Melchizedek

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it's it's something that has always intrigued me intrigued me um i guess ever since i can almost um i guess ever since i can almost remember and so probably what i a lot of remember and so probably what i a lot of what i have to say is probably some of what i have to say is probably some of these things you these things you you've already puzzled out as you've you've already puzzled out as you've gone through your own studies gone through your own studies um and if so maybe this will be a good um and if so maybe this will be a good review but i think there might be a few review but i think there might be a few different things that i think that might different things that i think that might come out tonight come out tonight um um so i want to go actually into the so i want to go actually into the background a little bit of this meeting background a little bit of this meeting that takes place look at the meeting as that takes place look at the meeting as as it happens and and to see not just as it happens and and to see not just what happened there but what it pointed what happened there but what it pointed to to and to look actually at melchizedek and to look actually at melchizedek himself himself and to see what scriptures have to say and to see what scriptures have to say about it about it so here we go now it's working so here we go now it's working so so when we look at the background of this when we look at the background of this actually i believe to really appreciate actually i believe to really appreciate what happens and what's going to the what happens and what's going to the interplay that's going to take place we interplay that's going to take place we have to actually get back into chapter have to actually get back into chapter 13. 13. and chapter 13 actually is dealing with and chapter 13 actually is dealing with lot and abram coming back up out of the lot and abram coming back up out of the land of egypt land of egypt and as they travel back from egypt they and as they travel back from egypt they go up to the south of the land and go up to the south of the land and actually they come up to just north of actually they come up to just north of jerusalem jerusalem and they're now as it says in verse 1 and they're now as it says in verse 1 and 2 of chapter 13 and 2 of chapter 13 they're between bethel and and ai um they're between bethel and and ai um and then we we go into this this issue and then we we go into this this issue that they have this combined wealth that they have this combined wealth that's so great that the land can't that's so great that the land can't baron we have the husbandmen fighting baron we have the husbandmen fighting amongst themselves amongst themselves um um and actually something to think about and actually something to think about here here um um you know you know if we think about this this hasn't if we think about this this hasn't happened before happened before and i put it to you that that i believe and i put it to you that that i believe that it's that it's that it's that it's not until not until abram is down in egypt that actually he abram is down in egypt that actually he amasses so great wealth because remember amasses so great wealth because remember it's it's pharaoh that's going to to pharaoh that's going to to um give him um more wealth to get him um give him um more wealth to get him out of the land out of the land before this lot actually was somewhat before this lot actually was somewhat wealthy remember lot's father was heroin wealthy remember lot's father was heroin and died all the way back into er before and died all the way back into er before the family started the migration the family started the migration and so he with his wealth had gone with and so he with his wealth had gone with abram abram but they hadn't had this problem until but they hadn't had this problem until they come out of egypt they come out of egypt and and just as a um digression here and and and just as a um digression here and a little side note if you could hold questions and comments till the end i'd questions and comments till the end i'd appreciate it um because otherwise i'm appreciate it um because otherwise i'm truly going to get thrown off my brain truly going to get thrown off my brain doesn't work that fast anymore doesn't work that fast anymore so so um um we know that abram gives lot the choice we know that abram gives lot the choice doesn't he lock and choose anywhere to doesn't he lock and choose anywhere to go and abram will go the opposite way so go and abram will go the opposite way so lot travels east lot travels east to the plains of jordan to the plains of jordan in the jewish publication society in the jewish publication society their bible in verses 11 and 12 states their bible in verses 11 and 12 states that he goes as far as sodom that he goes as far as sodom and the thing to end to to start to and the thing to end to to start to think about here is this didn't happen think about here is this didn't happen overnight overnight from his vantage point here you can't from his vantage point here you can't really see sodom i've never stood on really see sodom i've never stood on this on this pinnacle of this mountain this on this pinnacle of this mountain but i don't think you can but i don't think you can because it's really down near the because it's really down near the farther end of the the southern under farther end of the the southern under the dead sea the dead sea but possibly you could but possibly you could but he can see this well-watered plane but he can see this well-watered plane but i do think this is going to have but i do think this is going to have some significance to look at this a some significance to look at this a little later on abram stays in canaan this is the land that was that was given this is the land that was that was given to abram to abram this is the land that god told him to go this is the land that god told him to go to and he stays there so if we think to and he stays there so if we think about what abram is going through here about what abram is going through here he too is standing right there with with he too is standing right there with with lot lot has seen this this well-watered lot lot has seen this this well-watered plane and goes down to it plane and goes down to it and if we think about that brother and if we think about that brother sisters just for a moment just that sisters just for a moment just that physical going down to the plains of physical going down to the plains of jordan from the heights in the mountains jordan from the heights in the mountains of israel of israel and knowing what happens with lot later and knowing what happens with lot later on we can actually on we can actually see in that a parable of a spiritual see in that a parable of a spiritual descent don't we descent don't we in a spiritual descent that gradually in a spiritual descent that gradually and gradually brings him down as far as and gradually brings him down as far as sodom sodom and you know i always remember and you know i always remember bob lloyd you know when he was when he bob lloyd you know when he was when he was teaching his classes one of his was teaching his classes one of his famous statements and talking about sin famous statements and talking about sin you know the more we we play around the you know the more we we play around the the the skirts and the out the skirts and the out the um um edges of sin edges of sin pretty soon pretty soon sin doesn't seem so sinful anymore sin doesn't seem so sinful anymore and this is what happens i think with and this is what happens i think with lot i think he starts out with some good lot i think he starts out with some good intentions but little by little becomes intentions but little by little becomes engrossed in the engrossed in the in the in the wickedness of the of the world there wickedness of the of the world there that being said we'll say a little bit that being said we'll say a little bit more about this a little bit later on more about this a little bit later on but abram on the other hand he stays in but abram on the other hand he stays in the heights he stays in canaan the heights he stays in canaan and it's right here at this point and it's right here at this point that god promises abram the land that god promises abram the land remember he tells abram here to look out remember he tells abram here to look out all the at the land that everything that all the at the land that everything that he could see would be his he could see would be his and when we think about this what god and when we think about this what god has has done abram has has done abram has has made a choice made a choice and has made a choice to rely on his god and has made a choice to rely on his god because from way where abraham is is because from way where abraham is is looking the land around him is is looking the land around him is is actually somewhat harsh compared to actually somewhat