Melchizedek was from Abram's time. A king and a priest. At that time, Lot was saved to celebrate Abraham's defeat of the colonial alliance of the four kings. Because these four kings are so bad, people hate them. In addition, Abram believed in God, and Melchizedek knew that God had helped him and blessed him according to God's will.
Chuang 14: 17? Abram defeated Kedar Ma Lao and the king allied with him. When he came back, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the valley of Javert. Shawei Valley is the Valley of Kings.
Chuang 14: 18? Melchizedek king of Salem came out to meet him with bread and wine. He is a priest of the most high god.
Chuang 14: 19? He blessed Abram, saying, May the Lord of heaven and earth, the most high God, bless Abram.
Chuang 14:20? Blessed be the most high God who delivered your enemies into your hands. Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of his income.
King Salem is the king of Salem!
7: 1 come? This Melchizedek is the king of Salem and the priest of the Most High God. He has been a priest for a long time. When Abraham came back from defeating the kings, he met him and blessed him.
Come at 7: 02? Abraham also gave him a tenth of what he got. His name is translated as the king of justice, and he is also called the king of Salem, which means the king of peace.
Melchizedek predicted Jesus, because Melchizedek was both a king and a priest, and Jesus was a king, prophet, priest and redeemer. Therefore, it is also recorded in the poem. This passage in the psalm predicts Jesus.
Poetry 1 10:4? The Lord has sworn that he will never regret it, saying, You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
Poetry 1 10:5? The Lord at your right hand will hurt kings in the day of his anger.
Poetry 1 10:6? He will punish the wicked among the nations, and the bodies will be everywhere. He will break the heads of his enemies in many countries.
Poetry 1 10:7? He will drink the river by the roadside, so he will look up.
Second, the relationship between Melchizedek and Jesus-a review in the New Testament.
Come 5: 1? Every high priest who is elected from the world is sent to do things that belong to God for others, in order to offer gifts and sin sacrifices. Offering gifts and sacrifices for sin Hebrews 5:2? He can understand stupid and lost people, because he himself is trapped by weakness. Come on, 5:3? Therefore, he has to make sacrifices for the people and himself. Come on, 5:4? No one takes the honor of this high priest, but he needs to be called by God, just like Aaron. Please, 5: 05? Therefore, Christ does not pretend to be a high priest, but only says to him, You are my son, and I have given birth to you today. The real one. (that is, God)
Please, 5: 06? As it is said in another place, you are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
Please, 5: 07? When Christ was in the flesh, he cried loudly and prayed with tears, pleading with the Lord who could save him from death, and was answered because of his piety.
Come at 5: 08? Although he is a son, he learned to obey because of suffering.
Come at 5: 09 Because he is complete, he has become the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him.
Come 5: 10? And he was called high priest by God according to the order of Melchizedek.
Come 5: 1 1? As for Melchizedek, we have a lot to say and it's hard to understand because you don't listen.
Come 6: 19? We have this hope as the anchor of the soul, strong and safe, and it enters the curtain.
Come at 6:20? As a pioneer, Jesus entered the veil for us and became an eternal high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
The curtain here is made by Moses, which separates the most holy place where the ark of testimony and the mercy seat are placed from the most holy place where the bread table and the golden lampstand are placed. In order to let people know that people should fear God, they can't just come to the front. Only priests can go in to atone. But after Jesus died, there was no curtain call, because he had made a one-time sacrifice.
7: 1 come? This Melchizedek is the king of Salem and the priest of the Most High God. He has been a priest for a long time. When Abraham came back from defeating the kings, he met him and blessed him.
Come at 7: 02? Abraham also gave him a tenth of what he got. His name is translated as the king of justice, and he is also called the king of Salem, which means the king of peace.
Come at 7: 03? He has no father, no mother, no genealogy, no beginning and no end of life, but he is similar to the son of God.
Come at 7: 04? Think about it, the ancestor Abraham gave him a tenth of the spoils. How noble he was!
