Chapter #4

Book Of Melchizedek 1 ()

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7 Difficult moments began to emerge in my path, when cold winds from the salty sea began to lash out
at the little flame, in an effort to extinguish it. I protected it with my body, walking many times on my
side and also on my back, but always moving towards the valley.
8 When the daylight broke, I found myself one step away from the plain. I began to find many flocks
along the way that were led by rude shepherds. As I moved between them, tumults and confusion
arose, as many sheep and goats were scared with my burning vase, scattering everywhere. This made
most of the pastors irritated against my presence in their midst.
9 Knowing that I could not remain held in that valley, I went straight on towards Sodom. As I progressed,
something interesting began to happen: many sheep, tender and submissive, began to accompany me.
They were few at first, but little by little their number was increasing, until I began to walk with
difficulty, due to the large number of sheep that followed me. In the distance I could see the shepherds,
enraged, for the loss of their prettiest sheep.
10 When I arrived at the City of Sodom, I found it empty and devastated. Following the trails left by the
armies and the multitude of captives, I was getting closer and closer to the target of my mission. When I
reached Dan's countryside, I could see the great soldiers' camp in the distance, at the foot of a hill.
Without hurry, I headed there, leading to my new flock.
11 From the top of the mountain, I could observe the camp in its entirety. There were thousands of
soldiers commemorating their victory; Meanwhile, hundreds of captives lay in the middle of the camp,
humiliated and hopeless. Before that scene, I was imagining how the liberation could be realized.
12 My presence aroused the curiosity of some soldiers who, when they saw me with the fumigant vase,
approached and began to mock. When they asked me the reason for my presence in that place, I told
them that I was coming to free my nephew Lot. My words became the reason for many jokes
throughout the camp; After this, they began to mock Lot.
13 In a short time, all that mockery was transformed into cries of revenge, and they proclaimed that, the
next morning, all the captives would be exterminated, starting with my nephew.

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(Abraham is comforted by the arrival of his shepherds and allies. The shepherds learned to love the light
of the Vase. Loyalty of Abraham's allies. Guided by the Divine Voice, Abraham gives strategic
instructions. Lot's lamp. Confusion and killing between the enemy armies.)
1 While trying to imagine what Yahweh could do to achieve such a miraculous liberation, I saw a group
of shepherds coming in my direction, coming from Sodom. I thought at the beginning that they were the
enemy shepherds who came to pluck the flock conquered with love. Such distrust soon disappeared,
giving rise to a feeling of great joy, when I discovered that they were my faithful pastors. They
approached in small groups of twelve, reaching a total of 300 pastors. Looking at them, I could see in
their countenance the signs of a great spiritual struggle that they had to face, to be on my side. They
told me about the experience of many colleagues who, discouraged, had thrown the oil and wool out of
their glasses, returning to their tents. They told me about how, on that previous night, they had learned
to love the light of my vase, which for them became like a guiding star.
2 I was glad with the presence of my humble shepherds, when our Aner, Escol and Manre arrived in the
direction, accompanied by fifteen armed men; They were faithful friends who, knowing the dangers we
would face in that valley, came to our aid. So that we would not postpone the divine plan, I asked them
to remain hidden until dawn, when they would receive guidance on how to participate in the mission.
3 I began to orient the shepherds, following the instructions of The Divine Voice that sounded to me
from within the flame: The first task of the shepherds would be to take care of the flock until nightfall.
4 When I returned, I ordered that they tie the skeins of wool soaked in oil, on the tip of their curbs,
placing them inside the glasses that should be kept suspended, face down.
5 I began to light them with the fire of my flare, until the three hundred torches were burning, though,
hidden, inside those vases.
6 I ordered forty of my courageous shepherds who, at the time indicated by a sign that would be given,
should advance silently towards the center of the camp, circling all the captives that lay in the middle of
the troops' camp. At the same time, the remaining 260 shepherds should surround the entire camp,
waiting for the signal to break the glasses with the horns.
7 Oriented by The Voice of the Flame, I indicated the signs: When the last torch went out in the camp,
they should be attentive, since a small lamp would be lit by one of the captives. As soon as the lamp
began to burn, everyone should run to their position, avoiding any noise, so as not to be discovered.
8 The signal for them to break the glasses with the horns, raising the torch very high, would be to
extinguish the lamp.
9 After those orientations, the 260 shepherds, hidden by the shadows of the night, scattered throughout
the valley, and were waiting for the moment to place themselves around the camp; Meanwhile, the 40
were placed next to a more vulnerable passage, through which they would reach the captives.

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10 It was already late at night when the torch of the last soldier was extinguished, a complete darkness
and silence over the troops' camp.
11 Among the captives, there was a man on that night, who lived the greatest anguish of his life. It was
my nephew who, after becoming the target of so many abuses and humiliations, had learned of the
punishment that awaited them at dawn.
12 On that night, Lot had his thoughts turned to his uncle; He remembered with regret the moment he
had left me next to the Mamre Oak, moving to the Sodom countryside. In desperation, he felt the desire
to see my face again and to apologize for having turned away from me. Just then, Lot was attracted by
the glow of a torch burning on the hill. When he looked at the glow, he imagined he was having a vision,
for it revealed the face of his dear uncle.
13 Wanting to show me his face, Lot felt in the midst of darkness until he found a small lamp he had
brought in his saddlebag. Frustrated, he sensed that there was no oil in it. He concluded that the dry and
dull lamp was a symbol of his empty and faithless life.
14 Without diverting his eyes from my face lit by the flame of the vase, in a desperate gesture of faith,
Lot felt the wick of his lamp, discovering that there was an oil residue in it. Curving, he began to hurt the
stones of the fire, until a spark jumped towards the fuse. Without knowing it, Lot was commanding with
his gestures, the steps to a great liberation.
15 When the three hundred shepherds saw the dim glow of the lamp, they quickly headed towards their
posts, and remained waiting to extinguish the small flame.
16 From the moment Lot got up with his tiny flame, I was looking into his eyes that looked at mine. I saw
that his face brought signs of unspeakable anguish and ill-treatment. Likewise, I could read in his blue
eyes that hope and faith had not yet left him.
17 The little fire in Lot's lamp, however, would not resist for long. It was necessary to turn it off, to signal
the great victory.
18 When darkness covered Lot's face again, my three hundred shepherds lashed their horns against the
vases that kept burning torches hidden. A great noise, like cavalry in combat, echoed everywhere, while
the torches were suspended. The three hundred horns used until then to lead the flock, now sounded
like trumpets of conquerors.
19 The whole camp woke up in one jump, and, not knowing how to escape from such a terrible investing
that it started from the outside and inside, the soldiers began to fight among themselves, while my
shepherds remained in their posts, sounding the horns
20 The captives were very frightened at first, but little by little they became aware of the great liberation
that was operating in their favor.