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      The Levitical priesthood with the ceremonial law was not part of Creation in the Garden of Eden, but was added at Mount Sinai (Gal 3:19), due to the Golden Calf Incident, and was a temporary measure to keep the people in covenant relationship until the promised Messiah would come.

However, there was an eternal order of priesthood from Eden. The pattern Yahweh set in the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve’s fall was that sin brought the shedding of innocent blood.

Gen 3:21 And Yahweh Elohim made coats of skin for the man and his wife, and clothed them.

Yahshua Yahweh had to be a priest in order to do this sacrifice. He was of course not a Levite, but He was indeed the High Priest of the Melchizedek order, the highest priesthood in the universe.

Heb 7:14 For it is evident that our Master has risen out of Judah, as to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Heb 7:17 For it is testified, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek” (Psa 110:4).

Scripture gives no doubt that Yahshua was indeed this very Melchizedek, as there is only one King of Peace and King of Righteousness and one High Priest; and we know that His name is Yahshua, the very Son of Yahweh.

Heb 7:1 For this “Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High Elohim,” the one meeting Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, “and blessing him;”

Heb 7:2 to whom also Abraham “divided a tenth from all” first being interpreted, king of righteousness; and then also king of Salem, which is, king of peace,

Heb 7:3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, nor beginning of days, nor having end of life, but like (as) the Son of Yahweh, His priesthood remains forever).

Yahshua was the Lamb of Yah who was slain from the foundation of the world. From the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve chose free choice, instead of 100% faith in Yahweh. By failing at their job to bring Yahweh’s Word to the rest of His creation, Yahshua, who was the High Priest of the Melchizedek order, was destined to be born of the seed of Eve, and to be the second Adam, and accomplish the job that Adam failed to do. Rom 5:19 For as on account of the disobedience of one man, many became sinners; so also, on account of the obedience of one, many become righteous.

Did you catch the phrase in Romans 5:19 that on account of the disobedience of Adam that many “became” sinners? How could Adam’s sin cause others to become sinners unless his sin directly caused the rest of creation to lose out on receiving the Torah, and not bearing the fruit that he could have otherwise.

1st Cor 15:45 So also it has been written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul;” the last Adam a life- giving Spirit (Gen 2:7).

1st Cor 15:46 But not the spiritual first, but the natural; afterward the spiritual.

1st Cor 15:47 The first man was out of earth, earthy. The second Man was the Master out of Heaven.

1st Cor 15:48 As is the earthy man, such also are the earthy ones. And such as is the heavenly Man, such also are the heavenly ones.

1st Cor 15:49 And as we bore the image of the earthy man, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one.

1st Cor 15:50 And I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of Yahweh, nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

1st Cor 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on

It is important to understand that Melchizedek was an eternal order of a priesthood of which Yahshua has always been High Priest. Adam, in Eden, was to become part of this priesthood and help Yahweh fulfill His purpose at Creation by bringing His eternal character (through His Torah) to the rest of His creation made outside of Eden.

By Adam bearing no fruit and by failing at his job to qualify to enter this priesthood it set an appointment with Yahshua, the Lamb of Yah slain from the foundation of the world. It is also no coincidence that Yahshua’s appointment to die for mankind’s decision of free choice, instead of 100% faith in Yahweh, happened on the Mount of Olives on the area called “The place of appointment;” the very place outside of Eden, which Adam was cast out to when he sinned.

I find the enlightenment of this knowledge by Yahweh most exciting for several reasons:

1. We can be assured that Yahweh did not create the world through incest, a practice that He calls abominable.
2. We see that it was always Yahweh’s will to have a kingdom of priests and this was to be Adam’s job also in Eden. We see today that Yahweh is accomplishing this kingdom of priests through our training to be Melchizedek priests under Yahshua and accomplish in spirit what Adam failed to do in flesh (Exo 19:5-6).
3. From the Garden of Eden, we can prove from Scripture that it was the eternal order of Melchizedek and not Levi that Yahweh had set up to serve Him.
4. We can also see where Adam failed as servant to Yahweh by choosing free choice instead of 100% faith in Yahweh and His This study widely expands the blessing of Abraham for unconditional obedience, even though he knew not where he was going or what would happen once he got there, and even being willing to sacrifice his very own son, being assured that Yahweh would raise him up.
5. We can prove that the Torah, in principle through the Ten Commandments, was not only there at Creation, but that Adam’s job, as a servant of Yahweh, would have been to bring the Torah to the rest of creation, and multiply Eden.
6. We see that we have the same responsibility as Adam was supposed to have in Eden. That although we need to bear fruit and multiply and fill the earth with the knowledge of the salvation of Yahweh, that we are also to be sanctified as Adam was in Eden. Eden is an actual place, but it is also a state of mind. It is also clear from this study that as Yahshua said to Adam in Eden, and again to New Covenant believers in John 15, that if we don’t bear fruit we will die. This also is highly significant since in Christianity most of the focus is put on the person’s personal salvation, and not on bearing more fruit for the Kingdom.
7. This is extremely important that Yahweh is revealing this now, because Yahweh works in the circular, not the linear, and we have come full circle, and Yahweh is bringing His creation back to Eden.

Rev 22:1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, coming forth out of the throne of Yahweh and of the Lamb.

Rev 22:2 In the midst of its street and of the city, on this side and that side of the river, was a tree of life producing twelve fruits: according to one month each yielding its fruit. And the leaves of the tree were for healing of the nations.

Rev 22:3 And there will be no blight any more: and the throne of Yahweh and the Lamb will be in it; and His servants will minister to Him.

Rev 22:4 And they will see His face; and His name will be on their foreheads.

Rev 22:5 And night will not be there; and they have no need of a lamp or a light of the sun, because Yahweh Elohim will give them And they shall reign forever and ever.

Joel 2:3 a fire devours before it, and a flame burns behind it. The land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them is a desolate wilderness; yea, also there is no escape to them.

Isa 51:1 Hear Me, pursuers of righteousness, seekers of Yahweh: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the hollow of the pit from which you were dug.

Isa 51:2 Look to your father Abraham, and to Sarah who bore you. For he being but one, I called him and blessed him and increased him.

Isa 51:3 For Yahweh comforts Zion. He comforts all her desolations, and He makes her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of singing praise.

As Yahweh is restoring the Garden of Eden before our very eyes, may we follow the example of Yahshua (the second Adam) and bring Yahweh’s Torah to the rest of His creation, and be fruitful and multiply, and fill the land with fruit for His soon coming Kingdom. May we also learn from Adam and Eve’s mistakes, that 100% UNCONDITIONAL obedience to Yahweh and His Word are what is important, and not our own free will or choice.

1st Sam 15:22 And Samuel said, Does Yahweh delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold! Obeying is better than sacrifice; to give attention is better than the fat of rams.

1st Sam 15:23 For rebellion (bitterness) is as the sin of divination (sorcery); and stubbornness is both iniquity and idolatry.

How important is Yahweh’s judicial order? How important is it to trust in the setting in our lives that Yahweh has ordained? How important is 100% faith and obedience to Yahweh and hearing His voice every day of our life? How important is bearing fruit for Yahweh’s Kingdom? It is the road to entering back to Eden. What tree are you eating from?