Re: The wrong horse in evolution education

In a message dated 4/16/2006 5:09:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, ttveiv@mts.net
writes:
As Peter points out, Paul comments on the Gentiles in his letter to the
Romans but I still am not sure what this meant. The passage implies that the
action of some Gentiles was evidence that God, somehow, worked in their
hearts (common grace?). I had not thought of Melchizedek in that context.
He's always been sort of shadowy person to me, somebody who appeared once in
the OT. The passage in Hebrews that refers to him is puzzling to me.
melchizedek's name is in two parts: king and priest (malchi zadok). Abraham
is a patriarch. He has no written law. when there is no written law, the dual
roles of king and priest are combined in one individual, the patriarch (just as
they are in malchi zadok). Additionally, when there is no written law and no
separate classes of priests and kings, where might the law be written? That's
right, on the patriarch's heart. This is why Jesus is of the order of
Melchizedek. He comes from before the stratification of society into separate classes,
from the time when the law was written on men's hearts, before the temple and
the written law. when men write the law on their hearts, the priestly law
keepers and the warrior class both become obsolete because every man is priest
and king.

"I will set my law within them and write it on their hearts."
Jeremiah 31:33

Those gentiles to whom Paul refers had the law written on their hearts and
Paul can tell because the law is manifest in their behavior.

rich faussette
Received on Mon Apr 17 12:10:14 2006