<TITLE>09. Par 52-57</TITLE>L-52 Now, we find in this great story, that Abraham, on the road back, coming back after the victory was over, he met the Possessor of heavens and earth, Melchizedec, which is the King of Jerusalem, King of Salem, which was Jerusalem, which is King of Peace, which is King of Righteousness. He had no father; He had no mother; He never did begin and He never will end; so It was nothing else but the Almighty. And He met him on the road home from the slaughter of the king. He met the Possessor, the One Who owned all things, met him on the road back. What a glorious thing.
Now, Abraham... I like this. Abraham was heir to all by the promise, so he could lay claim to everything that was in the land and the land itself. Abraham had been given the promise. Now, we understand that Abraham was the poorest man in all the country, because he lived out in the desert, and lived in peace with God. And Lot, rich, lived in the city and become of the governor of the city; he set in the gate; he was a judge, and judged the city, and had all the riches and things. But Abraham was in the desert, and the--perhaps the poorest man in the land, and yet a claim to possess it all. Amen. That's what I like.

L-54 Oh, tonight, we may not be rich in this world's goods, but we possess all things. The Church itself possesses all things. Yet poor, yet rich and possess all things, I like that. He... We--we are... A little old song we used to sing years ago...
My Father is rich with houses and lands,
He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands.
Rubies and diamonds, and silver and gold,
His coffers are full,
He has riches untold.
And we are a possessor of it, because we are a child of the King. Amen. The child always falls heir, we know. All right.
Abraham could lay hold on it, yet poor, his cattle was starving; Lot took the best ground. His water was short. Hot days, and the herdsmen had been in trouble, and everything looked like gone wrong for Abraham, yet he owned the whole thing.

L-56 And today, the true believer is cast out from among the people, called a fanatic, holy-roller, or some kind of a insulting name, some kind of a religious fanatic, and yet is heir to the whole heavens and earth. "Blessed are the meek; they shall inherit the earth." Oh, my. Talk about push you out in a cabin or somewhere, and hardly enough money to pay your rent, yet you own it all. Amen. Have to work and toil and sweat for a few dollars, to make an--earn a honest living, to put shoes on your children's feet, and to feed their little hungry mouth, and yet own, heir to everything that's here. "The meek shall inherit the earth." They possess it. Oh, my, I like that. Possessor of the earth... What is? The believer. The believer has a title, abstract deed, that's right, by Jesus Christ, that "He shall be the possessor of this entire universe." That's right. "The meek shall inherit the earth."

L-57 Abraham had a--a--had--would--could possess that land, because of what was on it. God give it to him. And Lot was a part of that land. So Abraham had a right to it. He could--he could call or--or lay hold on it. He said, "Now, God, You made me the promise, that what was this land and all in it was mine, and You made the promise. Now, my kinsman has been taken, and all he's got is gone."
In other words, if I'd apply it today, I'd say, the Church could say, "Lord God, here's my brother, he's laying here, stricken with cancer, he's stricken with tuberculosis, he's got so-and-so. I lay hold of the promise; it's my possession. You--You've told me so." Amen. There you are. Then--then you can go after that enemy, that devil, and slaughter it just the same as Abraham slaughtered the kings and brought back his possession. Amen. I like that. It's to the believer.


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