<TITLE>03. Par 17-23</TITLE>L-17   You know, out in Arizona, we used to prospect. And we'd get into a suitable looking piece of ground, Mr. Mc Anally and myself. And we would see a place where it looked like, in the little ditches, where a little drain, what they call "washes." And I'd... He'd get me down and make me rub the sand and "whew," blow it. Then rub and "whew," blow it. And I wondered why he did that. Come to find out, you see, when you're blowing sand, it light. And all, even to lead, is lighter than gold. Gold is heavier than lead. So when you're blowing, all the rest of the metals and sand and dirt will blow away, but gold will remain on the ground. Therefore, if you got some washings from up in here, it shows there's a streak of gold somewhere up in there. This rain has washed these little pieces out. So then we get the picks and so forth, and dig the hill up, almost, trying to find this gold. Bore holes in the ground, dig them out. Set dynamite, blow it down. Keep on blowing shafts, going down till we found, to find the main vein. Now, that's what we call "prospecting."

L-18   And tonight we're trying to take the Word of God, and use It by the power of the Holy Spirit, to blow all the indifference and doubts away from us, all those little light fluffy things that just doesn't have any foundation, doesn't have any weight in our life, we want to blow it all away so we can find this glorious Vein. That Vein is Christ.

L-19 And now may God help us as we read and study in His Word. The last, previous three chapters, almost, we've been speaking of hearing, just now and then, Melchisedec.

L-20   Now, I think Paul gives the right interpretation.
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem,...
"King of Salem." And any Bible scholar knows that Salem was formerly... Jerusalem was formerly called "Salem." And He was the King of Jerusalem. Watch Him.
... priest of the most high God, (that's an intercessor), who met Abraham...
I want to get His geneology, this great Man, so that you'll know who He is, first, and then you... we'll go on with the story.
... returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
To whom... Abraham gave a tenth part... first... by interpretation King of righteousness,...
Now watch, "Righteousness." Now, we have self-righteousness, we have make-belief righteousness, we have perverted righteousness, all kinds. But there's one real righteousness, and that righteousness comes from God. And this Man was the King of righteousness. Who could He be?

L-21 Now, He was the King of righteousness, the King of Jerusalem, the King of righteousness, the King of peace. Jesus was called, "The Prince of peace." And a prince is the son of a king. So, this Man was King of peace, then He would have to be the Father of the Prince of peace. Get it? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]

L-22   Now let's see, get His genealogy a little further, to see where we're going.
Without father,...
Now, Jesus had a Father. Do you believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Sure.
... he was without mother,...
Jesus had a mother. But this Fellow had neither father nor mother.
... without descent,...
He never had anyone that He come off of, any descent. He always was. "Without descent."
... having neither beginning of days,...
He never had any time He ever started.
... nor the end of life;...
It could been nothing else but God. That's all It could be.

L-23   Now, now if you'll notice as we read the next verse. See? "First, being by interpretation, King of righteousness." That's not where I want to do. The--the 3rd verse, "Nor end of life."
... but made like unto the Son of God;...
Now, He was not the Son of God, for, if He was the Son, He had a beginning. And this Man had no beginning. If He was the Son, he had to have both father and mother. "And this Man had neither father nor mother. But He was made like unto the Son of God."
... abideth a priest continually.


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