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Why Melchizedek Matters—Feat. Dr. Josh Mathews

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Is It Melchizedek or God of Abraham?

Jethro is an important figure. In some ways he recognizes Yahweh more clearly than anyone else. And Jethro kind of realizes that we never see Moses or the Israelites recognizing Yahweh with this clarity. He's like the one true God. Which is different than the story with Melchizedek. You kind of have to just, you don't get a detail of like, was he worshiping many gods and happens to also worship God of Abraham. But it's at least trying to highlight that he worshiped the true God. That statement that Jethro makes, now I know that Yahweh is greater. So repeatedly through those narratives, God says

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