God has made us
to be
Kings & Priests
Jesus Christ “has made us kings and priests to His
God and Father”
Rev 1:6
“And has made us to be kings and priests to our God
and we shall reign on the earth” Rev.5:10
We are called a
Royal Priesthood
“But you are a royal priesthood
a holy nation,
His own special people..” 1Pet.2:9
Jesus is both
KING & HIGH PRIEST
He was declared to be
“A priest forever according to the
order of Melchizedek” Heb..5:6
Who is ‘Melchizedek?
Melchizedek represents a new order
of priesthood combining the offices of KING & PRIEST
“For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the
Most High God …” Heb.7:1
His name means ‘king of righteousness’ & ‘king of peace’
(Heb.7:2)
This Melchizedek can
only be JESUS!
Jesus is the KING
“Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion”
Ps.2:6
Jesus is the SON who has
received the inheritance
“I will declare the decree, the
LORD has said to Me, You are my Son. Today I have begotten
you. Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for
your inheritance” Ps.2:7-8
Jesus is the one who is to
RULE the nations
“Rule in the midst of your enemies” Ps. 110:2
“Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in
the way” Ps.2:12a
Jesus
is the one who has been declared “a PRIEST forever” Ps.110:4
Under the Law Covenant, the offices
of king & priest were strictly separated, but Zechariah
prophesied the change
that was to come:
“Take the silver and gold, make an elaborate crown,
and set it on the head of Joshua … the high priest”
Zech. 6:11
A priest is being
crowned as a king!
This priest is to build the temple of the Lord, an apostolic
work, and bear the glory.
Jesus the King/Priest is the one who is building the house
of God
“Yes He shall build the temple of the LORD. He shall
bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne;
so He shall be a priest on His throne” Zech.6:13
Kings …
Rule & reign
Sit on a throne
Judge
Give pardon
Go to war
Bear the glory
Administer a Kingdom
Priests …
Minister to God
Stand at the altar
Intercede
Offer sacrifices
Pronounce blessings
Walk in holiness
Serve in a temple/church
As priests we minister to God in praise, worship,
prayer and intercession; we minister to people by teaching
the word and ministering the gospel of salvation
As kings we walk in our inheritance as sons to the
Father, exercising dominion, ruling and reigning with
Him on the earth, preaching the gospel of the kingdom
of God
The order of priesthood that every baptised believer belongs
to is the order of Melchizedek
In Jesus Christ the order of Melchizedek
has been fully established and now the
saints are entering into
their inheritance to rule
and reign as kings!
We have been made to be kings &
priests!
We are to
reign on the earth!
“Your kingdom come,
Your will be done on earth
as it is in heaven!”
Matt.6:10