Melchizedekian orders



Melchizedekian orders include those bodies that claim a descent from, link to, or represent themselves as being in the lineage of, the Biblical figure of Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of El Elyon (God Most High), spoken of in Genesis 14 and Psalm 110.

Genesis 14:18-20

 * King James Version (KJV)
 * 18. And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
 * 19. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
 * 20. And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

Psalm 110

 * King James Version (KJV)
 * 1. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
 * 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
 * 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
 * 4. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
 * 5. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
 * 6. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
 * 7. He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

Arcane Societies

 * Fifth Order of Melchizedek and Egyptian Sphinx, formed late 1800s, likely in New England;
 * After the Order of Melchizedek (ATOM), formed 1921 at Los Angeles, California.