Heb 7:1-10

Today we begin Hebrews 7.

I fell behind again. And I don't understand why I put it off. My soul needs this. The Word. To be close to him. How can I become more like Him if I'm not spending the time with him to know him better? What's this block in my brain?
Anyway... moving along.

Heb 7:1-2

"This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat the kings and blessed him, and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means 'king of righteousness'; then also, 'king of Salem' means 'king of peace.'"

A description of Melchizedek. This priest that Jesus is being named priest in his order.

vs 3

"Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever."

And here, I note that this guy is very unclear. This Melchizedek man. There is quite a bit of controversy on the topic. Some say he is a preincarnate temporary appearance of Christ. Others say that he was one of Noah's son's still living (thus the no geneology/father or mother/without beginning of days or end of life - he would have been older than anyone at the time. Alive when they were born and still alive when they died).
I'm going to copy over what the notes on the ESV bible say.

"Some have suggested that Melchizedek was a preincarnate, temporary appearance of the eternal Son of God. As this passage indicates, however, Melchizedek was not in fact the Son of God but someone resembling the Son of God (lit., “having been made like the Son of God”); he was an ordinary human being who was “king of Salem” (v. 1). He is without father or mother or genealogy probably means simply that this information is not given anywhere in Scripture (in contrast to the Levitical priests, whose genealogies are recorded). The next phrase should probably be understood in the same way—that is, Melchizedek had neither beginning of days nor end of life recorded in Scripture; he suddenly appeared in Genesis 14 and then disappeared. As far as the OT narrative is concerned, it shows no end to his priesthood, so in that sense he continues a priest forever. Thus Hebrews seems to view Melchizedek as an ordinary man, who was a “type” or foreshadowing of Christ (see note on Rom. 5:14). In this way, Melchizedek is comparable to the eternal high priesthood of the righteous Son of God, who is truly the king of righteousness and who brings true peace."

So, it's all given to some bit of speculation. It's not very clear in scripture who he is as there are only a couple of mentions of him in the Bible.

vs 4-10

"Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! Now the law requires the descendents of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people--that is, their brothers--even though their brothers are descended from Abraham. This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. And without doubt, the lesser person is blessed by the greater. In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living. One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth paid the tenth through Abraham, because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor."

Really don't know what to say here. ESV notes mentioned that it's showing that the Levitical priesthood is inferior to the Melchizedekian priesthood when Abraham (and thus his descendent Levi) paid tithe to Melchizedek. Etc.

I'm taking this as a bit of information gleaned to have as a base for more that we'll go over later.