A Priest Contacts God in the Mingling with God and he’s Thoroughly Mingled with God

God's intention is that all His people would be priests, that is, that all His people would be open vessels to Him, those who seek not to merely know God's will or do things for God but who are open to Him and are filled with Him. A priest is not … [Continue reading]

A Priest is one who Serves God, Lives to God, is Filled with God, and Flows God out

Exo. 19:6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the children of Israel.

Both in the Old and in the New Testament we clearly see that God's desire is that all His people would be priests to God (Exo. 19:6; 1 Pet. 2:9). The only way we can become this kind of men that the Lord needs is by allowing Christ Himself - the One … [Continue reading]

As Priests we Come Forward to the Throne of Grace to Receive Mercy and Find Grace

When we touch the throne of grace and allow the water of life to flow through us, we receive mercy and grace for timely help; then we can touch His throne of authority so that He can judge the improper situations within us. Witness Lee

The Lord's heart's desire is not only to save us from the world, from sin, and from the self; He wants all His people to be a kingdom of priests, kings and priests to God. As God's spiritual people today we are His personal treasure, His peculiar … [Continue reading]

Every Believer is a Royal Priest having the Flow of Life from the Throne of God

Heb. 11:10 For he eagerly waited for the city which has the foundations, whose Architect and Builder is God.

In looking at the matter of the need for the recovery of the universal priesthood of the believers we need to realize that Christ is the High Priest and He's also the King: He's the High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek! In Hebrews we … [Continue reading]

Receiving the Flow of Life (priesthood) and being Brought under God’s Throne (kingship)

And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street. Rev. 22:1

The matter of the priesthood and the kingship being for God's building can be seen everywhere in the Bible, especially in the New Jerusalem, the consummation of all that God is doing and has planned. In the New Jerusalem we see the throne of God … [Continue reading]

The Priesthood and the Kingship are for God’s Expression and His Representation

The priesthood is for the expression of God; the priests enjoy the Lord, and they become His expression, manifestation, habitation, and dwelling place (His spiritual house as His holy priesthood) (1 Pet. 2:5). The priesthood is for contacting God to be mingled with God and to be transformed into and conformed to Christ’s image for His expression (2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 8:28-29). Witness Lee

God's intention in creating man is that man would express Him with His image and represent Him with His dominion; the priesthood causes man to have the image of God and the kingship causes man to have the dominion of God to accomplish God's original … [Continue reading]

Christ is a Kingly and Divine High Priest to Minister God to us and Save us Fully

Christ’s divine priesthood is for saving us to the uttermost in His life unto glorification from all the by-products of death, such as vanity, groaning, sighing, decay, bondage, corruption, and slavery; His divine priesthood is the absence of death and the presence of life. Witness Lee

The Bible clearly shows us that the priesthood and the kingship are for God's building; in Hebrews, we see the heavenly Christ who is both the High Priest and the King (the King of righteousness and the King of peace), as typified by Melchizedek (see … [Continue reading]