harsh compared to where where lot has just gone but god again says don't worry about that all that land that you see down that all that land that you see down there as well as all of this there as well as all of this is is going to be yours is is going to be yours and again that he would make his and again that he would make his generations a multitude generations a multitude and again this had taken place right and again this had taken place right after lot had left after lot had left and abram is still up here on the on the and abram is still up here on the on the mount mount um between bethel and haye um between bethel and haye and it's at this point that abram moves and it's at this point that abram moves south to hebron in verse 18. south to hebron in verse 18. so if we just take a moment to look at a so if we just take a moment to look at a man man you can see my pointer here you can see my pointer here they've really traveled north here out they've really traveled north here out of egypt and they come up to this of egypt and they come up to this vantage point vantage point and it's from here and it's from here that these decisions are made so we've that these decisions are made so we've been on this map as which is actually been on this map as which is actually fairly good for topography you can see fairly good for topography you can see that he probably goes down and actually that he probably goes down and actually he crosses jordan this is lot he crosses jordan this is lot and he goes to the east and he goes to the east and he's uh he's uh sorry sorry he's so he's now actually gone out of he's so he's now actually gone out of the land hasn't he the land hasn't he so if you think about a spiritual so if you think about a spiritual descent here he's actually descent here he's actually going away from the land of god the going away from the land of god the promised land and he's actually going to promised land and he's actually going to come down here and move down come down here and move down actually to this point here where actually to this point here where they think sodom probably was they think sodom probably was so that's quite a journey that's that's so that's quite a journey that's that's over 100 miles down there over 100 miles down there from where he is from where he is and so like i say i think this is a and so like i say i think this is a gradual movement gradual movement but it's from here at this point in time but it's from here at this point in time that abram now that abram now moves south to hebron and so that actually leads us then into the battle of the kings in genesis 14. the battle of the kings in genesis 14. so if you open your bibles to that so if you open your bibles to that that's what we'll be kind of looking at that's what we'll be kind of looking at a lot at this point a lot at this point so in the very first verse it says and so in the very first verse it says and it came to pass in the days of area king it came to pass in the days of area king of el azar of el azar um um excuse me excuse me eric let me start that again it came to eric let me start that again it came to pass in the days of ramaphell king of pass in the days of ramaphell king of shiner eriakim al-azhar cheddar leomar shiner eriakim al-azhar cheddar leomar king of elam and title king of nations king of elam and title king of nations and so this is actually the and so this is actually the what i ca what i call the cheddar leona what i ca what i call the cheddar leona alliance alliance ramaphal king of shinar ramaphal king of shinar area king of elise alisar area king of elise alisar cheddar lyomer king of elam cheddar lyomer king of elam and title king of nations so if we put and title king of nations so if we put this into perspective shinar is actually this into perspective shinar is actually babylon babylon alassa alassa is actually is just south of babylon is actually is just south of babylon it's actually a little bit west of ur in it's actually a little bit west of ur in that area that area elam is actually now elam is actually now east of babylon and the land's over east of babylon and the land's over there and it includes susa or shushan there and it includes susa or shushan and remember that's where daniel goes and remember that's where daniel goes right that's where esther is that's right that's where esther is that's where that palace was where that palace was and then we have this title king of and then we have this title king of nations nations and when you look at at and when you look at at um um what people think this might have been what people think this might have been some people think this actually was um some people think this actually was um he was actually he was actually a king of a confederacy of nomadic a king of a confederacy of nomadic tribes tribes other people think that actually he was other people think that actually he was he was a king of the city-states that he was a king of the city-states that would have included the hittites would have included the hittites and i think that that might be more in and i think that that might be more in line line with with what happens here but we're with with what happens here but we're not we're not told anything here for not we're not told anything here for sure sure but if we think then about where these but if we think then about where these errors were so here's bad one errors were so here's bad one that's where cheddar leomar is that's where cheddar leomar is down here is earth so right over here is down here is earth so right over here is lasser where ariaka is lasser where ariaka is over here is the is elam over here is the is elam where we have aramaphel where we have aramaphel there exceed me cheddar leomar um there exceed me cheddar leomar um babylon was a ramaphala and up here we have the hittites and up here we have the hittites and these these city-states up here and these these city-states up here which could have been under title which could have been under title making a confederacy there making a confederacy there and all these um are actually now and making a confederacy themselves make an alliance confederacy themselves make an alliance because what happens if we look down at because what happens if we look down at at verse 2 at verse 2 these made war with bera king of sodom these made war with bera king of sodom and with bersha king of gamora and with bersha king of gamora shinab king of admira and shemeber king shinab king of admira and shemeber king of zebowim and the king of bella which of zebowim and the king of bella which is zor is zor and all these were joined together in and all these were joined together in the valley of sidon which is the salt the valley of sidon which is the salt sea sea twelve years they served cheddar in the twelve years they served cheddar in the 13th year they rebelled 13th year they rebelled so because of this rebellion we have a so because of this rebellion we have a confederacy confederacy forming forming on the east of the jordan river again on the east of the jordan river again bear a king of sodom bear a king of sodom bursa king of gomorrah bursa king of gomorrah shinnab king of admira shinnab king of admira shemeber king of zebuium shemeber king of zebuium and the king of bella we're not really and the king of bella we're not really given his name but it's also known as given his name but it's also known as zor so if we look at a map zor so if we look at a map this is the area here that we're looking this is the area here that we're looking at at just at the southern tip of the dead sea just at the southern tip of the dead sea this is where they this is where they they think that these these cities they think that these these cities things actually were things actually were and that inset it actually puts it in particular a little bit more um as to where this a little bit more um as to where this was in the land was in the land so at this point in time so at this point in time if we could it's actually off the map if we could it's actually off the map but way over here would be hebron but way over here would be hebron where where um where where um abram is living well what happens here the nations on the east side of jordan the nations on the east side of jordan rebel after being subjugated for 12 rebel after being subjugated for 12 years and they do this in the 13th year years and they do this in the 13th year so in the 14th year so in the 14th year cheddar the cheddar leon cheddar the cheddar leon alliance sweeps the area north to south alliance sweeps the area north to south and so they come in the north part of and so they come in the north part of the land and they're sweeping down the the land and they're sweeping down the east side of jordan going through all of east side of jordan going through all of these different areas and if you look at these different areas and if you look at the um back at your at your scriptures the um back at your at your scriptures and chapter 14 again and chapter 14 again um and we look down at uh in verse five