Melchizedek - King and High Priest of God?

Who was Melchizedek? We know that Melchizekek was a king and a priest. We know that he was king of Salem. We know that Abraham paid a tithe to him. So, Could Melchizedek have been Jesus Christ, or was he just a man?

Jesus doesn't claim the throne over the "city of peace" until the prophecies of revelation comes to pass. So we know that Jesus does not sit on any throne on earth before this time.
. Let's get back to Melchizedek for now. I mean, he was a king, right? He probably was a well known person that was popularly voted into or handed that position to him from the previous king. He also could have been the very first man in that city to claim that position. Who knows? But we do know that because he was known by other kings, Melchizedek lived on the earth for a significant amount of time. While spending his time here on earth, did Melchizedek make disciples, heal the sick, or preach the gospel? How about when he was anointed king, did he ride into town on a donkey, while they sang praises and threw palm branches down in his path? No, because all of these activities were signs of the coming Messiah. Melchizedek was not Jesus, and if he were, than the hope of the coming messiah would have been tarnished by the pre-existence of Jesus in the form of Melchizedek. There is no proof of the Son of God inhabiting the earth before the virgin birth.

The biggest phrase that I was stuck on is the mention of Melchizedek having no end of life. It can be interpreted that either he didn't die or they have no record of his death. I could understand why they lost his birth records, maybe as an abandoned orphan who was left at a strangers doorstep. But what I can't understand is why they would not have any record 'of his death, or why he didn't die. The writer of Hebrews is saying that there is no record of Melchizedek's death or of his life in the Torah, which was the only genealogical records that Israel relied on prior to Moses. So, on one hand, Even though we have no recorded proof, we can safely say that being a mortal man, Melchizedek died. On the other hand Jesus Christ has the records written that he continually lives. In essence because Melchizedek's life does not record an ending, he figuratively still lives, but Jesus has been seen and recorded as alive.

Genesis 14:17 - 24 (NKJV)
17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King,s Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. 18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19And he blessed him and said: "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." And he gave him a tithe of all. 21Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself." 22But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, 23that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ,I have made Abram rich,- 24except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion."

Hebrews 7 (NKJV)
1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated "king of righteousness," and then also king of Salem, meaning "king of peace," 3without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually. 4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils. 5And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham; 6but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. 7Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better. 8Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives. 9Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, 10for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him. 11Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? 12For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law. 13For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar. 14For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. 15And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest 16who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. 17For He testifies:"You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek." 18For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, 19for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. 20And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath 21(for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him:"The Lord has sworn And will not relent,,You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek,"), 22by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant. 23Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. 24But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. 26For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; 27who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people,s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.