#AtoZ Challenge: Letter M

Letter M of the #AtoZChallenge brings us to a little known Old Testament king: Melchizedek. What better time than Easter to learn about someone who foreshadowed the coming Christ. Read about Melchizedek in Genesis 14, and then find him mentioned again in Hebrews.

Melchizedek
Genesis 14
Hebrews 5, 6, 7
 
Melchizedek, King of Salem,
And priest of God Most High,
Greeted Abram after war
And brought him bread and wine.
 
Melchizedek gave a blessing
To Abram from the Lord;
Abram gave a tenth of goods
His victories had restored.
 
Melchizedek is remembered
As resembling God’s own Son;
He wasn’t Who would come,
But an example of the One.
 
Jesus is the final priest,
Atonement for our sins,
And Melchizedek was there
As the story all begins.

from . . . And a Poem, Too by Kathy Mansfield

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