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  1. The ark aground on a mountain shoulder as floodwater drains from the valley, animals descending the ramp and a dove returning.Creation to BabelGenesis 1–11Undated (before Abraham)
  2. A patriarch standing apart from his tents at night, looking up at the stars above the hills of Canaan while his flocks bed down.Patriarchal PeriodGenesis 12–50c. 2100–1800 BC
  3. The camp of Israel spread across a desert basin below a mountain wrapped in a pillar of cloud, with the tabernacle court at its centre.Egypt and WildernessExodus–Deuteronomyc. 1800–1400 BC
  4. Priests with rams' horns and the ark halted on the plain before the collapsed mud-brick walls of a Canaanite city.Conquest and JudgesJoshua–Ruth · 1 Samuel 1–7c. 1400–1050 BC
  5. Levites carrying the ark up the ramp to a hilltop citadel while a king dances before it and crowds line the terraced slope.United Monarchy1 Samuel 8–1 Kings 11 · 1 Chronicles 10–2 Chronicles 9c. 1050–930 BC
  6. A prophet bowed to the ground beside a water-ringed altar on a sea headland as a column of fire falls on the drenched wood and a distant crowd draws back.Divided Monarchy1 Kings 12–2 Kings 25 · 2 Chronicles 10–36c. 930–586 BC
  7. Masons laying the foundation stones of a new temple on a rock platform while priests with trumpets and a weeping crowd look on.Exile and ReturnEzekiel, Daniel · Ezra–Esther · Haggai–Malachic. 605–430 BC
  8. A priest lighting a golden seven-branched lampstand in a rededicated temple court while fighters and priests clear a defiled altar.Intertestamental PeriodBetween Malachi and Matthewc. 430–5 BC
  9. A crowd seated on a Galilean hillside listening to a distant robed teacher seen from behind, with fishing boats on the lake shore below.The GospelsMatthew–Johnc. 6 BC – AD 30
  10. Galilean men speaking from the steps of a Jerusalem house with flames of light above them as a crowd of pilgrims from many nations turns to listen.In JerusalemActs 1–7c. AD 30–35
  11. A halted chariot beside a roadside pool on a desert road, where a finely dressed African official stands in the water with a plain-robed traveller.In All Judea and SamariaActs 8–12c. AD 35–44
  12. A merchant ship leaving a stone quay at dawn with a traveller at the rail and friends waving farewell from the harbour.To the Ends of the EarthActs 13–Judec. AD 46–95
  13. An empty heavenly throne room with a floor of glass like a crystal sea and an unseen throne wreathed in gold light beneath an emerald rainbow.RevelationRevelation 1–22c. AD 95
Oil-painting style portrait of Melchizedek, King of Salem and priest who blessed Abraham and received his tithe

Person of the day · Saturday, October 10

Who was MELCHIZEDEK in the Bible?

Melchizedek

Melchizedek was the King of Salem and a priest of God Most High who blessed the patriarch Abraham during the Patriarchal Period.

Hebrew
מַלְכִּי־צֶ֫דֶק
Greek
Μελχισεδέκ
Strong's
H4442 / G3198
Occupation
Priests
Known for
King of Salem and priest who blessed Abraham and received his tithe
Era
Patriarchs
First reference
Genesis 14:18
Indexed verses
11
Nation
Canaan
Key verses
Genesis 14:18, Psalms 110:4, Hebrews 7:1, Hebrews 7:17
Priests
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Did you know?

Isaiah was told to write “Maher-shalal-hash-baz” on a large scroll. He later gave that same name to his son, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Isaiah 8:1, 3

Who Am I? · Daily No. 283

  1. Clue 1

    I stood in the royal palace at Samaria and struck down my predecessor to take the crown for myself.

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