um and we look down at uh in verse five it says in the fourteenth year came it says in the fourteenth year came cheddarly omar and the kings that were cheddarly omar and the kings that were with him and smote the rephaims and with him and smote the rephaims and ashrath karna and the zuzims and ham and ashrath karna and the zuzims and ham and eminems in the shava kerethane and the eminems in the shava kerethane and the horites in their mount seer unto horites in their mount seer unto al-paran which is by the wilderness and al-paran which is by the wilderness and they returned and came to en misfat they returned and came to en misfat which is kadesh and smote all the which is kadesh and smote all the country the amalekites and the amorites country the amalekites and the amorites that dwelt in haze on tamar so if we think about what what's happening put this into perspective they happening put this into perspective they swept down the east side of the of the swept down the east side of the of the jordan and now actually they're coming jordan and now actually they're coming up partially up the west side and it up partially up the west side and it looks like that they as far as about um looks like that they as far as about um well what today is engetti which they well what today is engetti which they call call hazes on tamar and it's at this point in time that the four confederate kings rally four confederate kings rally to for a battle in the valley of cider to for a battle in the valley of cider and if we think about what's and if we think about what's again happened here again happened here now we looked at those at those now we looked at those at those city-states city-states the the these five kings which were on the the these five kings which were on the east side of the dead sea this is the east side of the dead sea this is the area that these that the cheddar the area that these that the cheddar layout alliance has already swept layout alliance has already swept through through and it could have been when they got to and it could have been when they got to these states these states that possibly that possibly these these kings after looking at the the kings after looking at the the multitudes coming in of this army multitudes coming in of this army they might have actually again submitted themselves and possibly even submitted themselves and possibly even paid a ransom paid a ransom for their uh for the insurrection that for their uh for the insurrection that had taken place um but but but um now after the kings have gone they feel that they can mount a mounted they feel that they can mount a mounted an offense an offense and they can come back at the kings so and they can come back at the kings so what they do is they're actually getting the kings on the west side of the dead sea now to come back the dead sea now to come back and so we look at this area here and so we look at this area here and this is and this is this is actually the valley of situm this is actually the valley of situm here here we would have sodom up here we would have sodom up here and actually the the and actually the the host has gotten up about this far up to host has gotten up about this far up to end getty end getty and hebron is actually up over here off and hebron is actually up over here off the map just a little bit the map just a little bit so it looks like the force is actually so it looks like the force is actually of the cheddar leonard alliance then of the cheddar leonard alliance then travels south and come back travels south and come back and so what's the outcome of this and so what's the outcome of this well the outcome is well the outcome is the confederacy the confederacy is routed is routed you know it's it's it's quite you know it's it's it's quite interesting when we when we look at this interesting when we when we look at this you know you know here they are they're they're um here they are they're they're um making this this insurrection again making this this insurrection again against this host that they've already against this host that they've already seen come through seen come through and yet they think that they can do this and yet they think that they can do this on their own and then we see in verse 10 the true colors of the kings of sodom the true colors of the kings of sodom and gomorrah and if we read that it says and gomorrah and if we read that it says um um and the veil of sidon was full of slime and the veil of sidon was full of slime pits and the kings of sodom and gomorrah pits and the kings of sodom and gomorrah fled and fell there and they that fled and fell there and they that remained fled to the mountains remained fled to the mountains you know the true colors of the kings of you know the true colors of the kings of sodom and gomorrah are seen perhaps it's sodom and gomorrah are seen perhaps it's these two are mentioned in particular in these two are mentioned in particular in particular because maybe they're the particular because maybe they're the ones that incited the insurrection at ones that incited the insurrection at this point in time this point in time and it could also be the other kings had and it could also be the other kings had already fallen at this point already fallen at this point but when it says in the verse there it but when it says in the verse there it seems to imply that they that these two seems to imply that they that these two kings are destroyed they fall into the kings are destroyed they fall into the slime pits but actually if you go into slime pits but actually if you go into other versions it actually talks about other versions it actually talks about the armies that they had that a lot of the armies that they had that a lot of the armies were actually falling and the armies were actually falling and getting trapped into the into the slime getting trapped into the into the slime pits and not necessarily them it looks pits and not necessarily them it looks like they just ran for it and so now what happens well in verse 11 the alliance pillages the cities and the alliance pillages the cities and surrounding areas surrounding areas says says and they took all the goods of sodom and and they took all the goods of sodom and gomorrah and all their vittles and went gomorrah and all their vittles and went their way their way so this time so this time instead of possibly looking for instead of possibly looking for just a ransom just a ransom now they completely destroy the area now they completely destroy the area that they decimate it they take that they decimate it they take everything so anybody that's left there everything so anybody that's left there would really taste face true hardship would really taste face true hardship and they would truly know what it meant and they would truly know what it meant to go against cheddar layover to go against cheddar layover there's nothing left not even food there's nothing left not even food and the other thing is as we know in and the other thing is as we know in verse 12 verse 12 a lot and presumably his family are a lot and presumably his family are taken captive with the rest of the taken captive with the rest of the inhabitants of the area and the interesting thing is note that la at this point in time is is la at this point in time is is associated in scripture with these associated in scripture with these people people with these people of sodom and gomorrah with these people of sodom and gomorrah and these these other wicked areas and these these other wicked areas and you know it's it would be easy to and you know it's it would be easy to say at this point in time say at this point in time you know well look how evil lot was but you know well look how evil lot was but we know that's not quite true is it we know that's not quite true is it because when we go into the new because when we go into the new testament we have paul's testament we have paul's adoration of him saying talking about adoration of him saying talking about righteous lot who vexed his soul daily righteous lot who vexed his soul daily when looking at these these areas that when looking at these these areas that he was in he was in but perhaps brothers and sisters we can but perhaps brothers and sisters we can see something else see something else perhaps we can see how god uses events perhaps we can see how god uses events in our lives to pull us back to him if in our lives to pull us back to him if we only will let him we only will let him you know so many different things happen you know so many different things happen to us each and every day brother sisters to us each and every day brother sisters that a lot of times we bemoan these that a lot of times we bemoan these things that happen to us but we have to things that happen to us but we have to think what is god trying to show us ask think what is god trying to show us ask yourself that question in the evenings yourself that question in the evenings what was god trying to show me today what was god trying to show me today and i think god is trying to show lot