a pastor:—angel, messenger.
Hebrew:
mălʼâk, mal-awk'; from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher):—ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
In the OT The Levitical Priesthood are the angels who disposed the law to the people.
Disposition:
diatagḗ, dee-at-ag-ay'; from
G1299; arrangement, i.e. institution:—instrumentality.
There are angels in all the churches today, I won't say they are all good. A lot of them only appear as light.
These "angels" are people who are placed in the church to be pastors, and priests, and teachers, etc..
If you yourself hold a position in a church you are also an angel:
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Who is this angel of the Lord that came up from Gilgal?
Jdg 2:1 And an angel of the LORD
came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Jdg 2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
Jdg 2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be
as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
It is Joshua:
Jos 10:6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants;
come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
Jos 10:7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.
Jos 10:9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly,
and went up from Gilgal all night.
Was Joshua an Ambassador of the Lord? What was Joshua's role after Moses died?
Jos 1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
Jos 1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them,
even to the children of Israel.
Jos 1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
Jos 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Jos 1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
Jos 1:17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
Jos 1:18 Whosoever
he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
Disposition:
diatagḗ, dee-at-ag-ay'; from
G1299; arrangement, i.e. institution:—instrumentality.
The Disposition or institution, the structure had now passed from Moses to Joshua.
Today we live according to the dispensation given to the Apostles.
These began arranging and structuring today's church.
All of these people (saints) are the angels of the Lord.
We are the 10,000 and thousands of thousands that march beside the Lord.
Can we have sex? Can we have children? Can we abstain from sex to stay focused on Godly things rather than worldy things?
I believe it is Timothy or James that begins the reconstruction of the roles Deacons aught to have.
One wife, obedient children, not given to strong drink, not teaching for filthy lucre sake.
This is a formation.. not unlike what Nimrod began to with the tower of Babel.
The difference being, one is based on Belief and Faith in God, the other is based on the world.
These two kingdoms been battling throughout all of humanity.
It is God's word vs. the serpents word in the beginning, in the garden.