In Genesis 14:18, Melchizedek is introduced as the king of Salem and priest of God Most High (El Elyon). During the return home from war with the enemies of Sodom and prior to his meeting with the king of Sodom, Abram has an encounter with Melchizedek. During this encounter, Melchizedek brings out bread and wine and then proceeds to bless Abram. After being blessed, Abram gives Melchizedek a tenth of the spoils of the battle. Who was Melchizedek? Many scholars have pondered this question. Some
always lives to intercede for them.” (Hebrews 7:25). Jesus is not only the high priest, but he is the interceding high priest for God’s people. Which can be difficult for believers to grasp this idea because the models of the priesthood through Melchizedek and the Levitical priesthood demonstrated before the coming of Jesus did not show interceding to be an important function of the priesthood. (Mbamalu 2015). However, this is vital to Jesus serving as a high priest for he comes here on earth to take
character finds himself on a journey that led him to Egypt. Santiago had many influences on his life throughout his journey to Egypt, for example these three people, Melchizedek, the Crystal Merchant and Fatima. Each person had an important role that resulted in influencing him. The first person who influenced Santiago was Melchizedek. He was the King of Salem. He found Santiago when he was on his journey after he visited the fortune teller that told him he should go to Egypt because of the treasure
undermining his whole voyage if he lets them, but before he leaves for Egypt, Melchizedek imparts on him some advice. He tells him not to forget that “ ‘everything [he] deal[s] with is only one thing and nothing else’ ” (Coelho 33). When life throws hard things at a person, they have to get up and keep going. At the end of the day, they survived and they will get up and try again in the morning. The lessons Melchizedek was trying to teach Santiago were that it’s okay to fall down, as long as you
where he began his journey all along, and abandoned church in Spain. Santiago meets the alchemist, an old king Melchizedek, and even himself who mentors him along his journey. Santiago had recurring dreams of treasure, and one day he decided to make those dreams a reality. So, he sells his sheep and while in a city plaza an old king appears and talks to Santiago. Santiago
Argument can be made in plenty supporting either answer. As we follow the young boy, Santiago, in the Alchemist, through his journey, there were circumstances where he controlled his fate and others where he had no control over his future. Melchizedek, the King of Salem tells Santiago that the belief that our fates are not in our control is the world’s greatest lie. But is it truly? Do we truly control our destiny or is it out of our hands? No one in this world can choose into which family
Melchizedek tells Santiago that he is aware of why he is in Tarifa, and where he is headed. Melchizedek is the first one responsible for explaining personal legends, omens, the Soul of the World, and beginner’s luck, to Santiago. Also, Melchizedek gives Santiago Urim and Thummim, the rocks used to help him make decisions based on omens during his journey. The king also had
another psuedpiograph call The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs. Interestingly, fornication is not considered a sin in this writing. And it is claimed that interceding for others is useless. Among its glaring errors is that Melchizedek is born before the flood, even though Melchizedek in the Bible is a contemporary of Abraham who lived about 300 years after the
When analyzing the importance of the structure and substance of a work of literature, people often times make the blunder of only putting emphasis on the substance. Instead of regarding the substance and structure of a novel as two vastly different things, they should think of them as a Christmas tree. If the structure was the bare pine tree, then the substance would be all the ornaments used to decorate the tree, and together they are a Christmas tree. But without the tree itself, the Christmas
“whoever you are , or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, its because the desire originated in the soul of the universe.It 's your mission on this earth.”(P.22 ).This quote was said by Melchizedek (the king of Salem) to Santiago, while speaking Melchizedek told
telling him. It was saying that Santiago had a treasure waiting for him in the Egyptian pyramids. Santiago was initially looking for the treasure in the pyramids. He receives helpful tips of how to locate that treasure from the king of Salem, Melchizedek. Melchizedek taught the boy a number of things such as the world’s greatest lie and what a Personal Legend is. He told him that the world’s greatest lie is
! It is with great ease to be able to read Gabriel Garcia Marquezʼ novel One Hundred Years of Solitude and relate it to the Bible. Many scenarios in the novel correspond to the stories we learn in religion class. In fact, many critics believe the Bibleʼs plot provides a foundation for the novel. Lois Parkinson Zamora has said “Like Revelation, One Hundred Years of Solitude sums up the Bible” (Bloom 51). Through Remedios the Beauty, the foolish description of Fernanda del Carpio, modernization
understand and relate more to the character's personality and journey. Telemachus, Poseidon, and Penelope are characters from The Odyssey that can be classified as fitting into the Bildungsroman, vengeance villain, and matron archetypes. Santiago and Melchizedek are characters from The Alchemist that can be identified as a flawed hero/seeker and a sage archetype. There are numerous archetype possibilities for characters to have, and throughout character’s journey, those possibilities are slowly eliminated
of Salem, Melchizedek, he trade him six of his sheep in return for knowledge that helped him throughout his whole entire journey to the Pyramids. If Santiago followed his parents desires and became a priest, this whole journey of finding his destiny would have never taken place because it started
and distrustful of people because one person betrayed [him]. [He is] going to hate those who found their treasure because [he] never found [his]” (Coelho 39). The robbery leaves Santiago bitter until he remembers Urim and Thummim, the rocks that Melchizedek gave him. Instead of considering their material worth, he acknowledges their symbolic worth and remembers Melchizedek’s encouraging words, which helps Santiago continue his journey to fulfill his Personal Legend. This obstacle is crucial to Santiago’s
In exchange for a tenth of his sheep flock, Melchizedek told Santiago to follow omens. 5 Santiago travels to Tangiers, Morocco in Africa; while lingering in a bar, he faithfully trusts a boy as a guide across the Sahara Desert. Nonetheless, the boy purloins Santiago’s money when Santiago became utterly
Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek who represented the Most High God (Genesis 14:20; Hebrews 7:4). Jacob promised to tithe to God as recorded in Genesis 28:22, “And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.” From these two biblical sources, the biblical teaching of tithing preceded the Law of Moses. Malachi equates failure to bring tithes and offerings as robbing God. The teaching of tithing is biblical
According to Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth, one archetypal mythic hero appears in diverse cultures in different forms. Two protagonists in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist and Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki share similar heroic characteristics despite their different backgrounds and cultures. One of the concepts explained in The Power of Myth is the stages of human development. Campbell states that “As a child, you are brought up in a world of discipline, of obedience, and you are dependent on others
THE DOCTRINE OF INCARNATION The doctrine of the incarnation is at the heart of Biblical Christianity as well as the teaching of Christ pre-existence is foundational to the Christian faith. The fact that Christ “became flesh and dwelt among us” is vital to the truths of His substitutionary death and glorious resurrection. Since apart from these events there is no salvation, one can quickly see how the “coming in flesh” of Jesus is so important to the Christian faith. Without the pre-existence Christ’s
For a time, being a shepherd satisfies his desire to travel and see the world until he dreams of uncovering a treasure hidden near the pyramids in Egypt. Santiago waits to chase after his dream until he meets Melchizedek, a mysterious old man who claims to be the king of Salem. After Melchizedek demonstrates to him the magical powers of nature, Santiago sets off to reveal