and i think god is trying to show lot that he needs to make it make a change that he needs to make it make a change and the thing is he's still calling lot and the thing is he's still calling lot isn't he isn't he but we also know that with all these but we also know that with all these trials paul also says that trials paul also says that there's always a way of escape there's always a way of escape and of course that way of escape is and of course that way of escape is going to become formed come for him but again living among them no difference is seen a lot than than the difference is seen a lot than than the other people other people but then we have the rescue but then we have the rescue so if you look at verse 13 so if you look at verse 13 um um it says and there came one that had it says and there came one that had escaped escaped and told abram the hebrew for he dwelt and told abram the hebrew for he dwelt in the plain of mamrie the amorite the in the plain of mamrie the amorite the brother of ashkal the brother of anger brother of ashkal the brother of anger and these were confederate with abram and these were confederate with abram so abram was told of the situation that so abram was told of the situation that law is taken captive law is taken captive and it's interesting and it's interesting [Music] [Music] that we have this captive that escaped that we have this captive that escaped that comes to abram that comes to abram and perhaps he had gone to the other and perhaps he had gone to the other um um [Music] [Music] cities and kings around there to ask for cities and kings around there to ask for help and they wouldn't give him any help help and they wouldn't give him any help or perhaps or perhaps he had talked a lot and lot told him to he had talked a lot and lot told him to go here to his uncle labor go here to his uncle labor or perhaps he was even or perhaps he was even of the household of lot of the household of lot and knew to go to abram but abram then gathers his force of 13 318 men of his own household to chase 318 men of his own household to chase after the retreating host if we look at after the retreating host if we look at those words in verse 14 and when abram those words in verse 14 and when abram heard that his brother heard that his brother this is lot now remember this is lot now remember was taken captive he armed his trained was taken captive he armed his trained servants born in his own house 318 and servants born in his own house 318 and pursued them unto dan pursued them unto dan and that if you might have a marginal and that if you might have a marginal note that that word trade note that that word trade the margin might say instructed or the margin might say instructed or taught taught and i brothers and sisters i don't think and i brothers and sisters i don't think that this just talked about that this just talked about training them and and hand-to-hand training them and and hand-to-hand combat combat but i think what abraham has done but i think what abraham has done is he's instructed them is he's instructed them in his god in his god because this is one of the things that because this is one of the things that abram will do throughout his life and abram will do throughout his life and why he travels the land and why god has why he travels the land and why god has him travel the land him travel the land so that the land of canaan can learn so that the land of canaan can learn about the god of abram and if you think about it there's going to be echoes of this later on 400 years to be echoes of this later on 400 years in the in the making actually 440 years in the in the making actually 440 years in the making when we see what rahab has to say when the spies come to her she knows she the spies come to her she knows she knows what about the god of abram knows what about the god of abram i think it's because these words have i think it's because these words have stayed with some people and that preaching that he does there echoes throughout history echoes throughout history and these 318 men and these 318 men now trained in their in the god of now trained in their in the god of abraham abraham have faith in that god have faith in that god and are willing to follow abram and are willing to follow abram in that faith in that faith up against this massive host that has up against this massive host that has come down into the land come down into the land remember there's only 318 men of them remember there's only 318 men of them and we talk about gideon and we talk about gideon and the 300 going up and the 300 going up you know this was the first time this you know this was the first time this happened happened and brother and sisters when abram does and brother and sisters when abram does this i don't think he did this just this i don't think he did this just haphazardly haphazardly but knowing abram i think most assuredly but knowing abram i think most assuredly he had prayed what he should do he had prayed what he should do and so it says he catches up to them in and so it says he catches up to them in dan or laish and routes them to hoba dan or laish and routes them to hoba the hiding place that's just a little the hiding place that's just a little bit north of bit north of of damascus and so the area that he has of damascus and so the area that he has to travel from hebron where he is is to travel from hebron where he is is about 200 miles up to dan and it's going about 200 miles up to dan and it's going to be another 40 to 50 miles to be another 40 to 50 miles to keep routing that host all the way to keep routing that host all the way over to just north of damascus but what happens in doing that abram recovers everything including a abram recovers everything including a lot and his family and their wealth lot and his family and their wealth all the captives all the goods that were all the captives all the goods that were taken are recovered by abram through taken are recovered by abram through god's intervention god's intervention and so and so if we think again about what's happening if we think again about what's happening here where all these events take place here where all these events take place here's hebron this was the valley of the here's hebron this was the valley of the the bayless item down here the bayless item down here so so what i do think it happens is the what i do think it happens is the cheddar leomar alliance comes up the cheddar leomar alliance comes up the trade routes this way and they're headed trade routes this way and they're headed home home they're coming back north out of the they're coming back north out of the land land and and abram and his 318 men are coming up this abram and his 318 men are coming up this side of jordan side of jordan and if you think about the distances it and if you think about the distances it then makes sense is why they finally then makes sense is why they finally catch up to them and dan catch up to them and dan because it's going to take a while for because it's going to take a while for them to get to get up there just as them to get to get up there just as they're trying to get them they're trying to get them and so here they are in dan and they and so here they are in dan and they chase them all the way over to just chase them all the way over to just north of damascus and this picture here actually just shows some trade routes that that they shows some trade routes that that they might have taken to do that so we come up to verse 17. abram is returning home so it says he travels to the valley of shadow or the king's day shadow or the king's day and this is located on the road back to and this is located on the road back to hebron i didn't hear from you yesterday hebron i didn't hear from you yesterday and and so and and so this is actually talking about kidron this is actually talking about kidron the kidron valley which is about a the kidron valley which is about a quarter mile east of jerusalem and again quarter mile east of jerusalem and again right on the on the way back home well the first thing we find out is the king of sodom goes to meet him there so king of sodom goes to meet him there so if we look at that we go back to the if we look at that we go back to the scriptures here um scriptures here um we look at verse 17 it says the king of we look at verse 17 it says the king of sodom went out to meet him after his sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of cheddar return from the slaughter of cheddar laomer and the kings that were with him laomer and the kings that were with him at the valley of shavum which is the at the valley of shavum which is the king's dale king's dale so the king of sodom going out to meet so the king of sodom going out to meet him him we have to think of well how did he know we have to think of well how did he know to go there to go there and perhaps perhaps some of the captives and perhaps perhaps some of the captives that that abram is freed has have that that abram is freed has have has gone back to to the to the king of