The king of Sodom said to Abram... (Gen 14,21)

Two kings (Melchizedek and King of Sodom) met Abram after the battle. As I already wrote, Abram was actually in a similar position as the kings of the time, only without his own country. However, at that moment he certainly had more power and wealth than the king of Sodom, so that in terms of their position we could boldly speak of a meeting of the "three kings".

Abram recognized in Melchizedek the messenger of God who was bringing him the most precious thing at that great moment: Shalom, the sovereign peace of God. His authority and dignity allowed him to breathe in the heavenly atmosphere, and in the communion of bread and wine he received the strength he needed.

But as we can notice, the king of Sodom was also there! He had to watch Abram giving tithe to the priest of the Most High God as a gift for deliverance - the tithe from the wealth of his city! The king of Sodom, however, revered other gods and would certainly not tithe to this Melchizedek, he would sacrifice to his own deities. But now Abram was their savior, without whom they might have ended in death or at least in disgrace, humiliation, and slavery, so he did not dare to object. Abram simply believes that his God helped him and therefore he honors His ambassador.

But a strange question arises: if the King of Sodom was present at the arrival of Melchizedek, how is it that the revelation of Melchizedek was so important to Abram and did not mean much to the King of Sodom? It did not touch him, did not change him in any way, as is evident from the next future of Sodom.

D. L. Moody once compared God's blessing to rain falling from above on fertile or infertile soil. It persists in the lowlands and causes a rich life there but it will not stay on high shields that rise above, it runs down without affecting them much. Moody was talking about humility at the time, but this principle applies to all of God's gifts. Two people may be in God's presence, one is blessed, the other untouched; one is grateful for every gift of God, the other takes everything for granted.

After all, even thousands of years later, various people met again with King Melchizedek, the Prince of Peace. Some loved him above all else, others hated him like poison.