Abram And Melchizedek

"Then Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought bread and wine; he was a priest of GOD Most High, and he blessed Abram saying, 'Blessed be Abram by GOD Most High, maker of heaven and earth!  And blessed be GOD Most High who has delivered your enemies into your hands!'

And Abram gave HIM a tenth of everything." - Genesis 14:18-20 

(Melchizedek was a priest of GOD Most High.  He had not received the word of GOD, as Abraham had; yet, in his own way he knew the one who had called Abraham, and he also recognized Abraham.  Those whom GOD calls are never isolated because they always meet other friends of GOD.  Abraham paid the tenth part but went away richer with the joy of having heard from the lips of this stranger words which confirmed GOD's blessing on him [see Luke 1:39].  

Melchizedek brought bread and wine.  What a strange person Melchizedek is!  In Israel, kings were not priests nor did they offer bread and wine in their sacrifices.  But Psalm 110 and then the letter to the Hebrews [5:6 and chapter 7] see Melchizedek as a figure of CHRIST, the only Priest.  Abraham, despite his greatness, only prepared for the coming of the one who would obtain the blessing promised by GOD for all nations.  Here CHRIST is foretold in a veiled form as the priest and king who consecrates the bread and the wine.)

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