Christ did indeed bestow a royal priesthood upon all. So tell me....if you are a priest....what is your sacrifice? What do you offer? What do you place before the Almighty in atonement for your sins?
That passage from Hebrews has the answer. Christ is a priest FOREVER...and one of the order of Melchizedek. I.e., Christ had the same kind of priesthood that Melchizedek had--which was one of offering bread and wine.
You accuse us of not understanding the priesthood of all believers--yet who understands it better than the poor Catholic who unites himself body and soul with the immolation of the Divine Victim up on the altar? As a layman he sees, participates in, and offers Christ Crucified upon the altar--he consumes the Passover Lamb, the sacred species as our Lord commanded.
What priestly act have you in your temples of Calvinism that can compare? I'm sorry, but your "priesthood of all believers" seems wispy and insubstantial compared to the reality that is the Christian liturgical act.
***Christ did indeed bestow a royal priesthood upon all. So tell me....if you are a priest....what is your sacrifice? What do you offer? What do you place before the Almighty in atonement for your sins?***
You STILL don’t understand, do you. The royal generation and priesthood of the believer is not about atonement. That is the Catholic sin. It is by ONE offering that Christ perfected forever those who are being sanctified. There is NO MORE offering for sin. (THIS IS GOSPEL TRUTH!!!)
Keep your inferior priesthood if you must. I am of the order of Christ, a part of a royal priesthood. If you think that some invented Petrine order is the OT fulfillment, then I won’t try to stop you.