We are Called to Be Priests: The Mystery of Aaron & Melchizedek

The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Now then, he’s on the throne, but where is he ruling? In the midst of his enemies. Brothers, do you realize that we stand here in the midst of his enemies? We stand here in the midst of his enemies, and he rules here, yet his throne is in heaven.

Psalm 110:4-7. The Lord hath sworn and will not repent; thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen; he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; He shall wound the heads over many countries. He shall drink of the brook in the way, and therefore shall he lift up the head.

Genesis14:18-20. And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, and he was the priest of the Most High God. And he blessed him, and said, ‘Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be the Most High God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hands.’ And he (Abram) gave tithes of all.

We need many more verses.  2 Corinthians 11:26, Acts 26:30, Luke 22:29-30, Revelation 3:20-21.

Acts 26:29. We have here a man standing before…a little man standing before a great big king. By the way, while Paul was in prison, someone said to him, “Paul, my great learning has driven me mad.” Alright, we have here a little man before a king.

1 Corinthians 11:26. Does this remind you of anything we have already read? Melchizedek came to Abraham with bread and wine, but what does the Lord Jesus Christ add to that? Listen very carefully. Remember what? And Jesus said to them, “I will not eat this bread, nor drink this cup again until I come into my kingdom.” Jesus Christ gave them bread and wine, then told them to keep eating and drinking until he comes. This passage says, “My Father has given me a kingdom; I give you a kingdom…that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom.”

Revelation 3:20-21. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

The throne of Jesus Christ has to get a lot bigger in your mind. Several people can sit on it. Right here, he said, “You will be in my kingdom. My Father has given me a kingdom. (If the Lord gave Him a kingdom, He had to give Him a throne.) He said, “Now I’m giving you a kingdom, and I’m giving you a throne, and you will eat with me and sup with me.” He said that to twelve men. And he said, ” You shall rule the twelve tribes of Israel,” right? But now he says to the church, “To those of you who overcome, I will give to eat and sup with me…on my throne. I will eat with you, and you will eat with me. As my father gave me a throne to rule, I give you a throne from which to rule.”

What as, brothers and sisters? As some lowly peasant? No, as kings and priests.

If any man come and eat with me and drink with me, and I eat with him and drink with him…the invitation is to all men. I realize this verse is used so often in evangelism because it paints such a beautiful picture: anyone who comes can eat with the Lord and drink with the Lord, and that is true. Nonetheless, this passage says that if we come to the Lord, eat with him, and drink with him, He will give us a throne to sit upon.

Revelation 19:6-8. And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns. Let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

This week, I read something I had never seen before. In 1 Corinthians 11, it talks about the woman covering her head, calling it a covering, a covering, and a covering. Then it comes down and uses a totally different word. The word that’s used in 1 Cor 11 for the head covering is exactly the same word that is used here for a covering. The woman has covered herself in fine linen.