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Now Is the Time For The Kingdom of Priests. Which Priesthood? What Authority? Who Is Included? Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient…they stumble, 1 Peter 2:7. The Kingdom of Priests. Melchizedek Priesthood Kingdom Authority
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Now Is the Time ForThe Kingdom of Priests • Which Priesthood? • What Authority? • Who Is Included? • Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient…they stumble, 1 Peter 2:7
The Kingdom of Priests • Melchizedek Priesthood • Kingdom Authority • All believers • Every Christian is a Minister… • …NO Exceptions!
The Kingdom of Priests “And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel. Exodus 19:6 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;1 Peter 2:9
The Kingdom of Priests – Which? Melchizedek = King of Righteousness And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. Genesis 14:18 Yahweh hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. Psalm 110:4
The Kingdom of Priests – Which? For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated "king of righteousness," and then also king of Salem, meaning "king of peace,"Hebrews 7:1-2
The Kingdom of Priests - What? and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made uskings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.Revelation 1:6 & 5:10
The Kingdom of Priests – What? And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Mark 1:22 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19
The Kingdom of Priests - Who? who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.1 Peter 2:10 As He says also in Hosea: "I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved. And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' There they shall be called sons of the living God." Romans 9:25-26
The Kingdom of Priests - Who? she conceived again and bore a daughter. Then God said to him: "Call her name LO-Ruhamah, For I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, But I will utterly take them away.Hosea 1:6 when she had weaned LO-Ruhamah, she conceived and bore a son. Then God said: "Call his name LO-Ammi, For you are not My people, And I will not be your God. Hosea 1:8-9
The Kingdom of Priests - Who? I will give her, her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; She shall sing there, As in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt. And it shall be in that day says Yahweh, "That you will call Me 'My Husband,' And no longer call Me 'My Master,' For I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals, And they shall be remembered by their name no more.Hosea 2:15-17
The Kingdom of Priests - Who? Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people!' And they shall say, 'You are my God!'Hosea 2:23 You are my God!