THE MELCHIZEDEK PRIESTHOOD

The Melchizedek Priesthood!

By

Dr Joshua David Stone

The Melchizedek priesthood has always been a term that has held great interest for me. Many of you, who have been involved in metaphysical and esoteric studies, have probably heard of the term but don't know that much about it, like me. I personally feel this incredible attunement and affinity with this group and teaching, however there has been very little available written information on planet earth concerning this group. Through my extensive research I have been able to uncover some of the hidden mysteries and deeper understanding of this most amazing group

Modern history knows of Melchizedek through the old testament. For it was Melchizedek who was the spiritual teacher of Abraham. This is clearly documented. Edgar Cayce, in his channelings, says that one of the incarnations of Jesus Christ was a man named Melchizedek

It is important to understand here that there is a Being who is Melchizedek, and there is the Melchizedek priesthood. When a person achieves spiritual illumination within this order they are called a "Melchizedek". "The keys of Enoch" describes the Being in the spiritual worlds who heads the Melchizedek priesthood as the "Eternal Lord of Light", Sovereign of Light in charge of organizing the levels of the heavenly worlds of YHWH (God) for transit into new creation, co-equal with Metatron and Michael in the resource, regenesis, and re-education of worlds going through the purification of the living light. He is in charge of the heavenly order / Brotherhood of Melchizedek and the spiritual and planetary priesthood of Melchizedek.

"Jehovah, (revealed God of our universe), will prepare the world for deliverance through Melchizedek and the Order of Melchizedek. Melchizedek is a manifestation of a Son of God in the history of the planet. Melchizedek was commissioned (according to the covenant of Enoch) to prepare the true priesthood of sonship upon a planet for eschatological participation with the Sons of Light."

The clearest definition of the Order of Melchizedek is that it is in charge of the consciousness reprogramming that is necessary to link physical creation with the externalization of the Divine Hierarchy. It is a royal priesthood of priests receiving the voice of God, for the sanctification of the people of the light. The re-administration and teaching affects the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual states of existence and consciousness. This priesthood is visible within every generation as a scattered Brotherhood of Light. It permeates the tree of the human race

The order of Melchizedek has the anointing power to reawaken and resurrect the righteous people of the world into the light of the higher worlds. They are the sons of truth behind historical wisdom. They hold the keys to the true history of the planet. They gather the light of man which they have cultivated through the teachings of the word of God. According to Enoch in, "The Keys of Enoch", the sacred library of their priesthood document were moved from the temple in Jerusalem into the desert areas of Qumran, (see the chapter "The Untold story of Jesus the Christ", and the chapter on the "Essenes and the Dead Sea Scrolls") to preserve their records until the end of time. It is then that the Sons of Light, as the Order of Melchizedek will return to earth to unite the scattered Brotherhood of Melchizedek and establish the Kingdom of God

Jesus is a high priest of the Order of Melchizedek. Moses also had the keys to this priesthood of Light. When He came to the earth, he was anointed by the priesthood of earth as a righteous recipient of the light. The order had been passed on from Noah to Abraham, to Jethro and then to Moses. Aaron, the brother of Moses and mouthpiece for Moses, and the Word of God, was commissioned along with the seventy elders of Israel, to establish a priesthood which was subordinate to the Order of Melchizedek

The order of Melchizedek also governs quadrants of the planetary worlds where the adamic seed has been transplanted. It is there that they administer and teach spiritual principles to these worlds. The order of Melchizedek has the ability to communicate with the other celestial communities and brotherhoods of light throughout the universes of God, coordinating the work of the Christ in the heavens and on earth. In the history of the planet earth, the Order of Melchizedek has existed in small family communities of patriarchs-priests, priest-scientists, and poet-scholars who have faithfully attended to the word of God. This light has been passed from Melchizedek, to Abraham, to Moses, to Elijah, to David, and to Jesus."

