Why the father of Melchizedek was not mentioned in the bible?
Some propose that Melchizedek was actually a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus Christ.
As "Biblelover" said......
Hebrews 7:3 says that Melchizedek was “without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life,
made like the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.”
The question then is whether the author of Hebrews means this
actually or
figuratively.
If the description in Hebrews is literal, then it is indeed difficult to see how it could be properly applied to anyone but the Lord Jesus Christ. No mere earthly king “remains a priest forever,” and no mere human is “without father or mother.”
If the description of Melchizedek is figurative, then the details of having no genealogy, no beginning or ending, and a ceaseless ministry are simply statements accentuating the mysterious nature of the person who met Abraham.
But the Greek language helps us unscramble this passage of Hebrews 7:3. The Greek word for
“made like” is APHOMOIOO.
It is a rare Greek word and occurs in the Bible only here in Hebrews 7:3. The word means “to copy or model.” The word was used to refer to a woodcarver who made a piece of wood to look “like” an ordinary animal. The wood was not
made into an animal but looked like the animal. In the same way, Melchizedek
was not Jesus but he is
like Jesus. He is a type or picture of Jesus Christ.
The book of Hebrews was written to show its readers that Jesus is a high priest. In order to be a Jewish high priest, a male had to first be a Jewish priest. God said that a priest had to born of parents who were Levites (Num. 18:6-7; Ezra 2:61-62). This was the first requirement. A Jewish priest had to be a Levite. Therefore, the Holy Spirit needed to show that God recognized someone else in the Old Testament whose family were not Levite.
A case can be made either way. At the very least, Melchizedek is a type of Christ, prefiguring the Lord’s ministry.
