When our Lord Jesus appears as Melchisedek by and by, then will be the day for our glory with
Him; and the various traits here prefigured will coalesce in Him, not merely the sole dignity of
the priest but the exercise of the priesthood in its character of blessing. Then will be the answer
to Abram’s putting down of the victorious powers of the world, the deliverance of the poor though
faulty people of the Lord (shown by Lot), and finally the bringing out of the symbol of what God
gives not only for the sustenance of His people but for their joy_the bread and the wine of that
day.

So it is that the Lord will then act; for this will be one of the wonderful differences between the
Lord Jesus as the priest on His throne and all others that have ever governed in this world. It is
the sorrowful necessity of those that govern now, that they must take the means of maintaining
their dignity and grandeur from the people whom they govern; that even the poorest contribute
to that which the world owns as greatness and majesty. It must be so; it is the necessity of earthly
glory which can never rise above its source; for the haughtiest monarchy of the world is after all
founded, whatever the sovereign gift and ordinance of God, on the least contributions of the least
people on the earth.

But when creation is arranged according to the mind of God, and when His kingdom comes in its
proper power and majesty, how different! It will be His prerogative to supply all. The instinctive
sense of this was what made the people wish the Lord Jesus to be king when He was here below.
When He miraculously fed the multitudes win bread, they as it were said, That is the kind of King
we want_a king that will give us plenty of food without our working for it. (See John
6:15,28,27).

And doubtless the day is coming when-the kingdom will be so ordered. That which the corrupt
heart of man would like very well now, to avoid toiling in the sweat of his face, the Lord will
give, according to His own goodness, when man is bowed down as well as broken, and the riches
of God’s grace are no longer made the cloak of man’s selfishness to His dishonor. This is one of
the great distinctive features of that future kingdom, and Melchisedek shows it here. It is not only
that there is food for the hungry, but He brings out bread and wine for the conquerors.

(From "Lectures on Abram".)

FRAGMENT
"He shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing." Leviticus 5:5

"Against Thee, Thee only have I sinned, and done evil to Thy sight." Psalm 51:4.

How difficult it is to give expression in words to the sorrow of our hearts for sin; they are upon
our lips as burning coals; and the sound of them fills us with shame. Yet, so it must be; and it is
well that it should be so, until we are shamed out of our sinning. Definite sin must be definitely
confessed; a general, or summary confession is not enough.

"Throw light into the darkened cells,
Where passion reigns within;
Quicken my conscience till it feels .
The loathsomeness of sin."