"And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham./ For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him."
The writer to the Hebrews annotates the encounter between two worlds. On one hand we have Melchizedek, the priest of the most high God'. On the other we have Abraham. What brought heaven to the man? Blessings stipulated in the everlasting Covenant. So he refers Abram as thus,"Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth."(14.18-20).Blessings like rain come from the greater to the lesser. Abram paid 'tithes of all'. He paid tenth of all to God. There was no such law of Moses, for that matter no Israel to speak of. The key verse asserts, nevertheless, he paid it on behalf of Israel as a nation as well as for all families. The Spirit tells us that God had blessed him, 'and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.'(Gen.12.3). The Spirit included bread and wine as offerings that Melchizedek gave the man. He as the Priest- King represented Jesus Christ whose body will be broken in due time and blood shed for the redemption of many. This is confirmed by the Lamb slain as an emblem in the will of God.
This emblem never changes. So the writer to the Hebrews refers to Levi as though he were extant since the will of God is complete and requires no modification whatsoever. By the same token, where were we when Adam sinned? We were dead is it not? By the same token, where were we when Adam sinned? We were dead is it not?The emblem being extant we are called by God and in the book of life all our members accounted for. (Ps.139.16). But our election is from the throne of God and of the Lamb, so the book of life of the Lamb is the vindication that without shedding of blood there is no redemption. After conniving with politicians,, kings and the beast do not say, there is only limited Atonement. You are treading the blood of Jesus underfoot afresh.
"And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham./ For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him."
The writer to the Hebrews annotates the encounter between two worlds. On one hand we have Melchizedek, the priest of the most high God'. On the other we have Abraham. What brought heaven to the man? Blessings stipulated in the everlasting Covenant. So he refers Abram as thus,"Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth."(14.18-20).Blessings like rain come from the greater to the lesser. Abram paid 'tithes of all'. He paid tenth of all to God. There was no such law of Moses, for that matter no Israel to speak of. The key verse asserts, nevertheless, he paid it on behalf of Israel as a nation as well as for all families. The Spirit tells us that God had blessed him, 'and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.'(Gen.12.3). The Spirit included bread and wine as offerings that Melchizedek gave the man. He as the Priest- King represented Jesus Christ whose body will be broken in due time and blood shed for the redemption of many. This is confirmed by the Lamb slain as an emblem in the will of God.
This emblem never changes. So the writer to the Hebrews refers to Levi as though he were extant since the will of God is complete and requires no modification whatsoever. By the same token, where were we when Adam sinned? We were dead is it not? By the same token, where were we when Adam sinned? We were dead is it not?The emblem being extant we are called by God and in the book of life all our members accounted for. (Ps.139.16). But our election is from the throne of God and of the Lamb, so the book of life of the Lamb is the vindication that without shedding of blood there is no redemption. After conniving with politicians,, kings and the beast do not say, there is only limited Atonement. You are treading the blood of Jesus underfoot afresh.
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