Blessedness of Divine Favour

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Melchizedek king of Salem ( ancient Jerusalem) brought out bread and wine (for them); he was the priest of God Most High

Genesis 15 v18

Melchizedek was king of Salem but also priest of the Most High God. Salem means peace. One was an office of profit, the other the office of priest and prophet. He called Abram blessed, meaning joyful and favoured by God. He, too blessed Abram and as a token served bread and wine, a forerunner of the Communion to be instituted by the Servant Leader to commemorate and celebrate His own sacrificed body and shed blood. The serpent leader, in contrast curses people and tries to take what is theirs for himself. Jesus, the Servant Leader is like Melchizedek, King of Peace and Priest of Righteousness, Prophet of truth.

We, too as followers of the Servant Leader are to pour out our lives as a living sacrifice unto the Most High God. We are joyful as we are favoured by God. Abram was favoured by God as He obeyed the Lord in faith even before he saw the fulfilment of any promise. We endeavor to consistently walk in the favour of the Lord. We can please the Lord only with our faith. Like Melchizedek, we should be kings and priests before God. We should offer sacrifices that are pleasing to the Lord. When we do so, we enjoy both peace and joy. Peace and joy are the two spiritual essentials for humanity.The serpent leader tries to lure people away from obeying the Lord and thereby bring more and more under the shadow of misery.

The serpent leader lured Cain to disobey God, to be cursed and haunted for the rest of his life. Abel though he was killed enjoys peace and joy at the right hand of the Father in heaven. The Servant Leader came to show humanity the way back to God, how to align with the truth and how to live a faithful, God pleasing and obedient life.