This information from "The Keys of Enoch" correlates perfectly with the information given in the Urantia books. According to the Urantia books, the Melchizedek are widely known as emergency sons and daughters of God. They call them this for whenever an extraordinary problem arises it is quite often one among the Order of Melchizedek who accepts the assignment. They fulfill this function throughout the universe, not just on earth. A Melchizedek actually physically incarnated in the year 1973 BC, years before the birth of Jesus. This Melchizedek's name was Machiventa Melchizedek. According to the Urantia books this had only been done six times in our local universe. This took place near what was called the City of Salem, in Palestine. He was first observed by mortal man when He walked into the tent of Andon, a Chaldean herder of Sumarian extraction, and said, "I am Melchizedek, Priest of El Elyon (The Most High), the one and only God.". "El Elyon, the Most High, is the divine creator of the stars of the firmament and even of this very earth on which we live, and He is also the Supreme God of heaven."

Machiventa Melchizedek gathered around Himself a group of students and disciples, which became the nucleus of the later community of Salem. He soon became known throughout Palestine as the Priest of El Elyon, the Most High, and Sage of Salem. Salem eventually became the city of Jerusalem in Israel. He lived on the earth for 94 years. He taught that at some future time another son of God would come in the flesh as He had come, but that He would be born of a virgin woman. This, of course, was Jesus. The teachings of Machiventa Melchizedek were very simple because the people were very uneducated at this period of history. The spiritual light on the planet was very dim at this time. Every person who signed or marked the clay tablet rolls of the Melchizedek Church committed to memory the following belief:

1. I believe in "El Elyon", the Most High God, the only universal father and creator of all things.

2. I accept the Melchizedek covenant with the Most High, which bestows the favor of God on my faith, not on sacrifices and burnt offerings.

3. I promise to obey the seven commandments of Melchizedek and to tell the good news of this covenant with the Most High to all men.

Even this short and simple creed turned out in actuality to be too advanced for the men of those days

The seven commandments set up by Melchizedek were:

1. You shall not serve any God but the Most High Creator of heaven and earth.

2. You shall not doubt that faith is the only requirement of eternal salvation.

3. You shall not bear false witness.

4. You shall not kill.

5. You shall not steal.

6. You shall not commit adultery.

7. You shall not show disrespect for your parents and elders

Melchizedek taught an elementary form of revealed truth during these 94 years. According to the Urantia teachings, Abraham, the father of the Jewish religion, attended this Salem school three different times. He became a convert and one of Melchizedek's most brilliant students and supporters. Melchizedek laid upon Abraham, the responsibility of keeping alive the truth of the one God, as distinguished from the prevailing belief in the plural deities of that time

In Melchizedek's covenant with Abraham, he told him: "Look, now, up to the heavens and number the stars if you are able. So numerous shall your seed be." Melchizedek told Abraham the story of the future occupation of Canaan by his offspring after their sojourn in Egypt. It was upon receiving this covenant that Abraham changed his name from Abram to Abraham. According to the Urantia books, at its height there were over one hundred thousand members of this brotherhood. The Melchizedek teachings spread to Egypt, Mesopotamia and Asia Minor

As decades and centuries passed, these teachings spread throughout the tree of the human race. So it really was the Jewish religion and later the Christian religion that carried the initial torch of the Order of Melchizedek. After Melchizedek's passing He continued to work with prophets and seers from the inner plane to continue the teachings He began with Abraham

The Melchizedek Temple Teachings of Shield and Sharula and Earlyne Chaney

In the chapter on the hollow earth I mentioned a woman who said that she came from the underground city of Telos, two miles beneath Mount Shasta. Her name is Sharula and her husband's name is Shield. I saw a lecture they gave and was impressed with their presentation. She was the woman who also said that she was something like 350 years old.

My clairvoyant healer friend saw her picture and said her aura was totally different than most earthlings. I ordered some of their material, for they are connected with the Order of Melchizedek, in this underground civilization of Telos. She was a priestess in that temple. In their teachings they confirm that Melchizedek once lived on this planet. They also speak of the Order of Melchizedek as a cosmic priesthood. They speak of four levels of initiation within this priesthood

