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Re: New Order of Beings [message #10574 is a reply to message #10570] Sun, 08 December 2013 06:53 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Okay, now you have switched from speaking about believers and suddenly you are speaking about Jesus who actually is the culmination of the priestly office. I have nothing to offer in rebuttal to that.

So when you say:

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Christ`s priesthood is the reality not man`s copy & shadow given by God for us to understand Christ`s ministries.


I say amen.

Man's copy, as you phrased it, had specific functions and requirements, all of which have been done away with now that Jesus has completed His work.

They wore special clothes, had specific duties, ministered at the temple, sacrificed, received the tithes from the people, carried the actual Ark of the covenant in the wilderness, participated in the hierarchy of the priesthood, were distinct from the other tribes of God's chosen, derived their livelihood from the rest of God's chosen, burned incense, etc.. None of which applies to the metaphorical priesthood, namely us.

Gal 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."

This passage, if it teaches us anything, teaches us that there is no difference between believers with respect to hierarchy. As they say, "the ground is level at the foot of the cross." The OT priesthood is nothing without hierarchy. (I think the word is even derived from the Greek word for priest!)

I don't see any type/anti-type between the Levitical priesthood and believers, not in any sense that we see the type/anti-type between the high priest and Jesus.

That isn't to say that there aren't some similarities that would enable us to speak in metaphorical language to describe ourselves as ambassadors of Jesus Christ ON BEHALF OF THE LOST WORLD.

We've looked at Peter's usage of the term "priesthood" and we can allow for the concept that in some measure we have the responsibility to serve/minister the gospel to those who have yet to experience the good news. Going further we can even say with Paul that any evangelical offering (sacrifice) of the fruits of our ministry can be loosely equated with the offerings of the priests of the OT (see Romans 15:15-16.) But this cannot be compared in any typical/anti-typical way to the role of the priests in the OT and the role of the believer in the NT.

To equate this with some special "order" of believers is not warranted. The "type" doesn't fit the "anti-type."

My understanding is that the whole idea of the priesthood was not a precursor to some "new order" of priests but it was designed to teach mankind that fellowship with God required the shedding of innocent blood which they were not capable of securing on any permanent basis without the intervention of God Himself. When that aspect was secured by the Blood of His own Son, then the whole concept of the Levitical priesthood became a moot point with no other purpose (for the believer.)

Of course I've read the passages where believers are called "priests" (cf Rev 1:6, Rev 5:10, Rev 20:6) but those passages should be understood in the light of the "once for all" sacrifice of Jesus Christ and with the understanding that the normal priestly functions were completely rendered unnecessary beyond the loose connection of our ministry to the world and our minstry to God Himself.

Christian priesthood, if you must use the term, is not the fulfillment of typology.

I could say the same thing about us being referred to as "kings"... we reign and rule with Christ because of our relationship to him, not because we are fulfilling some type that we see presented in the OT. King David was a type of whom King Jesus was the anti-type, but Solomon and the rest of the kids don't represent a type of Christian believers who are supposed to be the anti-type. A loose metaphor, maybe, but not a new anti-typical order of littlekings.

Blessings,
William

[Updated on: Sun, 08 December 2013 06:58]


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