Rev. Robert C. Lewis • Glendale Baptist Church • Houston, Texas THREE PRIESTHOODS OF EARTH HISTORY quicknotes.org • March 2010

PATRIARCHAL PRIESTHOOD MELCHIZEDEK 70th MELCHIZEDEK MELCHIZEDEK WEEK for the Gentiles PRIESTHOOD AND LEVITICAL AND LEVITICAL for the Church Possible burnt LEVITICAL PRIESTHOODS PRIESTHOODS o ering of Adam for Jews and Gentiles for Jews and Gentiles Burnt PRIESTHOOD Fellowship (Gen 3:21; cf. Lev 7:8) only for Israel CHURCH AGE o ering Session (zebah) MILLENNIAL ETERNAL (olah) JEWISH AGE in Heaven and gift KINGDOM KINGDOM Gift o erings of Eliphaz, (minchah) (minchah) of Bildad, and Zophar Royal Priests o erings Levitical Priests minister to God Cain and Abel (Job 42:7–9) O erings in from every tribe, (Dan 9:27) Levitical Priests o er burnt (olah), sin (chatat), Fellowship forever (Exod 28:43; 29:28; (Gen 4:3, 4, 5) the tongue, people, and peace or fellowship (shelamim) (zebah) o ering Lev 7:34; 1 Chron 15:2; 23:13) and First and nation o erings in the Burnt o ering of Jacob and Second (Rev 1:6; 5:9–10) (Ezek 43:13–27; 44:10–16) (olah) of Abraham (Gen 31:54) Burnt o erings Temples while Church Age saints (Gen 22:2–13) Jesus is “a high priest forever (olah) of Noah (1 Peter 2:5, 9; Rev 1:6; 5:9–10) (Gen 8:20–21) according to the order of O erings of Israel and tribulational martyrs (Rev 20:6) Melchizedek” (Heb 6:20; 7:21, 24) Sacrices (olah, shelamim) Sacrice rule with Christ ROYAL PRIESTHOOD (1 Peter 2:9) as Royal Priests PERMANENT PRIESTHOODS Burnt o erings (olah) (zebah) of Jacob at Mount Sinai of Jesus (Exod 24:5) INCLUDES ALL BELIEVERS Seated in Gentile nations LIKE THE GARDEN OF EDEN of Job for his family (Gen 46:1) (Heb 10:12) on ASCENSION JESUS IS OUR HIGH PRIEST (Heb 5:10; 8:1) NO TEMPLE (Rev 21:22 ) (Job 1:5) David’s LEVITICAL PRIESTS BETTER PRIESTHOOD (Heb 7:11–12) Throne LEVITICAL PRIESTS NO ALTARS, NO DEATH FIVE SACRIFICES FIVE LEVITICAL SACRIFICES NO ALTARS OR BLOOD SACRIFICES MELCHIZEDEK PRIESTS NO BLOOD SACRIFICES REVEALED ORALLY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TYPOLOGY FULFILLED BY THE ANTITYPE LEVITICAL SACRIFICES RENEWED FELLOWSHIP AND GIFT OFFERINGS LOCAL ALTARS REVEALED IN WRITING BODY IS TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MILLENNIAL TEMPLE TYPOLOGICAL ALTARS IN THE TABERNACLE AND TEMPLE ONLY VOLUNTARY BLOODLESS SACRIFICES SECOND COMING ALTAR RENAMED ARIEL (LION OF GOD) BLOOD SACRIFICES TYPOLOGICAL BLOOD SACRIFICES SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES (1 Peter 2:5) MEMORIAL BLOOD SACRIFICES

FALL Melchizedek MOUNT red occurs during the Patriarchal Priesthood DAY OF RAPTURE DEDICATION OF THE CREATION OF THE NEW HEAVENS SINAI PENTECOST MILLENNIAL TEMPLE AND NEW EARTH (Gen 14:8) blue occurs during the Levitical Priesthood Types of Sacri ces: Expiatory sacrices (sin and guilt o erings) were brought to restore fellowship with God; voluntary sacrices were brought to show dedication (burnt o ering), gratitude (gift o ering), and to have fellowship with God (fellowship o ering). 1. Sin O ering ( chatat): for purication of sin and ritual delement (leper, contact with a corpse) (Lev 4:1–5:13; 6:24–30)—a mandatory o ering for (to restore) fellowship with God. 2. Guilt O ering (korban asham): for sin when it's possible to make restitution for damages (Lev 5:14–6:7; 7:1–10; cf. Num 5:7)—a mandatory o ering for (to restore) fellowship with God. 3. Whole Burnt O ering (korban olah): the entire animal is consumed on the altar (no meat is eaten by o erer or priests) and stands in the place of its owner as a symbol of his complete dedication to God (Lev 1:1–17; 6:8–13)—as in the sacrice of Isaac (Gen 22:2, 13) and in the twice daily burnt o ering for the people of Israel (Num 28:1–8). Burnt o erings may be mandatory or voluntary. 4. Fellowship O ering (korban shelamim): celebrates a renewal of the covenant with a covenant feast (Lev 3:1–17; 7:11–21; 28–34) in which men, literally, and God, guratively, partake of the feast (treaties and covenants were usually celebrated with feasts) (Gen 26:28–31; 31:44–54; the Covenant at Sinai, Exod 24:5, 9)—so the addition of bread and wine o erings (Num 15:1–14). Fellowship and gift o erings were voluntary and given while in fellowship with God. 5. Gift O ering (korban minchah): a voluntary gift of grain, oil, and wine (possessions) brought to show homage and submission to the Great King (Lev 2:1–16; 6:14–23; Ezek 46:14; cf. Gen 4:3–5; 32:17–18; 1 Sam 10:27; 1 Kings 4:21). Spiritual Sacri ces (pneumatikos thusias) of the Church Age (1 Peter 2:5): Ten spiritual sacrices are mentioned in the New Testament: (1) prayer is a "memorial o ering" (Acts 10:4, 31; Rev 5:8; 8:3–4), (2) almsgiving is a "memorial o ering" (Acts 10:4), (3) money given to missionaries (Phil 4:18), (4) faith (Phil 2:17), (5) praise (Heb 13:15), (6) doing good (Heb 13:16), (7) sharing (Heb 13:16), (8) our bodies (Rom 12:1), (9) souls saved (evangelism) (Rom 15:15–16), and (10) death by martyrdom (of Paul and Jesus) (Phil 2:17; 2 Tim 4:6; Eph 5:2; cf. Heb 7:27; 9:14, 25, 26, 28; 10:10, 12, 14). Any act of self-denial can be o ered as a spiritual sacrice to God. These are all voluntary sacrices. The equivalent of the burnt o ering is the living sacrice of our bodies (Rom 12:1).