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Therewith, I departed from Melchizedek, rejoicing in his blessing, for he was a man of faith who wrought righteousness and when a child he feared God and by his faith he stopped the mouths of lions and quenched the violence of fire when those of the evil combination sought to destroy him from off the face of the earth.
2
Therefore, having been approved of God, he was ordained an high priest after the order of the covenant which God made with Enoch which is after the order of the Firstborn, even our Father Adam.
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For this holy order came not by man nor the will of man, neither by father nor mother, neither by beginning of days nor end of years, but of God.
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For it was established in the beginning of the earth by the Ancients of Days, wherefore it is called the Order of the Ancients, and it was delivered unto men from the beginning by the calling of God’s own voice according to his own will through the voice of his Priesthood, unto as many as believed on his name and were faithful until they had obtained.