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Priesthood Kings Priests Prophets
Rev.1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; .5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. (I Pet.2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.) |
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Ex. 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation
•KINGS
II Tim. 2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
•PRIEST All true believers are
now “kings and priests unto God.” As priests they have free access into
the holiest of all, and offer up the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, and
the sacrifices of grateful service from day to day. (From: EASTONS BIBLE DICTIONARY by M. G. Easton)
I Chron. 6:48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
Heb. 5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
Heb. 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
10:13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
10:21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. (Jesus is now our high priest! We no longer need to go through any other priest – we forgiven Christians have direct access to our Father!)
I Pet 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,
2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
•PROPHET (Hebrews nabi, from a root meaning “to bubble forth, as from
a fountain,” hence “to utter”, comp. Psalm 45:1). This Hebrew word is the
first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of Samuel
another word, ro’eh, “seer”, began to be used (1 Samuel 9:9). It occurs
seven times in reference to Samuel. Afterwards another word, hozeh,
“seer” (2 Samuel 24:11), was employed. In 1 Ch. 29:29 all these three
words are used: “Samuel the seer (ro’eh), Nathan the prophet (nabi’), Gad
the seer” (hozeh). In Joshua 13:22 Balaam is called (Hebrews ) a kosem
“diviner,” a word used only of a false prophet.
The “prophet” proclaimed the message given to him, as the “seer” beheld
the vision of God. (See Numbers 12:6, 8.) Thus a prophet was a
spokesman for God; he spake in God’s name and by his authority (Exodus
7:1). He is the mouth by which God speaks to men (Jeremiah 1:9; Isaiah
51:16), and hence what the prophet says is not of man but of God (2 Peter
1:20, 21; comp. Hebrews 3:7; Acts 4:25; 28:25). Prophets were the
immediate organs of God for the communication of his mind and will to
men (Deuteronomy 18:18, 19). The whole Word of God may in this
general sense be spoken of as prophetic, inasmuch as it was written by
men who received the revelation they communicated from God, no matter
what its nature might be. The foretelling of future events was not a
necessary but only an incidental part of the prophetic office. The great
task assigned to the prophets whom God raised up among the people was
“to correct moral and religious abuses, to proclaim the great moral and
religious truths which are connected with the character of God, and which
lie at the foundation of his government.”
Any one being a spokesman for God to man might thus be called a
prophet. Thus Enoch, Abraham, and the patriarchs, as bearers of God’s
message (Genesis 20:7; Exodus 7:1; Psalm 105:15), as also Moses
(Deuteronomy 18:15; 34:10; Hos. 12:13), are ranked among the prophets.
The seventy elders of Israel (Numbers 11:16-29), “when the spirit rested
upon them, prophesied;” Asaph and Jeduthun “prophesied with a harp”
(1 Chronicles 25:3). Miriam and Deborah were prophetesses (Exodus
15:20; Judges 4:4). The title thus has a general application to all who have
messages from God to men.
But while the prophetic gift was thus exercised from the beginning, the
prophetical order as such began with Samuel. Colleges, “schools of the
prophets”, were instituted for the training of prophets, who were
constituted, a distinct order (1 Samuel 19:18-24; 2 Kings 2:3, 15; 4:38),
which continued to the close of the Old Testament. Such “schools” were
established at Ramah, Bethel, Gilgal, Gibeah, and Jericho. The “sons” or
“disciples” of the prophets were young men (2 Kings 5:22; 9:1, 4) who
lived together at these different “schools” (4:38-41). These young men
were taught not only the rudiments of secular knowledge, but they were
brought up to exercise the office of prophet, “to preach pure morality and
the heart-felt worship of Jehovah, and to act along and co-ordinately with
the priesthood and monarchy in guiding the state aright and checking all
attempts at illegality and tyranny.”
In New Testament times the prophetical office was continued. Our Lord is
frequently spoken of as a prophet (Luke 13:33; 24:19). He was and is the
great Prophet of the Church. There was also in the Church a distinct order
of prophets (1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 2:20; 3:5), who made new
revelations from God. They differed from the “teacher,” whose office it
was to impart truths already revealed. (From: EASTONS BIBLE DICTIONARY by M. G. Easton)