You're A Priest! Whatsit To Ya? History Overview, Unpacking Cohen, Individual & Community Howtos

You are a priest. What does that mean? God's original intent for a mamlechet cohanim, a kingdom of priests. Breakdown of Hebrew terms and commentary from Delitzsch and Gill. Historical overview of priests in Judaism and Christianity. Adam and Melchizedek as priests. Original order of priestly firstborn son. Practical application of double portion principle, servant leadership takes resources in the form of time, energy, and finances. David wrote Messianic psalm about Mashiach belonging to Melchizedekian priestly order. Yeshua is a cohen gadol. Yeshua's talmidim are members of his priesthood. We don't replace the Levitical priesthood. Highlights of unfulfilled prophecies from Ezekiel and Isaiah about restored Levitical priesthood. Two priesthoods operate contemporaneously. Letters of Ignatius requiring the bishop's presence. Constantine's new Roman religion and evolving hybrid priesthood half based on snippets of Old Testament Levitical law and half based on pagan priestly practices. Reformers and Anabaptists gave lip service to priesthood of all believers but didn't practice it in church services and meetings. Comparison of job description of Catholic priests, Protestant pastors, and Messianic Rabbis. Irony of people poopooing everything old covenant as bondage and yet operating under an old covenant concept of clergy and the bondage of a controlling priestly class. Revolutionary proposition, let's go back to Yeshua's way. He chose laymen and they never stopped being laymen. They didn't call themselves pastor, rabbi, or father. Prophetic call to come out of her my people. Unpacking Hebrew term for priest, kohen. How to operate as a priest, including smiling and hugging. How to structure community and gather to enable every person to function as priests. Smaller, open gatherings versus larger scripted gatherings. Taking your birthright back and create a new culture.