Please read Genesis 14.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/gen/14/1/s_14001
Meditate on verse 18.
And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine;
now he was a priest of God Most
High.
On the first
day of the week, the day Christ arose from the dead, He met two men who were
walking to Emmaus. Jesus started walking with them, asked them a few questions,
then “beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the
things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures” (Luke 24:27). (All the
Scriptures means all of the Old Testament.) Genesis 14 was probably one of the
passages Jesus explained to the two men because the writer of Hebrews recorded
it in reference to Jesus Christ in Hebrews 7.
Abram won a
battle against four kings who had taken his nephew Lot and other people
captive. Abram rescued Lot and the others. As Abram returned home from the
battle, the king of Sodom and the king of Salem came to greet Abram and thank
him for his kind and courageous deed. The king of Salem was Melchizedek who was
also a priest. He greeted Abram with bread and wine.
Why would
God have Moses record this strange encounter between Melchizedek and Abram? God
was giving a picture of Messiah. Jesus is King and Priest. He gave His
disciples bread and wine to symbolize the covenant relationship He had with
them. Melchizedek is not listed in any of the genealogies of Genesis; he has no
date of birth or date of death. Hebrews 7:3 says God did that on purpose to
show the Son of God has neither beginning of days nor end of life.
God’s Word
is amazing! Every Word is handcrafted by the Almighty to show you the Savior.
Enjoy Him like you never have before this Christmas season.
Pray Genesis
14:14 and 16 in thanksgiving of what Christ has done for you.
“LORD, as
soon as You heard
I had been taken captive by sin, You pursued
me.
Thank You
for bringing me back to You.
In Your
name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN
on the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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