has gone back to to the to the king of sodom sodom and knows which way that they're going and knows which way that they're going to be coming home to be coming home but i think there's another thing that but i think there's another thing that we might be able to read into the we might be able to read into the situation here situation here he is freed abram has freed all these he is freed abram has freed all these captives captives and i think brother and sisters that and i think brother and sisters that there's a lot of them that are seeing a there's a lot of them that are seeing a difference in abram difference in abram than they have than they have in the king of sodom and where they've in the king of sodom and where they've lived lived and i think at this point and this is and i think at this point and this is going to come out a little bit a little going to come out a little bit a little bit clearer a little while bit clearer a little while that some of them now are there that some of them now are there willing to follow abram rather than go willing to follow abram rather than go back to this defeated back to this defeated these defeated kings of sodom and these defeated kings of sodom and gomorrah gomorrah they saw something better they saw something better than what they had seen before so again if we think about where the where where abram has come from where where abram has come from there's the these are the trade routes there's the these are the trade routes we probably would have come down this we probably would have come down this road road these are the trade routes through these are the trade routes through shechem shechem and then he ends up down here that would and then he ends up down here that would be the kidron valley just north of be the kidron valley just north of jerusalem jerusalem and so all this then and so all this then leads up to the meeting with melchizedek well the interesting thing about melchizedek brother and sisters is we melchizedek brother and sisters is we know he's only mentioned once in this know he's only mentioned once in this whole narrative whole narrative you know the king of sodom is is named you know the king of sodom is is named and referred to and referred to five times in this narrative five times in this narrative and yet melchizedek and yet melchizedek only once milk in fact melchizedek won't only once milk in fact melchizedek won't be mentioned again in scripture until be mentioned again in scripture until david mentions him in the 110th psalm david mentions him in the 110th psalm and then and then it's only once it's only once so only have his name mentioned twice in so only have his name mentioned twice in the old testament the old testament he won't be mentioned then again until he won't be mentioned then again until paul brings him up in hebrews five six paul brings him up in hebrews five six and seven and seven and at that point in time it's nine and at that point in time it's nine times that he's going to be mentioned in times that he's going to be mentioned in the narrative the narrative because it becomes a lot clearer as to because it becomes a lot clearer as to why he's so important now jewish tradition actually hasn't been equated with shem actually hasn't been equated with shem was noah's son was noah's son and it is and it is possible this could be hashem would have possible this could be hashem would have been about 527 to 537 years old if you been about 527 to 537 years old if you look at genesis 11 12 16 and 21 look at genesis 11 12 16 and 21 and take those time periods and actually and take those time periods and actually do the math do the math that's what it would come out to be that's what it would come out to be so it could have been alive at this so it could have been alive at this point in time and i think that abram did point in time and i think that abram did an ocean an ocean hashem dies when he's 602 years old and hashem dies when he's 602 years old and that's going to be another you know that's going to be another you know roughly seven years away roughly seven years away it could be it could be that shen has been here and is trying to that shen has been here and is trying to again establish god in the land but again establish god in the land but that's that again is just speculation that's that again is just speculation but just as quickly as he's mentioned but just as quickly as he's mentioned here here he disappears from the record so now if we look at a little more of the the what takes place here what takes place here we know that his name means king of we know that his name means king of right or as paul would say in hebrews 7 right or as paul would say in hebrews 7 verse 2 righteousness he was the king of salem or peace you know quite strikingly and rightly you know quite strikingly and rightly even if you look at the way it's written even if you look at the way it's written here his name is never even mentioned here his name is never even mentioned alongside of the king of sodom it's not alongside of the king of sodom it's not even in the same verse is it even in the same verse is it when melchizedek is mentioned it's his when melchizedek is mentioned it's his own verse separate from all of that and he's the priest of the most high god el elyon he blesses god and it could be also brothers and and it could be also brothers and sisters that this this time this name sisters that this this time this name melchizedek might have been a title but again looking at the details an interesting detail comes out in verse an interesting detail comes out in verse 18 18 where it says in melchizedek king of where it says in melchizedek king of salem brought forth bread and wine and salem brought forth bread and wine and he was the priest of the most high god he was the priest of the most high god this is the first time in scripture that this is the first time in scripture that the word is priest is used in scripture the word is priest is used in scripture you know if we think about the you know if we think about the priesthood priesthood remember brothers and sisters the remember brothers and sisters the priesthood wasn't established at all priesthood wasn't established at all until the children of israel are in the until the children of israel are in the wilderness wilderness and it's only after they've gathered at and it's only after they've gathered at sinai and what had god told moses to sinai and what had god told moses to tell them tell them at the foot of sinai when they're going at the foot of sinai when they're going to be melded into a nation he wanted to to be melded into a nation he wanted to make them a nation of priests make them a nation of priests but they refused that but they refused that and so because of that and so because of that the priesthood was set up the priesthood was set up we have that levitical priesthood and we have that levitical priesthood and the ironic high priest coming down the ironic high priest coming down but before that it wasn't like that at but before that it wasn't like that at all all it was the head of the household who was it was the head of the household who was the priest that taught about god and of the priest that taught about god and of course again this is what god wants us course again this is what god wants us to do to do this is what he wanted his people to do but we know that he's a true worshiper of abram's god of abram's god and i can say that you know when he when and i can say that you know when he when he blesses abram in verse 19 it says and he blesses abram in verse 19 it says and he blessed him abram and said blessed be he blessed him abram and said blessed be abram of the most high god abram of the most high god possessor of heaven and earth and this is this is abram's god and we know that because abram does his does know that because abram does his does him obesity doesn't he he comes to give isn't it interesting he brings out bread isn't it interesting he brings out bread and wine and the blessing from god and he denotes abram as a worshiper of the same god that he worships the same god that he worships he denotes god as the true possessor of he denotes god as the true possessor of heaven and earth everything that that heaven and earth everything that that that he that he that is there is god's no false gods are that is there is god's no false gods are being being venerated by this king of righteousness venerated by this king of righteousness none at all none at all in this blessing to god he declares that in this blessing to god he declares that there is all that it is god that has there is all that it is god that has brought the victory to abraham brought the victory to abraham it isn't abraham that's done this it isn't abraham that's done this himself himself it's god there's this wrought the it's god there's this wrought the victory victory you know think of these these words are you know think of these these words are incredible in verse 20 and he blessed incredible in verse 20 and he blessed the most high god the most high god and