Kings and Priests Extending God’s Kingdom
FASCINATE MY SPIRIT #365
Title: ”Kings and Priests Extending God’s Kingdom”
Scriptures: Hebrews 5:6 / 1 Peter 2:9-10 / Revelations 5:8-10
Date: June 13, 2022
And in another Scripture he says about this new priestly order,
“You are a Priest like Melchizedek, a King-Priest forever!”
- Hebrews 5:6 (The Passion Translation)
But you are God’s chosen treasure—priests who are kings, a spiritual “nation” set apart as God’s devoted ones. He called you out of darkness to experience his marvelous light, and now he claims you as his very own. He did this so that you would broadcast his glorious wonders throughout the world. For at one time you were not God’s people, but now you are. At one time you knew nothing of God’s mercy, because you hadn’t received it yet, but now you are drenched with it!
- 1 Peter 2:9-10 (The Passion Translation)
And when the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures saw the Lamb had taken the scroll, they fell facedown at the feet of the Lamb and worshiped him. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls brimming full of sweet fragrant incense—which are the prayers of God’s holy lovers. 9 And they were all singing this new song of praise to the Lamb:
“Because you were slaughtered for us,
you are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals.
Your blood was the price paid to redeem us.
You purchased us to bring us to God
out of every tribe, language, people group, and nation.
You have chosen us to serve our God
and formed us into a kingdom of priests
who reign on the earth.”
- Revelations 5:8-10 (The Passion Translation)