[JohnnyM]

He is not administering to the shadowy things. He is not a priest according to the order of the Levites and the Law (i.e. the shadow), but according to Melchizedek (i.e. the eternal or heavenly). Christ priesthood is not something that changes depending on what temporal plane he is in.

Mark 15:2 Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied.

Here is Christ saying He is King while on earth. You have God the Father calling Christ a Priest forever in the present tense back in the OT (Psalm 110:4).

JM

[ET(end tyranny)]

Mark 15:2 Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied.

Mark 15 (KJV)
15:2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.

Mark 15 (ASV)
15:2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering saith unto him, Thou sayest.

Mark 15 (HCSB)
15:2 So Pilate asked Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "You have said it."

15:2 And Pilate asked Him, "Art thou the King of the Jews?" And answering He said unto him, "Thou sayest it." (TMB)

15:2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "You say so." (NRSV)

15:2 And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, saith to him: Thou sayest it. (Douay-Rheims)

15:2 Pilate questioned him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "So you say." (GNT)

15:2 And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so." (RSV)

15:2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the 'King of the Jews'?"
15:3 The high priests let loose a barrage of accusations.
15:4 Pilate asked again, "Aren't you going to answer anything? That's quite a list of accusations."
15:5 Still, he said nothing. Pilate was impressed, really impressed.
15:6 It was a custom at the Feast to release a prisoner, anyone the people asked for. (TM)

15:2 Pilate put this question to him: "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "The words are yours." (CJB)

15:2 Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Those are your words." (NCV)

15:2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Yehudim?" He answered, "So you say." (HNV)

15:2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say." (WE)

15:2 And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so. (BBE)

15:2 and Pilate questioned him, `Art thou the king of the Jews?' and he answering said to him, `Thou dost say [it].' (YLT)

15:2And Pilate asked him, Art *thou* the King of the Jews? And he answered and said to him, *Thou* sayest.

15:2And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering, said to him, Thou sayest [it]. (WBT)

15:2et interrogavit eum Pilatus tu es rex Iudaeorum at ille respondens ait illi tu dicis (Latin Vulgate)

Which bible are you quoting from?