1. Neophyte

2. Initiate

3. Hierophant

4. High priest and priestess

An interesting confirmation of Shield and Sharula's statement here about the levels of initiation comes from Earlyne Chaney in her book, "Initiation in the Great Pyramid". Earlyne, in a past life around the third dynasty in Egypt, went through all seven levels of initiation in the great pyramid of Giza. The spiritual order into which she was being initiated was none other than the Order of Melchizedek. She gave the same classifications as Shield and Sharula for candidates desiring to become initiated into the hidden mysteries. It was only when Earlyne passed the seventh initiation that she was entitled to call herself a Melchizedek priestess. She also gave one more step that some Masters took after this which she called becoming a Ptah

Edgar Cayce, in his channelings of the Universal Mind, has said that even the Essenes had their origins in this ancient order. Earlyne also spoke of studying in Heliopolis which was the same place that Jesus and John the Baptist studied. Her training was almost word for word the same as the Huna teachings of Hawaii, which is most interesting. Some of her training to become initiated into this order was also based on teachings from extraterrestrials of whom she has total recall. Their UFO craft came from other star systems and from Atlantis and the Mayan civilization, where extraterrestrials were heavily active

As part of her training she was also trained in the teachings of Toth-Hermes. I cannot emphasize enough the similarity of the Huna and Egyptian training in the Order of Melchizedek that Earlyne went through. (I will not present it here because it can be read about in the chapter on the Huna. A deeper understanding of the Egyptian training can also be had in reading the chapter on the Egyptian mysteries and the chapter on Hermes-Toth and the Seven Great Universal Laws.)

Earlyne described the Order of Melchizedek in her book, "Initiation in the Great Pyramid" in the following manner. This description was by her father who was a seventh degree initiate in the Order of Melchizedek, speaking to her about this order. "The Order of Melchizedek existed even before time began on this miniature planet called Earth. This is the Order of the Divine Hierarchy existing between all the planets of the solar system and even beyond. This mystery school is the fountainhead of the great work. Its initiates are scattered not only on earth but throughout the universe

"...This divine school of the Melchizedeks is the repository of all the mysteries of God and nature, and they are preserved there in the children of the light. All the secret societies and orders on the earth plane are only shadows or projections of a corresponding Hierarchical order in the super physical, the supernal invisible mystery school being the generating cause; and the order on earth the effect

".... It possesses its own qualifications and requirements for admission. ...The principal purpose of the Hierarchy is to project into the world, through its incarnate initiates, inspiration and motives for human enlightenment. Masters of the Hierarchy seek for initiation the most spiritually exalted of earth's life wave. All truths penetrate into the world from this Divine source, the hidden source of all spiritual communities.

"Since time and life began on earth there has been this Holy Hierarchy, the Order of Melchizedek, of which all exterior schools are but an extension. ...its initiates include those still in flesh who possess the most capacity for light

"It confers three major degrees on selected candidates still incarnate. The first degree is imparted solely through inspiration. Such a contact is often unrecognized even by the chosen candidate as he pursues his inspired writings, teachings, or other studies. The second opens the candidate to interior illumination through which he gains intuitive understanding and becomes aware that he is part of spiritual community and undergoing a process of initiation. The third, highest and final, confers the opening of the entire sensorium by which the soul attains union with eternal verities. Intellectual prowess is not necessary. Some initiates are actually intellectually inferior, but are spiritually harmonious with the Divine purpose

"This secret community possesses knowledge of the primitive mysteries of space, of nature and creation. It watches over all the mystery schools and orders of earth, superintending their development. Its three graded initiations encompass all the initiations offered in these orders, some of which confer three, some seven, and others thirty three. But all are encompassed in the three cosmic degrees of the Divine Hierarchy. Any qualified initiate may be called to this holy company, uniting in love and light with the illuminated of the community of holy angels."

This is why it is no accident that I am writing this chapter and you are reading it. The goal of these teachings is to become a "Melchizedek". They suggest that the people who are sincerely interested in becoming Melchizedek petition to Shamballa three times out loud in a meditative state, asking to be placed on the conscious path of Melchizedek initiation. How you request this, or what words you use does not matter. Just make the request three different times in meditation and/or before going to bed. A fully realized Melchizedek is an ascended being.