Come at 7: 05? The priests of the sons of Levi were also ordered to take a tenth of the people as usual. This people, their brothers, take a tenth as usual, although they were born in Abraham's body.
Come at 7: 06? Only Melchizedek did not share their genealogy, but received a tenth of Abraham and blessed the promised Abraham.
Come at 7: 07? It is an irrefutable truth that people who are not big bless small people.
Come at 7: 08? One tenth of the people here are mortals. But those who take a tenth have witnessed that he is still alive.
Come at 7: 09 And it can be said that Levi, who received the tenth, also received the tenth through Abraham.
Come at 7: 10? Because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was already in the body of his father. (waist)
Come 7: 1 1? In the past, the people obeyed the law under the rule of the Levite priests. If they can be perfected by this priesthood, why should another priest rise in the order of Melchizedek instead of Aaron?
Come 7: 12? Since the priesthood has changed, the law must also be changed.
Come 7: 13? Because the people referred to in these words are from another tribe, and no one in that tribe has ever served the altar.
Come 7: 14? Our Lord obviously came from Judah. But this tribe, Moses didn't mention priests.
Come 7: 15? If there is another priest who rises after Melchizedek, my words will be even more obvious.
Come 7: 16? He became a priest not according to the rules of the flesh, but according to the power of infinite life. Infinity cannot be destroyed.
Come 7: 17? For it is testified to him that you are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
Third, the review of the background story-the reason why Abram attacked the Four Kings.
1. When the four kings were at war with the five kings, Abram's nephew Lot, who lived in Sodom, was taken captive.
Chuang 14: 1? When Amraphel was the king of Shinar, Arioux was the king of Elamos, Kedarauma was the king of Elam, and TEDA was the king of songs (colonial alliance).
Chuang 14:2? They all fought against Bela, king of Sodom, Pisha, king of Gomorrah, Shinar, king of Abma, Shanibel and king of Bela. Bella, it's zor. (Union of the Colonized)
Chuang 14:3? All five kings will meet in Xiding Valley. Xiding Valley is a salt sea.
Chuang 14:4? They have served Kedar Ma Lao for twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they betrayed it.
Chuang 14:5? In fourteen years, Kidal Ma Lao and the king of the alliance came to Atruganin, defeated the Levites, defeated the Susie in Hamai, and defeated the Emi in Sawikileddin (colonial alliance).
Chuang 14:6? He struck down the Horites on Mount Seir as far as Elbaran, which is near the desert.
Chuang 14:7? They returned to Amibah, that is, Kadesh, and defeated the Amalekites and Amorites who lived in Hazesen Tamar.
Chuang 14:8? So the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Azmah, Zibian, and Bela (that is, Zoar) came out and arrayed themselves in the valley of Siddim to fight against them.
Chuang 14:9? That is, to fight Elam, JI Wang, da Ma Lao, Tita king of Gein, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioux king of Erasmus. This is a war between four kings and five kings. (colonial alliance)
Chuang 14: 10? There are many stone paint pits in Xiding Valley. The king of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the pit, and the rest fled to the mountains. (the alliance of colonized people failed)
Chuang 14: 1 1? So the four kings plundered all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food.
Chuang 14: 12? He also took Abram's nephew Lot and his belongings. Lot lived in Sodom. (The colonial alliance won)
2. Abram defeated their four kings alliance with 3 18 servants and saved his nephew. You can imagine how powerful he is. There are at least tens of thousands of people in the Four Kings Alliance! This is to win more with less, and to defeat ten with one enemy. If it weren't for God's help, how could people win!
Chuang 14: 13? An escaped man told Abram the Hebrew. Abram lived in an oak tree in Mamre the Amorite. Mamre, Ishcol and Leah are brothers, and they are allied with Abram.
Chuang 14: 14? When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he led 3 18 able-bodied men of his family and chased him to Dan.
Chuang 14: 15? That night, he defeated the enemy with his servants and chased them to Jojo on the left side of Damascus.
Chuang 14: 16? He regained all the spoils, including his nephew Lott and his belongings, as well as women and people.