<TITLE>13. Par 53-57</TITLE>L-53 After all these gentile kings had come in and took away his brother, Abraham took his servants, pursued after them and went down and got them, and returned with them, and slaughtered the kings, and brought them back.
And notice, the king of Sodom come out. The king of Gomorrah was killed. But the king of Sodom came out, and brought him forth, and said, "Here are all the goods that--that you have taken, that these people took away; I'll give them to you." (Later on in this chapter we find Abraham said, "I won't take one of the threads of a shoelatch, that you might say he made Abraham rich.) But the thought we want to get to is right here.
 And Melchisedec king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.  And he blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abraham of the most high God, possessor of heavens and earth:
 And he blessed him, and he... And blessed be the most High God which has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tithe of all. (I love it.)

L-54 Notice now, after Abraham... The spiritual picture here... Abraham... his brother, that had gone astray... A picture of the true church or the true believer of God, that's blessed of God and has the promise of God, has the covenant of God, and has faith in the covenant...
Now, think. If you'll count here, there's around ten or fifteen kings went out there, and probably... How many servants did they have? But Abraham counted what he had that was faithful, borned in his own house. Oh, my. The faithful, borned in his own house... It was his servants who he had circumcised that was included in the same promise that he was. And he went after his backslidden brother, and pursued with a little handful of men, of three hundred and eighteen men, after the kings, and overcome them, and took them, and slew them and brought back all that was lost.

L-55 Perfect picture of Christ and the church, the Holy Spirit leading the faithful that's borned in the same house of the Holy Ghost where Christ was born, pursuing after the wayward and backslidden and slaying every evil thing that's overcome them. Amen. Overcoming sin, laying aside all the weight... Speaking to the people about their lusts and the things they're doing. Cut it off. Their sicknesses and all, preaching to them the Gospel and bringing it back into full fellowship with God.

L-56 Notice. And when he returned, Melchisedec met him. Who was this Melchisedec? And notice the first thing, now, Melchisedec did not offer him any money. Melchisedec only offered him bread and wine. Melchisedec was a priest of the most high. The king of Jerusalem. It was then called Salem. (Here's a Crudens. I thought if it would be questioned afterwards, I could prove it, that Jerusalem was first Salem: J-e-r-u-s-l-e-m. See? Salem, Je-ru-salem. See?) It was first called H-i-r-u-m, Hi-ru-salem. That's right. Which once was in Gentile possession... Oh, I hope you get this now.
Jerusalem was first in Gentile possession, and the King of Jerusalem, or Salem (which was meaning, "the King of Peace, the King of righteousness, "), met Abraham as he returned and give him the communion, bread and wine, thousands of years, or hundreds of years before bread and wine was ever an ordinances in the church. And he was the King of Jerusalem. Amen.

L-57 Who was this great man? Back to our text now: 7th verse, the 7th chapter:
 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God (He was not only a king, but He was a priest) who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; (Blessings only come from someone higher. Watch.)
 To whom... To whom also Abraham gave the tenth part of all; being first, by interpretation King of righteousness... after that, the King of Salem, which is the King of peace.
Who was this great Man, way, many years ago? Who was He? Listen. Let's read a little more of Him.
 Without father, without mother... without beginning of days or without ending of life...?...


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