blessed be the most high god which and blessed be the most high god which had delivered thine enemies into thy had delivered thine enemies into thy hand hand again again putting putting righteousness righteousness first first putting faith first putting faith first again again no false gods being venerated by this no false gods being venerated by this king of righteousness and so he brought forth the bread and the wine and as we go down through the narrative a little farther narrative a little farther i think we find an interesting thing i think we find an interesting thing because i think it's going to show us abram didn't eat any of the foods from the stores that he took when he recovered everything he's still relying on his god eating of he's still relying on his god eating of his own food that god has provided for his own food that god has provided for him not what he has taken on his own him not what he has taken on his own not what he has taken from these people not what he has taken from these people but this meal this covenant meal but this meal this covenant meal he does and i think this still shows that abraham is relying on god to provide and it demonstrates that god will still provide for him because of his faith the provide for him because of his faith the meal would solidify the ties of meal would solidify the ties of brotherhood between abram and brotherhood between abram and melchizedek through through the most melchizedek through through the most high god high god and when we think about the bread and and when we think about the bread and the wine the wine pointing to jesus's sacrifice that we pointing to jesus's sacrifice that we partake of every week partake of every week brothers and sisters i think this was brothers and sisters i think this was part of what was going on here because one of the things we forget most often with these men of the old most often with these men of the old testament testament these righteous men who walked these righteous men who walked they knew of the messiah they knew of the messiah remember jesus said that abraham saw my day and rejoiced and was glad of it that's what jesus said about abram so we know that abram did know that abram did and i think we know that abram knew the and i think we know that abram knew the complete mission of his of god's son complete mission of his of god's son that he would die for the remission of that he would die for the remission of our sins and i think that this meal that he partakes on right here partakes on right here is part of that is part of that and it's the same meal that melchizedek and it's the same meal that melchizedek has has and both of them enjoy this this this and both of them enjoy this this this meal and brotherhood meal and brotherhood faith in action truly mirroring faith in action truly mirroring abram's calling and it says in that same verse in verse 20 and he gave him tithes of all 20 and he gave him tithes of all so abram gives this to melchizedek and so abram gives this to melchizedek and respect he seals the covenant between him melchizedek but he also sealed the melchizedek but he also sealed the covenant between he and god covenant between he and god because in giving this to melchizedek because in giving this to melchizedek he's actually giving this back to god because melchizedek would be god's representative representative remember he says he's the priest remember he says he's the priest of the most of the most high god what we see happening we have an interaction now that's so we have an interaction now that's so different different abram and the king of sodom and what does the king of sodom do he comes to take comes to take what does he say if we if we look down what does he say if we if we look down at at at verse 21 he says give me the persons at verse 21 he says give me the persons and take the take the goods to thyself well by right abram abram really really owns everything he's just recovered owns everything he's just recovered that's the spoils of war that's the spoils of war he could lay claim to everything there he could lay claim to everything there and yet he's not doing that but it almost seems like an interesting thing for the king of sodom to say well thing for the king of sodom to say well give me the persons or the souls and give me the persons or the souls and take the goods to thyself take the goods to thyself but i think this speaks to one of the but i think this speaks to one of the opinions that i had that i i gave early opinions that i had that i i gave early on on but i think some of the people here but i think some of the people here that were part of these cities that were part of these cities of sodom gomorrah and the rest of sodom gomorrah and the rest they've looked to abram and seen they've looked to abram and seen something different and they want to something different and they want to align themselves with him and in essence what the king of sodom is saying well let me buy these people back saying well let me buy these people back from you from you and perhaps thinking even you know if i and perhaps thinking even you know if i buy these people back you can take all buy these people back you can take all the goods but you know what the goods but you know what if i have all these people i can i can if i have all these people i can i can still get all those goods because i can still get all those goods because i can come and take them myself come and take them myself and i don't think that's out of the and i don't think that's out of the realm of possibility realm of possibility but what does abram say but what does abram say he says i have lift up my hand unto the he says i have lift up my hand unto the lord the most high god the possessor of lord the most high god the possessor of heaven and earth and brothers and heaven and earth and brothers and sisters this is one of the ways that we sisters this is one of the ways that we know that abram still know that abram still is in line with the god of melchizedek is in line with the god of melchizedek because this is the exact same thing because this is the exact same thing that melchizedek had said isn't it if that melchizedek had said isn't it if you look back at verse 19 you look back at verse 19 blessed be abram of the most high god blessed be abram of the most high god possessor of heaven and earth and abram possessor of heaven and earth and abram uses the same statement against the king uses the same statement against the king of sodom when he says i lift up my hand of sodom when he says i lift up my hand that word hand is comes from the hebrew that word hand is comes from the hebrew yad which means the open hand not cough yad which means the open hand not cough which is the closed hand which is the closed hand he's showing it graphically to the king he's showing it graphically to the king of sodom and everything i have of sodom and everything i have comes from god comes from god i haven't gotten anything on my own i haven't gotten anything on my own none of this belongs to me none of this belongs to me but i won't have it but i won't have it from you from you and he goes into that reason over here and he goes into that reason over here doesn't he in verse 23 he says that i doesn't he in verse 23 he says that i will not take from thee a thread even to will not take from thee a thread even to a a shoe latch shoe latch nor and i will not take anything that is nor and i will not take anything that is dying lest thou should say i've made dying lest thou should say i've made abram rich abram rich it is god that takes care of abram it is it is god that takes care of abram it is god that abram puts his trust in god that abram puts his trust in he won't take anything from the king of he won't take anything from the king of sodom god has provided from eight for abram and abram denotes this and he was he and abram denotes this and he was he states that it's coming from nowhere states that it's coming from nowhere else else but interestingly remember but interestingly remember he had taken he had taken the bread and the wine the bread and the wine but in what he says here but in what he says here it demonstrates he's not even eaten in it demonstrates he's not even eaten in the spoils look at the words in verse the spoils look at the words in verse 24. 