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Has the Cloud Moved?
July 18th, 2009 | 
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Often we think of the forty years which Israel spent wandering in the wilderness as nothing but punishment for their sin of doubt and disobedience when they failed to cross the Jordan into the promised land, preferring to accept the negative reports of ten spies than the faith statements of the two. read more
A Royal Priesthood Part 5 – The Priestly Ordination
When we talk about ordination in relation to the Royal Priesthood, it is important that we remember that we are not talking about “ministry” in the sense of an exclusive group within the Church, but of the whole Body of Christ. We are all “ordained” to be priests of God.
In the Old Testament read more
A Royal Priesthood Part 4 – The Priestly Garments
In the Old Testament, the priest was to wear specific garments to identify himself and the role he was to fulfill. Likewise, we of the New Covenant priesthood have special garments we are to wear in our priestly service.
The first of these is the robe of righteousness (Isaiah 61:10). This is not som read more
A Royal Priesthood Part 3 – The Place of Service
Today we are looking at the second thing which a priesthood has in common, and that is their place of service.
When the Old Testament priesthood was first formed under Moses, the place of service was the Tabernacle, the tent which accompanied the Israelites in their travels. At the centre of the Tab read more
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A Royal Priesthood – Part 2
Whenever a group is defined, that group will have certain things which bind them together and make them a group, whilst at the same time separating them from others who may have some superficial similarities but are not part of the same group. Thus the priests of the Lord in the Old Testament form read more
A Royal Priesthood – Part 1
Some time ago I wrote this series about the Royal Priesthood. I thought I should post it here over the next few weeks.
Recently I had an internet dialogue with an elderly lady who is looking at converting into the Roman Catholic Church. One of the points that she kept coming back to was that of t read more