King and Priest

 King and Priest

Together we are experiencing a wonderful presence of God. I am so thankful for His love, grace, and the truth of His Word.

John 1:1-5

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 He was in the beginning with God.

3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

We must embrace Jesus. Everything about Him. His beginning, regarding creation. The prophetic that herald His coming and His character, all through the OT. His birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension. “Our life must be the image of Jesus. In understanding and in presentation.”

Zechariah 6:12-13

12 Then say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the Lord.

13 Yes, it is He who will build the temple of the Lord, and He who will bear the honor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two offices.”’

Zechariah 13 Message

Yes, he’s the one. He’ll build the Temple of God. Then he’ll assume the role of royalty, take his place on the throne and rule—a priest sitting on the throne!—showing that king and priest can coexist in harmony.’

A King rules, and a Priest serves. Jesus fulfills both of these offices. “We are being built in the spirit to be the dwelling place of God. “

Ephesians 2:19-22

19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household,

20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,

21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord,

22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

“all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.” Eph 2:22 MSG

1 Peter 2:5

you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:5 Amplified

You [believers], like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

“I talk a lot about Kingdom authority, and our role in its purpose. This office was proclaimed prophetically very early in th Bible. It has been God’s plan from the very beginning. The things that God has planned for His followers has never been a secret. It has never even been that complicated to understand.”

Let me start from the beginning.

Genesis 14:18-20 KJV

18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

The Psalmist David said this prophetically.

Psalms 110:4

The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind,
“You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”

The author of Hebrews confirmed this.

Hebrews 5:6

just as He says also in another passage, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 5:10

being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:1-3

1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

2 to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, (Hebrew-rightness, justice, righteousness) and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace.

3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

I want to talk for a few minutes about Melchizedek.

What is so unique about Him? He held two offices, that in a sense were in direct conflict with one another.

He was a king. A ruler of people. Making laws, passing sentence. Everything a king was supposed to do. He was a priest. Serving God and the people.

How is it that these two offices can be fulfilled by one person? What does it mean to us?

Revelation 5:9-10 Amplified

9 And they sang a new song [of glorious redemption], saying, “Worthy and deserving are You to take the scroll and to break its seals; for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 “You have made them to be a kingdom [of royal subjects] and priests to our God; and they will reign on the earth.”

Revelation 1:4-6

4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,

5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

6 and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

The previous passage says they will reign, Reign means, to exercise kingly power. “Who is they?” Who is us?