24. he said save only that which the young he said save only that which the young men have eaten men have eaten and the portion of the men which went and the portion of the men which went with me aynor eshkol and mamrie let them with me aynor eshkol and mamrie let them take their take their portion doesn't say well portion doesn't say well you know you know you know you know i'll also take the food that i've i'll also take the food that i've already eaten already eaten i don't think he ate any of that i don't think he ate any of that putting his complete putting his complete trust in god trust in god but also note their brother and sisters it also intimates these also not of the same mind as his also not of the same mind as his neighbors neighbors of aynor or they seem to be eating of the spoils maybe taking some eating of the spoils maybe taking some of the spoils of themselves of the spoils of themselves and abram even separates himself from and abram even separates himself from these people these people but again aligns himself with this king but again aligns himself with this king priest melchizedek so now if we actually just look graphically at the difference between graphically at the difference between melchizedek and the king of sodom so what does melchizedek do he comes to give give was the king of sodom there was the king of sodom there comes to take comes to take melchizedek a worshiper of god melchizedek a worshiper of god the king of sodom a worshiper of himself melchizedek priest king the king of sodom a cowardly king the king of sodom a cowardly king melchizedek the king of righteousness melchizedek the king of righteousness and peace and peace and the king of sodom a king of and the king of sodom a king of wickedness and discord wickedness and discord again melchizedek being god's instrument again melchizedek being god's instrument filled with blessings whereas the king filled with blessings whereas the king of sodom of sodom has got an example of wickedness and sin and so from here it goes into chapter 15 chapter 15 and i think it's important for us to and i think it's important for us to look at this just briefly brothers and look at this just briefly brothers and sisters we're not going to spend a lot sisters we're not going to spend a lot of time on this of time on this but in verse 1 if you look at the words but in verse 1 if you look at the words that take place there after these things that take place there after these things the word of the lord came unto abram in the word of the lord came unto abram in a vision saying fear not abram a vision saying fear not abram i am thy shield i am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward god comforts and reassures abram of his promises promises what has abram just done and what he what has abram just done and what he said to the king of sodom said to the king of sodom he's actually insulted because he puts his faith in god and so that's why god is saying here i and so that's why god is saying here i am your shield don't worry about him am your shield don't worry about him he cannot harm you and don't worry about the riches that he had i am your reward had i am your reward and if we have faith in god that's and if we have faith in god that's exactly what god tells us also isn't it exactly what god tells us also isn't it well we also know in the narrative abram well we also know in the narrative abram knows he and sarah are older and wonders knows he and sarah are older and wonders how the promises can be accomplished how the promises can be accomplished and brother and sisters i don't think and brother and sisters i don't think that this is an example that i've heard that this is an example that i've heard some people say of well this is where some people say of well this is where abram's faith is wavering because he abram's faith is wavering because he says oh maybe maybe they should go says oh maybe maybe they should go through eliezer through eliezer my servant and it's not that's not my servant and it's not that's not what's happening here at all he's just what's happening here at all he's just wondering wondering how this this plan of god is supposed to how this this plan of god is supposed to take place what is he supposed to do but god does to note that the air will be from be from abram not a surrogate abram not a surrogate what god has promised he will accomplish what god has promised he will accomplish and what he's saying that it to abram and what he's saying that it to abram and his essence here is abram and his essence here is abram you don't need to know how you don't need to know how you just have to have patience and faith you just have to have patience and faith and brother and sisters that's what we and brother and sisters that's what we see nowadays don't we we're seeing these see nowadays don't we we're seeing these things taking place in in the ukraine things taking place in in the ukraine and in the baltic states we can see the and in the baltic states we can see the world getting more and more in turmoil world getting more and more in turmoil and all these things around us and all these things around us we know that these things have to come we know that these things have to come to pass to pass but we don't know the details but we don't know the details think of our brothers and sisters in the think of our brothers and sisters in the ukraine right now and their faith is ukraine right now and their faith is being tested well brothers and sisters if they're asking why isn't god helping if they're asking why isn't god helping it isn't necessarily we just don't know how god is going to accomplish these things accomplish these things and you know what we don't need to know and you know what we don't need to know in fact we don't know don't we because in fact we don't know don't we because it says we don't know the hour or the it says we don't know the hour or the day day but we do know what's going to take but we do know what's going to take place place we do know that we do know that and god says to abram now look toward and god says to abram now look toward heaven and tell the stars if they'd be heaven and tell the stars if they'd be able to number them so shall thy seed be able to number them so shall thy seed be and if we think back to the and if we think back to the title that title that melchizedek had given god the god the melchizedek had given god the god the possessor of heaven and earth when abram possessor of heaven and earth when abram was back on in the mountains of of was back on in the mountains of of of judea between bethel and ai he looked of judea between bethel and ai he looked over the land and he saw this this over the land and he saw this this problem with the land problem with the land and god said don't worry about this and god said don't worry about this because all the land even the land where because all the land even the land where lot has now gone is going to be yours lot has now gone is going to be yours and now melchizedek has reminded him and now melchizedek has reminded him he's the possessor of both the heavens he's the possessor of both the heavens and the earth and the earth and the beautiful thing about what god and the beautiful thing about what god does here he says now look to the stars does here he says now look to the stars if we look at look at this now in verse if we look at look at this now in verse 5 of chapter 15 it says he brought him 5 of chapter 15 it says he brought him forth abroad and said look now toward forth abroad and said look now toward heaven and tell the number of stars if heaven and tell the number of stars if thou be able to number them and he said thou be able to number them and he said unto him so shall thy seed be that's amazing if you can number these stars that's how if you can number these stars that's how how your progeny is going to be your how your progeny is going to be your descendants will be like this and notice descendants will be like this and notice where they are brothers sisters where they are brothers sisters he didn't say just look at the ground he he didn't say just look at the ground he says look at the heavens your descendants are my people are my people because we know that the heavens of the because we know that the heavens of the are gods and the earth has he made for are gods and the earth has he made for the children of man and what did this do the children of man and what did this do for abram and he believed in the lord and he counted it to him for righteousness and brothers and sisters that's what god does for us too when we believe in his does for us too when we believe in his plan when we believe in what he says we plan when we believe in what he says we can ask him how we can ask him when can ask him how we can ask him when but it's in all in his good time but it's in all in his good time but all we really have to do is keep our but all we really have to do is keep our faith brother and sisters so again how the details happen how the details happen and what it pointed forward to the melchizedek prophecy in psalm 110 we know it's a messianic prophecy so if you know it's a messianic prophecy so if you turn over to psalm 110 really quickly turn over to psalm 110 really quickly you know psalm 110 says the lord said you know psalm 110 says the lord said unto my lord sit down with my right hand unto my lord sit down with my right hand until i make thine enemies thy footstool until i make thine enemies thy footstool and the lord shall send the rod of thy and the lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of zion rule thou in the strength out of zion rule thou in the midst of thine enemies thy people shall midst of thine enemies thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power and be willing in the day of thy power