Quote Originally Posted by dberrie2000 View Post
Welcome to the NT--where the Gentiles are made partakers of the covenant and the priesthood--and the seed of Abraham.

Just a note here, Saxon.

Peter was quoting the OT in 1 Peter 2:

Exodus 19:5-6---King James Version (KJV)
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Again--what is your evidence this is not a reference to the OT priesthood?

Revelation 1:5-6---King James Version (KJV)
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Quote Originally Posted by Saxon View Post
Leave it to you to get it backwards. Moses prophesied in Exodus 19:5-6 and it was fulfilled in the Church era. Note that Moses said “ye shall” and Peter said “ye are”. Moses was looking to a future event and Peter saw that event.
Exodus19:5-6 was not Moses prophesying--it was the Lord speaking unto Moses:

Exodus 19:5-6---King James Version (KJV)
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Please do notice two things here:

1) That obedience to the covenant was the condition

2) That it was a promise to "ye"--those of the OT. Present tense.

What other priesthood, other than the Aaronic--or the Melchizedek--was present in the OT?