***Some more food for thought in your discussion with jo kus. Korah in Numbers 16....***
Poor Catholics: still living in an OT oligarchy when Christ bestowed a royal priesthood on all.
I am a king and a priest, after the order of my Lord who is priest FOREVER. If you want to stay with the OT system of priests, whose priesthood ends, then, whatever makes you happy. But, there is something better. A greater than Moses is here.
AMEN!
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God." -- Hebrews 3:1-4"Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
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.