We are told in Hebrews 7:14 that the Melchizedek Priesthood “sprang out of Judah.” We are also told in Hebrews 7:3 that Melchizedek has “no father, no mother, no descendant, neither beginning of days nor end of life.” This is because Melchizedek is eternal and he “abides as a priest continually.”
Hebrews 7:3 tells us that Melchizedek was “made like” the “Son of Elohiym.” In other words, Melchizedek has no earthly father, and no earthly mother, because he always existed in eternity!
Melchizedek “became like” the nation of Yisra’el as he came to portray the role of the “first-born son” (Yisra’el). Yirmeyahuw (Jeremiah) 31:9 tells us that YaHuWaH is a “father to Yisra’el, and Ephrayim is my first-born.”
Even though Melchizedek has always existed in eternity, he revealed himself as the Father in the Tanakh (Old Testament) and he revealed himself as the Son in the Briyth Chadashah (New Testament).
Psalm 110:4 says “YaHuWaH has sworn, and will not repent, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”
Has it ever occured to you that the Tribe of Judah pre-existed the fourth son of Jacob & Leah? If the New Jerusalem in eternity always existed and the twelve gates for the twelve tribes of Yisra’el always existed, this means that the Tribe of Yahuwdah (Judah) existed before the earthly Judah (son of Jacob) was even born! Why is this important to understand?
Because if Hebrews 7:14 tells that Melchizedek sprang out of Judah, and Melchizedek is eternal, we must be able to see that Melchizedek is YaHuWaH himself who is BOTH “The Father & The Son!” Just as Melchizedek is BOTH “King & Priest,” it only stands to reason that he is also BOTH “Father & Son.”
Zekaryahuw (Zechariah) 6:11-13 bears this out:
11 then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of YaHuWshuwa (Joshua) the son of YaHuWtsadaq (Josedech), the high priest;
12 and speak unto him, saying, Thus speaks YHWH of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of YHWH.
13 even he shall build the temple of YHWH; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
In verse 11, we see that the Father’s name is YaHuWtsadaq (Josedech), which means “YaHuWaH is righteous.” And the name of the Son is YaHuWshuwa (Joshua) which means “YaHuWaH is salvation.” Hebrews 7:2 states that the name Melchizedek literally means “King of Righteousness.” Are you beginning to see that YaHuWaH himself is the Father who is the “righteous high priest?” Yet, we see his son Yahuwshuwa receiving “crowns” (plural) upon his head, just as we see our Messiah in Revelation 19:12 receiving “many crowns.”
And yet Melchizedek is described as none other than our Messiah, Yahuwshuwa in Hebrews 7:20-26. We can only conclude that Melchizedek is BOTH the Father & the Son, because he is the exact same being! Yisra’el became two separate nations after King Solomon died in 1st Kings 12. They became known as “The Ten Northern Tribes of the House of Ephraim” and also “The Two Southern Tribes of the House of Judah.”
Because of this split, “both houses of Yisra’el” are spoken of in Isaiah 8:14, and this is why our Creator, YaHuWaH had to portray himself as BOTH “King & Priest” and also as BOTH “Father & Son!”
See the blog entitled: The Father & the Son Seen in Judah, the Kinsman Redeemer:
http://doubleportioninheritance.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-father-son-as-kinsmen-redeemer_3.html