and the beauties of holiness from the womb the beauties of holiness from the womb of the mourning thou hast the dew of thy of the mourning thou hast the dew of thy youth youth the lord hath sworn and will not repent the lord hath sworn and will not repent thou art a priest forever after the thou art a priest forever after the order of melchizedek order of melchizedek the lord at thy right hand shall strike the lord at thy right hand shall strike through the kingdoms in the day of his through the kingdoms in the day of his wrath he shall judge among the heathen wrath he shall judge among the heathen he shall fill the places with dead he shall fill the places with dead bodies you shall wound the heads over bodies you shall wound the heads over many countries many countries he shall drink of the brook and the way he shall drink of the brook and the way therefore he shall lift up the head so the messiah will be known and worshiped by his holy people and will worshiped by his holy people and will usher in the birth of a new age you know usher in the birth of a new age you know the complete jewish bible renders verse the complete jewish bible renders verse 3 is on the day your force is mobilized 3 is on the day your force is mobilized your people willingly offer themselves your people willingly offer themselves and holy splendors from the womb of the and holy splendors from the womb of the dawn that do of you or of your youth is dawn that do of you or of your youth is yours yours you again it gives us a little bit of a you again it gives us a little bit of a hint as to to physically what will look hint as to to physically what will look like in that time like in that time again youth renewed again youth renewed so for those of us that are getting onto so for those of us that are getting onto the older side that's actually quite a the older side that's actually quite a promise we also know brothers and sisters that this title isn't one that he takes on this title isn't one that he takes on himself it emphatically states that the himself it emphatically states that the title is awarded to him by his father title is awarded to him by his father the lord hath sworn and will not repent the lord hath sworn and will not repent thou art a priest forever after the thou art a priest forever after the order of melchizedek a change is taking order of melchizedek a change is taking place from the old law to the new a new place from the old law to the new a new creation that psalm itself denotes a very powerful powerful king priest king priest in in young's literal translation in verse 6 young's literal translation in verse 6 it says he death judge among the nations it says he death judge among the nations he hath completed the carcasses he hath completed the carcasses hath smitten the head over the mighty hath smitten the head over the mighty earth earth well who is the head over the mighty well who is the head over the mighty earth earth sin sin we're reflecting right back to genesis we're reflecting right back to genesis 3 verse 15 aren't we 3 verse 15 aren't we the seed of the serpent bruising that the seed of the serpent bruising that head head that killing move that killing move that erases sin forever so this king priest destroying the wicked and removing the mortal kings wicked and removing the mortal kings you know on that last verse you know you know on that last verse you know where it says um where it says um he shall drink of the brook and the way he shall drink of the brook and the way therefore shall he lift up the head therefore shall he lift up the head he drinks now from the living stream the he drinks now from the living stream the waters of life this is what he has to waters of life this is what he has to has to offer to the world has to offer to the world life not death life not death he lifts his head high this time he lifts his head high this time not as before not as before where he was tired where he was sad where he was tired where he was sad when people wouldn't turn to him when people wouldn't turn to him when he was beaten down when he was beaten down this time he's the king this time he's the king had lifted high in perfect reverence of his father paul gives some further details doesn't he in hebrews he in hebrews so in hebrews 5 so in hebrews 5 again it emphatically states just as it again it emphatically states just as it did over here and in psalm 110 did over here and in psalm 110 that jesus did not make himself a high that jesus did not make himself a high priest but was ordained of his father jesus is identified as that new melchizedek and in hebrews 6 20 again melchizedek and in hebrews 6 20 again denoting a new time a new law that not denoting a new time a new law that not that the melchizedek order is not that the melchizedek order is not inherited but it's ordained by god this inherited but it's ordained by god this is something brand new is something brand new or was it interestingly do you know brothers and sisters the title of melchizedek was sisters the title of melchizedek was also echoed way back in jeremiah 23 also echoed way back in jeremiah 23 verse 6 where it describes the messiah verse 6 where it describes the messiah jeremiah 23 6 reads this way in his days jeremiah 23 6 reads this way in his days judah shall be saved and israel shall judah shall be saved and israel shall dwell safely dwell safely peace peace and this is the name whereby he shall be and this is the name whereby he shall be called called the lord our righteousness the lord our righteousness peace and righteousness peace and righteousness even as melchizedek was venerated by the even as melchizedek was venerated by the great man abram so shall the second be great man abram so shall the second be also also abram's gonna be there in the kingdom abram's gonna be there in the kingdom and abram looked forward to this and abram looked forward to this and he'll fall down before the new and he'll fall down before the new melchizedek and we know that this order ushers in a new covenant and new laws new covenant and new laws and that's the interesting thing isn't and that's the interesting thing isn't it brother and sisters this is the it brother and sisters this is the priest king who can save in all respects so we have to say why is this important for us to know because it applies to us also and i think this is one of the things we think this is one of the things we forget so many times when we look at forget so many times when we look at this at this study of melchizedek this at this study of melchizedek what is what does um peter say in first what is what does um peter say in first peter peter 2 verse 5 ye as lively stones are built 2 verse 5 ye as lively stones are built up a spiritual house and holy priesthood up a spiritual house and holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to god by jesus christ acceptable to god by jesus christ revelation 1 verse 6 says and hath made revelation 1 verse 6 says and hath made us kings and priests unto god and his us kings and priests unto god and his father to be to him be glory and father to be to him be glory and dominion forever and ever in revelation dominion forever and ever in revelation 5 verses 9 and 10 5 verses 9 and 10 and they sung a new song saying thou art and they sung a new song saying thou art worthy to take the book and to open the worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof for thou a slain and has seals thereof for thou a slain and has redeemed us to god by thy blood out of redeemed us to god by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and every kindred and tongue and people and nation and has made us unto our god nation and has made us unto our god kings and priests and we shall reign on kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth brother and sisters we're not the earth brother and sisters we're not of the tribe of levi in fact brother and of the tribe of levi in fact brother and sisters sisters in in in our in our numbers of in in in our in our numbers of christians there's not many jewish christians there's not many jewish people we're most mostly gentiles people we're most mostly gentiles so we know that this is a brand new so we know that this is a brand new order jesus the melchizedek ordained by us father and we are ordained by his son so again all of this foreshadowing jesus all of this foreshadowing jesus the conflict between peace righteousness the conflict between peace righteousness and sin this was jesus's whole life and and sin this was jesus's whole life and mission mission melchizedek a mediator between god and melchizedek a mediator between god and abram and jesus is our mediator abram and jesus is our mediator the covenant meal of the bread and the the covenant meal of the bread and the wine that covenant meal which we partake wine that covenant meal which we partake of to remember our lord and the promises of to remember our lord and the promises offered to us through him because that's offered to us through him because that's also what this represents it's not