DNA Proves Existence of a Designer

[pocaracas]

I like this.  I know who the Sadducees, Pharisees, and Essenes were.   Before I get going, there is one thing that's important to understand.  The Sadducees were elitists, so they often didn't associate with the lower tiers in society.  They held there head high, but they were still lonely, which made them sad u see.

Okay, just some bad humor.

Hehe! I laughed!

So I can attempt to resolve this in terms of Christian teaching, so please keep that in mind as the context of which I'm sharing.

Jesus is assumed to be that high priest.  This is what's known in the Bible as a Christophany.  It's an instance where Jesus is appears in the Old Testament.  There are several indications that they are one and the same.

Gen 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

(Melchizedek is the name given to the high priest)

Psa 110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

(David is associating the Lord with being a priest of the order)

Heb 7:20-22 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

(Again, identifies Jesus from the order of Melchizedek, but returning to establishing a better testament.  This, of course, it what we would refer to as the New Testament, which is "by grace")

Matt 22:41-46 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

(If you cross-reference this with Psa 110, the indication is that Jesus is referencing David at this moment.  It's a difficult statement, because Jesus is telling the Pharisees he is Melchizedek, and I'm sure it was very clear to the Pharisees what he was implying, since they would've been aware of David, and the priesthood.  It was shortly after this that he was crucified.

So to answer your question, I don't see it as being a copycat scenario, but rather a Christophany.  Same person, same teachings.

Hopefully that was a fair answer, but if I missed something you want me to address feel free to let me know.

It was a fair answer, indeed.

Does that mean that the standard Christian teaching implies that Jesus was already around in the OT? Hundreds of years before he was born?
Or was David a contemporary of Herod or Pontius Pilate?

Is this some sort of reverse cameo thing?


Also, about the priest's name, I found this (https://www.varchive.org/itb/zedek.htm):
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The meaning of the name Melchizedek is “Zedek is [My] King.” Zedek, as said, is the name of the planet Jupiter, remaining so in the astronomy of the Jews in later ages. In the Talmud Zedek refers to Jupiter.(5) Zedek also has the meaning of “righteousness” or “justice.”
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So... if King is associated with the particle "Melchi", and Zedek is "righteousness" or "justice", then is this high priest some sort of a king of the court of justice? But, at the time, it was the normal king that fulfilled this post, was it not? And that would be David, right?

Interestingly, I just noticed another name that begins with Melchi.... Melchior, which could refer to the king of the city of Ur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur).
But it seems that people associate "or" with light, instead http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Melchior