Read Gen. 14:18-24
Who is this Melchizedek, king of Salem? His name should give us a clue: “king of righteousness”. He is the king of Salem which means “peace” and is an early name of Jerusalem. Jesus is both the king of righteousness and the king of peace. Jesus made many appearances in the Old Testament. He came as the manna, the bread out of heaven (John 6:31-36); the rock that followed them all through their wanderings (1 Co. 10:4); the Passover lamb, etc. If you still have doubts verse 18 says that he was the priest of the most high God. Hebrews 7 explains Melchizek as a type of Jesus. Jesus was a priest and a king even though he wasn’t born from the tribe of Levite. He proved that we can all be priests before him even if that is not our tribe. Melchizedek brought bread and wine which is a symbol of God’s Word and his Holy Spirit. He blessed Abram and Abram gave him a tithe of all his spoils. Then the king of Sodom came and tried to bless Abram. He told Abram to take all the material things of the people, but, just give him the people. Abram didn’t fall for his strategy. He gave him back everything. The devil will always work in our weakness to get us to fall. Abram didn’t want the king of Sodom getting any credit for what God was doing in his life. He knew that God had promised to make him rich and he was willing to let God do it in his timing. The only thing Abram would take was food to sustain the men who had come with him to fight.
Lord, thank you for being our priest and our king. Help us to wait on your promises and not be tempted to take the devil’s bait.
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