“And he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his
God and Father.” Revelation 1:6
At Sinai God told the people of Israel that he would set them up as a
kingdom of priests. China is a nation of etiquette and India of philosophy, but Israel ’s role was unique. Everyone, man
or woman, adult or child, was to be a priest toward God and toward mankind. Because
of their failure, however, what was intended for the whole nation of Israel had to be reserved for the tribe
of Levi.
Now, through Christ, the promise has been restored. His
Church in the world is a kingdom of priests. Under the Old Covenant all who
were disabled, lame, or blemished were barred from priestly service; but today,
we, the base, the unclean, the blind and crippled, are called by God to be
priests. With the New Covenant, the voice from heaven comes to tell us that all
saved ones are chosen to serve him and doing so, to draw mankind back to him.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.