The Cosmic Order of Melchizedek

On a more cosmic level, the Urantia books speak of a Being they refer to as the "Father Melchizedek", who functions as the chief executive of our local universe. He is concerned with practical procedures of the universe and presides over special extraordinary and emergency commissions and advisory bodies. The Melchizedek order does not function extensively outside of the local universe except when they are called as witnesses in matters pending before tribunals of the super-universe. The Melchizedeks on this more cosmic level are the first order of Divine Sons to approach sufficiently near the physical inhabited life to be able to function directly in the ministry of mortal upliftment, and to serve without the necessity of incarnation. They serve at the midpoint between the personalities in the material universe and the Highest Divinity. The seraphic orders of angels delight to work with the Melchizedeks

The Melchizedeks are also a self governing order. They maintain an autonomous organization devoted to universal intelligence. They have the full confidence of all classes of intelligent beings. The Melchizedeks are close to perfect in their wisdom. The Melchizedek orders are chiefly devoted to the vast educational system and experiential training regime of the local universe

According to the Urantia books their service work embraces approximately ten million inhabited worlds in our universe alone. Besides their normal educational training work the Melchizedeks go into action whenever there is an emergency situation in the universe. When failure of some aspect of the Creator's plan is threatened, forthwith will go a Melchizedek to render assistance. It is possible for a Melchizedek to make himself visible to mortal beings and on rare occasions they do physically incarnate. The Order of Melchizedek are the versatile and volunteer emergency ministers to all Orders of Universe intelligences and to all systems of worlds.

Solara's Message on the Order of Melchizedek

Solara is a spiritual teacher and who is deeply connected to the angelic kingdom. She has written a whole series of very interesting books, and was particularly instrumental in making people aware of the 11:11. The 11:11, for those of you who don't know, is a symbol for the ascension energy. The 11:11 that occurred on January 11, 1992 {1/11/1(992)} was the next planetary awakening after the Harmonic Convergence

In Solara's message from the archangels she said that on November 11, 1991 there was the long awaited "activation of the Order of Melchizedek" on planet earth. According to Solara's words, Melchizedek serves as the "overseer of the Lords of Wisdom, and holders of the secret and ancient knowledge"

All the secret mysteries of the initiates are under the leadership of the Order of Melchizedek. With this activation there will be an externalization of all the secret mysteries that have been hidden. The externalization of the Hierarchy and the reappearance of the Christ, of which I have spoken in a previous chapter, is part of this process also. The esoteric mystery schools are in the process of becoming exoteric. The order of Melchizedek will rise into full activation from 1991 to 1995. Melchizedek's rod of power has been activated and it is awakening the cellular memory banks of the people of planet earth. This activation is part of the renewed interest in this most sacred and ancient order

More Universal Information I have found

As I have continued my research throughout this year more fascinating information has come to me. The first being that, according to channelings of Vywamus, the name of our Universal Logos (The Being who ensouls the universe) is none other than Melchizedek. This gives a double confirmation on what was channeled in the Urantia books when they spoke of the Father Melchizedek

Vywamus, in his channelings spoke of different levels of source. As we evolve as a planet, solar system, galaxy and universe, we are able to gain attunement to higher levels of source. He has referred to these as Source A and Source B. The higher level source He referred to as "KalMelchizedek", speaking here on a universal level. The Galactic Logos and the Galactic Logos of our quadrant (Melchior) is in service to this great Being

One other last piece of fascinating occult information about Melchizedek is the fact that Nikola Tesla was a soul extension or probe of the vast being we know as Melchizedek, according to Vywamus and channelings of the Tibetan Foundation

Melchizedek on the Galactic Level

On the galactic core level there is another great and powerful Being who is now very available to us on earth to attune to, channel, and be overshadowed by. His name is none other than "Melchizedek". He is a member of the governing council of this galactic section. He is a new member of this council. He has recently replaced another Cosmic Master who has moved on to a position on the universal level

The galactic Melchizedek serves as a liaison between the earth and other planets, and the galactic core of our galaxy. He has had some lifetimes on earth. His last life on earth, of which we are aware, was as a king named Melchizedek. He has overshadowed (as did Lord Maitreya with Jesus) many beings on earth, one of which was Enoch ("The man who walked with God)"

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