True Christianity # 715
715. The reason why Melchizedek (who represented the Lord) brought bread and wine out to Abram and gave him a blessing is that divine goodness and divine truth are the most universal qualities throughout heaven and the church. We read the following about Melchizedek:
Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought bread and wine to Abram. He was a priest to God the Highest. He gave him a blessing. (Genesis 14:18-19)
The following passage in David makes it clear that Melchizedek represented the Lord:
You are a priest forever of the kind Melchizedek was. (Psalms 110:4)
For more proof that these things are said of the Lord, see Hebrews 5:6, 10; 6:20; 7:1, 10-11, 15, 17, 21. Melchizedek brought out bread and wine because these two elements include all the qualities of heaven and of the church, and therefore all that is a blessing. The bread and wine in the Holy Supper perform the same function.
Hebrews 7:10-11
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for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.
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Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
