THE GENESIS PRIESTHOOD
- Jan 23
- 4 min read
Updated: Feb 10
THE TRUE PRIESTHOOD REVEALED IN GENESIS :
Melchizedek • Abraham • Altars • Tithe • Bread & Wine
1. PRIESTHOOD DID NOT BEGIN WITH MOSES
The first thing Genesis teaches us is this:
Alahim's Priesthood predates the Torah Law.
His Covenant predates the 10 Commandments.
Intimate Relationship long predates religion.
Long before Sinai, before Levites, before Tabernacles, Alahim was already revealing a Priesthood that did not come from lineage, ritual, or Tabernacle/Temple service.
That Priesthood appears suddenly, without explanation, genealogy, or succession:
“Then Melchizedek King of Salem brought out bread and wine, for he was Priest of Alahim Most High.” (GEN 14:18)
This moment is deliberate, strategic, and prophetic.
2. MELCHIZEDEK:
REVELATION OF YAHUSHA
Melchizedek means “King of Righteousness.”
He is also King of Salem — meaning King of Peace.
Scripture later makes this connection to YAHUSHA unmistakable:
“You are a Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” (PS 110:4)
“Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of Alahim.” (HEB 7:3)
MELCHIZEDEK:
appears suddenly
blesses Abraham
receives tithes (10%)
offers bread and wine
disappears without record
This is not some fleshly human Priesthood.
This is the Eternal Priesthood!
Genesis is showing us Yahusha before flesh, operating as a Priest-King, not a mediator of rules but the CREATOR & ESTABLISHER OF ALL LIFE (and Abraham recognised this!)
3. ABRAHAM: A TRUE PRIESTLY WORSHIPPER
Abraham does not build Temples.
He builds Altars.
Altars in Genesis are never buildings.
They are places of surrender, obedience, and supernatural encounter.
“Then he built an altar to Alahim and called on the name of Yahuah.” (GEN 12:8)
Abraham’s Priesthood was expressed through:
obedience
separation
trust
surrender to the promise
And the ultimate Altar is ... Isaac.
“Take now your son… and offer him there as a burnt offering.” (GEN 22:2)
This is not about human sacrifice.
It is about death of ownership.
Abraham learns the core truth of Priesthood:
Nothing given by Alahim belongs to us, including us!
4. THE TRUE SACRIFICE:
NOT BLOOD, BUT SURRENDER
Animal blood in Genesis was not payment for sin.
It was PERMISSION FOR APPROACH!
Blood acknowledged:
death exists
a life is required
access is costly
But Abraham’s Altar (of Isaac) shows something deeper:
the sacrifice Alahim seeks is trust
the offering He provides is His own provision
“Alahim will provide for Himself the lamb.” (GEN 22:8)
Genesis already points to Yahusha, the Lamb provided by/as Alahim Himself.
5. BREAD AND WINE:
THE PRIESTLY MEAL OF LIFE
Melchizedek does not bring law.
He does not demand offerings.
He brings bread and wine.
Bread = sustenance, life, daily provision
Wine = joy, covenant, blood-life
This is not ritual.
This is intimate fellowship.
Yahusha later makes the connection unmistakable:
“I am the Bread of Life.” (JOHN 6:35)
“This cup is the New Covenant in My blood.” (LUKE 22:20)
Genesis shows the patterns that Yahusha came to fulfil!
6. THE TRUE TITHE: ACKNOWLEDGING SOURCE, NOT PAYING A SYSTEM
Abraham gives a tenth to Melchizedek voluntarily.
“And he gave him a tenth of all.” (GEN 14:20)
This was not commanded.
It was recognition.
The tithe in Genesis is:
not tax
not obligation
not institutional funding
It is a declaration:
“Everything came from You.”
Hebrews clarifies the spiritual reality:
“Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth.” (HEB 7:4)
Giving is behavioural alignment (true surrendered worship as a love-slave), not payment !!
7. TWO PRIESTHOODS:
LEVITICAL VS ETERNAL
Genesis shows us:
one priesthood based on righteousness and life (first)
one priesthood based on lineage - law of sin and death (later)
Hebrews explains why the first had to fade:
“If perfection were through the Levitical Priesthood… what further need was there that another Priest should arise according to the order of Melchizedek?” (HEB 7:11)
The Melchizedek priesthood:
is eternal
operates through life, not regulation
lives through transformed beings
8. THE TRUE PRIESTHOOD TODAY: LIVING ALTARS
Genesis ends by pointing forward.
Yahusha completes what He (as Melchizedek) revealed.
Now:
the Altar is the heart
the Sacrifice is the self
the Priesthood is spiritual
the Temple is the body
“Present your bodies as a living sacrifice.”(ROM 12:1)
“You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a set-apart Priesthood.” (1 PET 2:5)
This is not a metaphor.
This is reality.
CONCLUSION: GENESIS WAS
NEVER ABOUT RELIGION
Genesis reveals:
Priesthood before law
Sacrifice before ritual
Covenant before commandments
Yahusha before flesh
Melchizedek was not an anomaly.
He was a preview.
Abraham was not a rule-keeper.
He was a surrendered LOVE-SLAVE
Bread and wine were not symbols.
They were life offered freely.
The True Priesthood is not inherited.
It is entered through death and transformation.
Genesis opens the Portal Understanding.
Yahusha completes it in His own flesh and blood body as Alahim the Lamb!
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