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- As Abram returned from his victory over Chedorlaomer, the King of Sodom, the King of Salem came to meet him. Melchizedek was this King of Salem and a priest of God Most High. While the king of Sodom seeks to wheel and deal over the plunder Abram has just acquired, Melchizedek brings bread and wine with him and speaks a blessing over Abram.
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Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything (Genesis 14:18-20). It appears as though Melchizedek ministers to Abram and leaves before the king of Sodom arrives. These two men – Melchizedek and Bera, king of Sodom – are just about as different as any two men could be.
Abram Meets Melchizedek. 17 After his return from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the Valley of the King). 18 And Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought out bread and wine.
But because Melchizedek identifies El Elyon as the “Possessor of heaven and earth,” Abram knows Melchizedek is indeed referring to Yahweh, if only by another title. And Melchizedek acknowledges that it is Yahweh who gave Abram victory. Consequently, Abram sees him as a receiver of his tithe (tenth) of the spoils.
Mar 6, 2020 · Few were there to witness Abraham and Melchizedek, but these two kings were gathered and agreements were confirmed with Abraham, and it was blessed by divine action in the ministry of God’s priest — by Melchizedek.
May 13, 2010 · Melchizedek was a king of righteousness worthy to pronounce God’s blessing on Abram at this point in the history of the Lord’s unfolding covenant of salvation with His people. Being that he was a king of Salem or Jerusalem (v. 18), it is entirely appropriate that he should serve as a model for the greatest Priest-King, who now rules on the ...
Feb 5, 2019 · What does Melchizedek understand that the King of Sodom doesn’t? Just this: Abram’s victory wasn’t his; it was God’s. As Melchizedek blesses Abram, his praise flows not only horizontally but also vertically. Abram, for his part, gave instead of took. True faith has that effect.
Abram, the Hebrew stranger, is returning from victory over the foes of the land: Melchizedek, the Canaanite Priest-King, has had no part in the campaign. Abram represents the new spiritual force that has entered the world’s history: Melchizedek represents the ideal of the permanent communion of mankind with God.
