Dear Family, 

Today is Monday, April 13, 2026. Today is Day 9 and Day 2 of Week 2 in our Count to Pentecost. 

There are three main “offices” spoken of in the Old Testament; prophet, priest, and king. Jesus  fulfills all three of these roles. We will look briefly at these three offices. 

Jesus as Priest 
Old Testament priests served as mediators between humans and God. It was the priests who  offered sacrifices on behalf of the people. Jesus is our Mediator and our High Priest: “For there is  one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). Hebrews 4–10 details how Jesus is our ultimate High Priest and how His priesthood is far superior  to the Levitical priesthood of the Old Testament. The writer of Hebrews also explains how the Old  Testament system of priests served to foreshadow the ministry of Jesus. The Levitical priesthood  of Aaron‛s line was not intended to continue forever. Jesus‛ priesthood is eternal. Hebrews 4:14–16 says, “Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven,  Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest  who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every  way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God‛s throne of grace with confidence,  so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” With Jesus as our High  Priest, we can go before God boldly, knowing that Jesus has true compassion on us and that,  through Him, we will experience the grace and mercy of God (see also Hebrews 10:19–23). Hebrews 7 shows how Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchizedek. Melchizedek was both a  priest and the “king of Salem” who blessed Abraham (Hebrews 7:2; Genesis 14:18). Likewise, Jesus  is not just a “priest forever,” but also a king. 

Ben Faulkner, Pastor  
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