INDEX
The Urantia Book Study Edition
The Workbooks of Dr. William S. Sadler, MD
Vol. 3: Topical and Doctrinal Studies
Machiventa Melchizedek
1. Machiventa incarnated on Urantia 1,973 years ago.
(UB 93:2.1).
(N.B. The statement above is in error: The correct reference is: “It was 1,973 years before the birth of Jesus that Machiventa was bestowed upon the human races of Urantia.” ed.)
2. Machiventa spoke several languages and wore a breastplate of three concentric circles.
(UB 93:2.5).
3. He had a special body and never married.
(UB 93:2.6).
4. His Thought Adjuster subsequently indwelt Jesus.
(UB 93:2.7).
II. MELCHIZEDEK’S TEACHINGS
1. The three circles represented the Trinity.
(UB 93:2.5).
2. Machiventa taught that God accepted man on terms of personal faith.
(UB 93:3.8).
3. The Salem cult had three simple beliefs:
- I believe in El Elyon, the Universal Father and Creator.
- I accept the Melchizedek covenant—the favor of God by faith, not by sacrifices.
- I promise to obey the seven commandments.
(UB 93:4.1).
4. The seven commandments were:
- You shall not serve any God but the Most High Creator of heaven and earth.
- You shall not doubt that faith is the only requirement for eternal salvation.
- You shall not bear false witness.
- You shall not kill.
- You shall not steal.
- You shall not commit adultery.
- You shall not show disrespect for your parents and elders.
(UB 93:4.6).
5. Melchizedek tried to substitute the sacrament of bread and wine for animal sacrifices.
(UB 93:4.14).
III. THE COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM
1. It may be wrong to speak of a “chosen people,” but Abraham was a “chosen individual.”
(UB 93:5.1).
2. Abraham became head of the eleven tithe-paying tribes.
(UB 93:5.14).
3. Melchizedek made a formal covenant with Abraham.
(UB 93:6.3).
4. The Abraham covenant provided that God did everything—faith alone gained God’s favor.
(UB 93:6.4).
5. Abraham became civil and military leader of the Salem colony.
(UB 93:6.8).
IV. DEPARTURE OF MELCHIZEDEK
1. Machiventa retired one night and departed before morning.
(UB 93:8.1).
2. He became one of the 24 directors on Jerusem—and later Vicegerent Planetary Prince of Urantia.
(UB 93:10.5).
V. SPREAD OF MELCHIZEDEK’S TEACHINGS
1. Moses got much of Machiventa’s teachings through the Katro family.
(UB 93:3.5).
2. His teachings were preserved by the Kenites.
(UB 96:0.2).
3. Melchizedek’s trained natives carried the gospel over the entire Eastern Hemisphere.
(UB 94:0.1).
4. His teachings largely failed among the Greeks but survived among the Roman Cynics.
(UB 98:0.2).
5. His teachings were carried all over Europe and Asia—even to Africa.
(UB 94:0.1).