This 30-minutes is all about: A) Abraham gave him a tenth. Some translations say “of everything,” but that everything was from the spoils of what Abraham captured in the warfare encounter. 1) The word for everything is mer-id'-zo in Greek and means “a share.” 2) Abraham did not go home, collect a tenth of what was at his home base and come back and give Mel a tenth. That is not what happened [V. 4]. 10% of their “produce.” B) The tithe came before the law. Get over it. You are not under the law, but you and I are under the obligation to reflect God. God is a giver. All the way down to sacrifice. If we were honest, we would prefer the law because “less” is expected than is we give like God. C) Mel is a specific forerunner of Jesus in the Old Testament. King of righteousness. King of peace. Here is the Gospel in the Old. Without the typical mom and dad, and with no end of days or life. Looks like JC.