主耶稣离开门徒的前一个晚上，也是供应他们饼和酒（太二六26-27）。圣经前后有奇妙的一贯性。麦基洗德供应亚伯拉罕饼和酒，主耶稣也供应门徒饼和酒。我们这些多年在主桌子前享受的人，没有多少人知道，擘饼是与基督照着麦基洗德的等次作祭司有关。圣经第一次题到祭司职分时告诉我们，有一位祭司从至高的神那里来，用饼和酒供应蒙召族类的父。
在圣经的记载里，麦基洗德无父，无母，无族谱，既无时日之始，也无生命之终（来七1-3）。麦基洗德是撒冷王；“撒冷”的意思是平安，“耶路”的意思是根基。因此，耶路撒冷的意思就是平安的根基。圣经第一次说到祭司职分，就说到这位是平安王的奇妙人物。这人的称呼还有第二面的讲究，就是公义王。我们若没有公义，就无法有平安，因为平安总是从公义来的。在麦基洗德身上，有公义也有平安。他乃是根据这个公义和平安，供应亚伯拉罕饼和酒。我们根据甚么来到主的桌子前？是同情或怜悯么？不，乃是公义和平安。按照罗马三、四、五章所说，义已经算给我们，我们也得称为义了。结果，我们就得享平安。三至四章给我们公义和称义，五章给我们在公义之下的平安。我们乃是在这公义和平安的根基上，来到主的桌子前享受饼和酒。那位带来公义和平安的，就是那位供应我们饼和酒的。
在主桌子上所用的饼和酒，是甚么意义？主亲自这样说到饼：“这是我的身体，”（太二六26），也这样说到酒：“这是我…的血。”（28）。这指明桌上的饼和酒表征经过过程的神，描绘这位作神具体化身的基督，已经经过了种种的过程，使祂能供应到我们里面。
我们若要明白圣经中的任何一个项目，就必须来看那个项目的根源，就是在圣经甚么地方第一次题到。希伯来书虽然说到麦基洗德，但我们若要认识他，就需要查考创世记十四章，就是第一次题到麦基洗德和祭司职分的地方。那里说到亚伯拉罕杀败诸王回来的时候，那公义王和平安王麦基洗德来迎接他。麦基洗德虽然是王，但那时并不是以王的身分而来，乃是以至高神祭司的身分，带着饼和酒来迎接亚伯拉罕。这事看起来很简单，没有甚么令人兴奋之处，但意义却很深远。
每日一问：为什么麦基洗德同时被称为“公义王”和“平安王”？公义和平安之间有什么关系？
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Melchizedek as a Type of Christ (4) — Heb. 7:1-2
On the last evening before the Lord Jesus departed from His disciples, He also supplied them with bread and wine (Matt. 26:26-27). Scripture has a wonderful consistency from beginning to end. Melchizedek supplied Abraham with bread and wine; the Lord Jesus supplied His disciples with bread and wine. Among those of us who have enjoyed the Lord’s table for many years, not many know that the breaking of bread is connected to Christ serving as priest according to the order of Melchizedek. The first time the Bible mentions the priesthood, it tells us that a priest came from God Most High and supplied the father of the called race with bread and wine.
In the biblical record, Melchizedek is without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither beginning of days nor end of life (Heb. 7:1-3). Melchizedek is the king of Salem; “Salem” means peace, and “Jeru” means foundation. Therefore, “Jerusalem” means the foundation of peace. The first time the Bible speaks of the priesthood, it speaks of this wonderful person who is the king of peace. This person’s title has a second dimension as well: he is the king of righteousness. Without righteousness, we cannot have peace, for peace always proceeds from righteousness. In Melchizedek there is both righteousness and peace. It is on the basis of this righteousness and peace that he supplied Abraham with bread and wine. On what basis do we come to the Lord’s table? Is it sympathy or mercy? No — it is righteousness and peace. According to Romans 3, 4 and 5, righteousness has been reckoned to us, and we have been justified. As a result, we enjoy peace. Chapters 3 and 4 give us righteousness and justification; chapter 5 gives us the peace that comes under righteousness. We come to the Lord’s table to enjoy the bread and wine on this foundation of righteousness and peace. The One who brings righteousness and peace is the very One who supplies us with bread and wine.
What is the significance of the bread and wine used at the Lord’s table? The Lord Himself spoke of the bread, saying, “This is My body” (Matt. 26:26), and of the wine, saying, “This is My…blood” (v. 28). This indicates that the bread and wine on the table signify the processed God, portraying Christ — who is the concrete embodiment of God — having passed through all the necessary processes so that He might be dispensed into us.
To understand any item in the Bible, we must look at its source — that is, the first place in Scripture where it is mentioned. Hebrews refers to Melchizedek, but to know him we must study Genesis 14, the first place where Melchizedek and the priesthood are mentioned. There we see that when Abraham was returning from the defeat of the kings, Melchizedek — the king of righteousness and the king of peace — came to meet him. Although Melchizedek was a king, he did not come at that time in the capacity of a king, but in the capacity of a priest of God Most High, bringing bread and wine to meet Abraham. This seems very simple, with nothing particularly exciting, yet its significance is profound.
Daily Question: Why is Melchizedek called both “king of righteousness” and “king of peace”? What is the relationship between righteousness and peace?