{"id":3667,"date":"2026-05-09T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:04:08","slug":"genesis14_18-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/?p=3667","title":{"rendered":"Genesis14_18-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Genesis 14:18-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine. Salem means \u201cpeace,\u201d and Melchizedek in Hebrew means \u201cmy king is righteous\u201d or \u201cking of righteousness.\u201d He appeared suddenly in the narrative without prior introduction. Yet he was the priest of the Most High God, indicating that his priesthood existed earlier and stood higher than that of Aaron, who later became the high priest offering sacrifices for sin on earth. Melchizedek\u2019s ministry was entirely different from Aaron\u2019s. Instead of sacrifices, he brought bread and wine to Abram after Abram\u2019s victory over the four kings. His appearance is mysterious and unique in Scripture, showing that he held a heavenly and eternal priesthood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since he was the priest of the Most High God, his ministry belonged to the heavenly realm. Therefore, it is reasonable to understand Abram\u2019s victory as connected to the intercession of Melchizedek in heaven. God supported Abram through His heavenly priest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melchizedek blessed Abram and emphasized that the Most High God is the possessor of heaven and earth. Because Abram defeated God\u2019s enemies on earth, God reclaimed authority over the land through His servant Abram. God acts according to the laws He established. After Satan rebelled, God allowed the authority of the earth to be handed to Lucifer. But through Abram\u2019s victory, Melchizedek proclaimed God again as possessor of the earth, as He has always been of heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melchizedek offered bread and wine to Abram, signifying that Abram fought on God\u2019s behalf. Since Lot also belonged to God\u2019s people, Abram\u2019s rescue of his \u201cbrother\u201d was an act done for God. Therefore, Melchizedek supplied what Abram needed after the battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all he had taken. This showed Abram\u2019s submission to God and his acknowledgment that the victory and its spoils belonged to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd blessed be the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.\u201d This blessing reveals a spiritual reality: God governs all things in heaven and cares for His people on earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genesis 14:18-20 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scripturereading"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3668,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions\/3668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}