Revelation is part of your Old Testament? Maybe I Corinthians 1:26-40 is part of your Old Testament as well. And for that matter, both the Old And New Testaments point to the same heavenly worship, so something that pushes too
Hard against the Old Testament smells of brimstone. Putting down something for resembling God’s revelation is a weird put down.
Heavenly worship is one thing. What Roman Catholicism is doing is an entirely different matter. Y’all might as well have the curtain put up in your church separating the priests from the people.
I think he is referring to the differences btwn the Old "covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt," (Hebrews 8:9) and the New, "better" covenant under Christ. And in which their is no supreme high priest or extended hierarchial system, but the Lord alone is set forth as the High Priest, and after the apostles they only ordained clergy were presbuteros/episkopeos (same persons) and deacons.
Thus the only command/exhortation to regular confession of sins is toward each other in general, (Ja. 5:16-20) as all believers are called to sacrifice (Rm. 12:1; 15:16; Phil. 2:17; 4:18; Heb. 13:15,16; cf. 9:9) and all constitute the only priesthood (hieráteuma) in the NT church, that of all believers, (1Pt. 2:5,9; Re 1:6; 5:10; 20:6).
My last post provides more meat to chew on, by the grace of God.