Here is the problem.
As God laid out the plans for His new church He made no provision for a priesthood because there was no longer a need for sacrifices ( the role of the priest)
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
No priesthood .
From these were to come bishops and elders
1Ti 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1Ti 5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
There is no role of Priesthood in the new church because there is no longer a system of sacrifices that had the role of pointing to Christ
Hbr 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Hbr 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Hbr 10:6 In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Hbr 10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God
In 70 AD God destroyed the priesthood because we now have a high priest in Christ and the Jewish "type" was no longer needed
AMEN!
“He made no provision for a priesthood”
Not to quibble but God did make provision for the priesthood. 1 Pet. 2:9, “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
When the veil was torn exposing the empty Holy of Holies, what God did was take the franchise away from the professionals and give it to all believers as part of our inheritance so that nothing stood between us and our true mediator.