Key Observations of Kingly and Priestly Office and Duty: Part 2
This Kingdom is not isolated from God’s Family. Rather it is one with the Family of our Heavenly Father. 1. The intent of God isn’t to enjoy a higher position over mankind. It’s His desire to have Man included in His Family, and through Man, He would subdue all creation and make His Name known […]
Key Observations of Kingly and Priestly Office and Duty
As we discussed before, the Kingdom of God is an invisible spiritual reality – even an eternal reality. But this reality is revealed through the Son and given to the Son. It is a reality of perfection in order and in function. Thus when it is revealed through the Son, it is also perfect. When […]
New Covenant Ministry
In this post, we’re going to cover some key points of the new covenant ministry. • Promised in the Old Testament Jer 31:31-34 [NIV] “The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the […]
Kingly and Priestly Office
In the past 2000 years, many efforts have been made to restore the practices of the Early Church, trying to recover the secret of lost glory. Some of these efforts achieved a degree of success, and some were just zealous efforts. Objectively assessed, the intention of many of these efforts was simply to produce antidotes […]
Questions for Reflection Regarding The Order of Melchizedek
In the Book of Hebrews, chapter 7, the author describes the order of Melchizedek, establishing Jesus Christ forever as its High Priest. Questions for Review Melchizedek means “righteousness and peace” in Hebrew. What is your understanding of this in the context of the Kingdom of God? After you read the types and shadows of […]
Scripture Specific to The Order of Melchizedek
In the Book Hebrews, chapter 7, the author describes the order of Melchizedek, establishing Jesus Christ forever as its High Priest. The Order of Melchizedek 1 Pet 1:9-10 [NIV] 9for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 10Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was […]
The Building of the Second Temple
Both before and after the Babylonian Exile, God sent many prophets to the Israelites to warn, rebuke, counsel, and encourage His people. Some were badly mistreated and suffered a great deal even at the hands of their own people. For 70 years the Israelites could not return to their homeland and more and more of […]
Covenant with David
When the generation of Moses failed to obey God, they were left to die in the wilderness. God instructed Moses to establish Joshua and Caleb to succeed him to lead a new generation to possess the Promised Land, which they did. So the age of judges began. This age lasted over 400 years – from […]
Covenant with Moses (The Israelites)
In Genesis 15, God told Abram that his descendants would suffer as aliens in a foreign land for 400 years. According to Paul, this happened 430 years later, as the Israelites were enslaved by Egyptians. God raised up Moses to lead them out of Egypt to the land He promised to their forefathers. Exod. 19:3-6 […]
Covenant with Jacob
In a prior post, we mentioned that Jacob cheated the birthright as well as the blessings from his twin brother Esau. This invoked great anger from Esau, so much so that he wanted to kill Jacob. Jacob had to flee from home. On his way to his uncle, God revealed Himself to him and made […]