THE GENESIS PRIESTHOOD

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:

Priesthood predates the Law.

Covenant predates commandments.

Relationship predates religion.

Long before Sinai, before Levites, before tabernacles, Alahim was already revealing a priesthood that did not come from lineage, ritual, or temple service.

That priesthood appears suddenly, without explanation, genealogy, or succession:

“Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of Alahim Most High.” (GEN 14:18)

This moment is deliberate, strategic, and prophetic.

2. MELCHIZEDEK: THE GENESIS REVELATION OF YAHUSHA

Melchizedek means “King of Righteousness.”

He is also King of Salem — meaning King of Peace.

Scripture later makes this 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

• offers bread and wine

• disappears without record

This is not a human priesthood.

This is Eternal Priesthood.

Genesis is showing us Yahusha before flesh, operating as priest-king, not mediator of rules but minister of life.

3. ABRAHAM: THE FIRST TRUE PRIESTED WORSHIPPER

Abraham does not build temples.

He builds altars.

Altars in Genesis are never buildings.

They are places of surrender, obedience, and 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 of the promise

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

• life is required

• access is costly

But Abraham’s altar 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 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 fellowship.

Yahusha later makes the connection unmistakable:

“I am the bread of life.” (JOHN 6:35)

“This cup is the covenant in My blood.” (LUKE 22:20)

Genesis shows the pattern before the words existed:

• Priest brings life

• Worshipper receives

• Relationship precedes instruction

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), 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

• is internal

• ministers life, not regulation

• operates 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 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!