Part of the consecration of the priests in Lev. 8 was their being clothed with priestly garments, which show that our outward expression should be Christ’s divine attributes expressed in human virtues. As believers in Christ, we are priests to God, and this is a high honor and calling. It is something solemn and serious, […]
Being Adorned with the Expression of Christ as our Priestly Garments in our Living
We’re Washed and Anointed by the Spirit for our Consecration for the Priesthood
It is very enlightening to see in Lev. 8 the details of the consecration for the priesthood for Aaron and his sons, and to realise that these details are actually a type of what happens with us as we consecrate to the Lord to be priests. We are a holy nation, a royal priesthood, a […]
God Saved and Sanctifed us to Serve God as Priests: we are a Kingdom of Priests!
God saved us to serve Him: He delivered us from the usurpation of the world so that we may become a kingdom of priests, that we may serve God as priests. We need to see that God saved us to serve Him, and we need to choose to serve God, because if we don’t, by […]
The Bread of the Presence: Christ is the Food for the Believers as Priests to God
It is vitally important for us to realize that we daily need to eat Christ, feed on Him, take Him in, and enjoy Him as spiritual food. Just as physically we need to eat daily – and even more than one time every day – so spiritually we need to eat Christ, digest Him, and […]
Believers are Holy Priests Separated unto God and Saturated with God’s Holy Element
All believers in Christ are priests to God. According to the Bible, there are two orders of the priesthood: the holy priesthood (the priesthood according to the order of Aaron) and the royal priesthood (the priesthood according to the order of Melchizedek). In Heb. 7 we see these two orders and how Christ is a […]