<TITLE>14. Par 117-128</TITLE>L-117 I'm so glad I met Him. I'm so glad He give me communion, one day, that same Melchisedec that met Abraham coming from the slaughter of the kings. Certainly. "The God of Heaven," the El Elyon; the great "I AM," not the I was; the I AM, present tense. "And He blessed him."

L-118   Listen here just a little further, so we can get the lesson a little closer together. Now the 4th verse.
Now consider how great this man was,...
I just think that, too. "Consider how great this Man was." He is beyond the Son of God. The Son of God had father and mother; He didn't. The Son of God had a beginning of time and an ending of time; He didn't. Who was that? That was the Father of the Son. That's Who it was.
... consider how great this man was, unto... even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of all the spoils.

L-119 Now listen closely.
And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have... commandment to take tithings of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they came out of the loins of Abraham:

L-120   Now watch this if you want to see something.
But he whose descent is not continued for... from them receiveth tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promise.

L-121 Abraham had the promise, and this Man blessed Abraham who had the promise. Who was this? The sons of Levi paid tithes to their brethren or... Their brethren paid tithes to them. They had a commandment of the Lord to take a tenth of what their brothers made, for their living, because they were the priesthood. Now, that lets out the Melchisedec priesthood, as you talk about, right there. That's right. But this Man... Even the one who had the promise, the greatest man on earth, Abraham, met this Man and paid tithes to Him. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] He had to be greater.

L-122   Listen.
And without any contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
Certainly. Watch Who He is.
And here men that die receive tithes;...
That's the priesthood of the order of priests and preachers, and so forth. Men that receive tithe, die. See?
... but here he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

L-123 What would a man take tithings for, if he had any... If he never was born, and never will die, and was from beginning to end, and--and never had no father or mother or descent, and owned the whole Heavens and earth and all in it, why would he take tithe? Why would he ask Abraham to pay tithes? You see what a strict thing it is to pay tithes? Tithing is right. Every Christian is duty bound to pay tithe. That's right. Never has been changed.

L-124   Now:
And as I may so say, Levi also, who received tithe, payed tithes in Abraham.

L-125 Now, oh, here is something.
For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

L-126 What, Levi? Abraham was Levi's great-great-grandpa. And the Bible said here, that, "Levi paid tithes when he was in the loins of Abraham." Four generations before he ever come to earth, he was paying tithes to Melchisedec. Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

L-127 Then, you that can't believe in predestination before ordination; and here, four generations before Levi would ever come out of the loins of Abraham, was paying tithes to Melchisedec. Wish we had time to run this through the Scripture.

L-128   If you'd take it over to like in Jeremiah 1:4, God said, "I knew you before you was even formed in your mother's womb. And I sanctified you and ordained you a prophet to the nations." Then what can you say that you did? What can I say that I did? It's God that showeth mercy. God knew us before the foundation of the world.


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