<TITLE>09. Par 85-91</TITLE>L-85 Who was this great Prince that met him after the battle was over? Let's turn over to Genesis the 14th verse--the 14th chapter and the 18th verse.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine:
... blessed it, and said, Blessed be... the most high God, preserver of heavens and earth: and blessed be Abraham who is His servant.
After the battle was over, after the victory was won, after the clearance had been made, Melchisedec met Abraham on the plains, and brought bread and wine and served it to him. And Who... No other was that than the One that met Abraham about a year later, set under the tree and talked to him. And this same Melchisedec said, "I will take no more of the fruit of the vine until I drink it new with you in My Father's Kingdom." After the battle is over, when the victory is won, then we'll take it anew in His Kingdom. When the last battle is fought, when the last sword has killed the last evil of the world, and the great Church of the living God triumphs, Christ will meet them in the air with the bread and the wine again, the communion, and for eternity in the Presence of the Father.

L-89 Oh, weary pilgrim tonight, come back to the Father's house. Come up out of Sodom. You've been reconciled by the Blood. And this glorious memorial night, when our great Melchisedec, Who had no beginning of days or ending of life, but is a King and a Prince forever and forever...
The Holy Spirit here tonight is a-wooing to the unsaved, now if you're without Christ tonight. And when the battle is over if you want to meet Him in peace and take the communion with Him, and you've promised that you love Him, and separate yourself from the things of the world, take the old rugged Gospel and the old fashion rugged way, and drink the cup of the bitterness of the persecution of the world. And drinking the bitter drugs of persecution of the world, it's given to us by the Bible that we'll drink the sweet wines of heaven someday, when we meet Him in peace yonder between the heavens and earth when He comes to serve the communion.

L-91 May our hearts think this over, "I'll drink it anew with you in My Father's Kingdom." If He should come before another Easter comes, if you should die before another Easter comes, it will not prevent that great event. For I say by the Word of the Lord, that those which are sleeping in Christ shall come forth first. And we which are alive and remain shall be caught up with them, together in the air to meet the Lord. And the great Melchisedec of heaven, the King of, not the natural Jerusalem, but the King of the heavenly Jerusalem, the New Jerusalem, will meet us and we'll be served again the wine and the bread.
Tonight we are to take the symbols of this. We are to do it till we find Him coming again. May we be found faithful as we bow our heads just a moment for a word of prayer.


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