Genesis 13&14

Separating Lands

After Abram’s adventure in Egypt during the famine

the his followers begin to grow as do those of his family

Lot and Abram are both great in possessions and followers and their closeness causes conflict

Abram wants peace and so he separates the land of promise between he and Lot

Lot takes the land closes to the Jordan in the valley and Abram settles in Canaan

Warring Kings

it was mentioned before that the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still there

there were a ton of city states at the time all vying to become an empire and conquer the world

Lot lives near the dead sea, Sodom

the kings from the East, outnumbering the kings of the Jordan area and the Negeb

the kings of the East win and capture Lot and his family

Abram gathers his men that are trained for war and goes

not a large Army, but they go by night and they are blessed by God because Abram has blessed them

Lot is redeemed and the day is saved

Mysterious King

the very interesting part of this story

the king of righteousness, king of peace appears and brings out bread and wine

who else brings out bread and wine? around a scene of salvation and redemption

maybe a prince, maybe a priest, who knows but he clearly represents God appearing in the scene to bless Abram and bring an image forth that will be repeated

Abram refuses to take the spoils of war but gives a tenth to God and the rest left to the king of Sodom or the other Lords of the land that Abram stays in

so that Everyone will know that Abram lives and is blessed because of God and God alone

Application

I’m about to repeat myself for the thoughts on the cross

Jesus appears here and is referenced in every way

we are redeemed, saved from our place of defeat and capture

we are saved by the one who owes us nothing but because we are his he goes to face the enemy for our sake

we are family, together, having defeated the enemy through the one who lives in us