1QUESTION: WHO WAS MELCHIZEDEK, THE KING OF SALEM?

ANSWER: AFTER THE RESCUE OF LOT BY ABRAHAM, WE ARE INTRODUCED TO A

������� VERY INTERESTING PERSON. THAT PERSON WAS MELCHIZEDEK, KING

������� OF SALEM, AND HE WAS NONE OTHER THAN SHEM, THE SON OF NOAH.

������� SHEM, AS A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, WAS, AT THAT TIME,�

������� KING OF SALEM, THE ANCIENT NAME OF JeruSALEM.

�� "And Melchizedek king of Salem...WAS THE PRIEST OF THE MOST HIGH

GOD." (Genesis 14:18)

�� It was the celebration of what was afterward known as the Lord's

Supper. The significance of this was well known in Abraham's day.

A Priest [Preacher of Righteousness] after the order of Melchizedek

broke the bread and gave the wine to Abraham. Later, it is declared

that Jesus Christ is a Priest forever of the same order (Psalms

110:4)

�� Between the reign of this king, to whom Abraham gave tithes and

from whom he received the sacraments, and the coming of Jesus

Christ, who was to continue the office forever, is a very

interesting period in history. During that time Abraham's seed grew

into a multitude of people. At the beginning of a new dispensation

Jesus instituted anew the giving of the bread and wine, and the

seed of Abraham received this in memory of His Sacrifice for them.