The Meal That Heals

The Meal That Heals

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people: that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” 1 Peter 2:9 Under the Old Covenant the Levites, who were the priests and the sons of Aaron, became the High Priests. A “royal priesthood” was non-existent. Royalty was reserved for the king and the priesthood was reserved for the Levites. Only Melchizedek, the first priest in the Bible, was considered a king and a priest. “For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God...” Hebrews 7:1 After Christ was raised from the dead, He ascended to heaven where He became a “priest after the order of Melchizedek” (Hebrews 5:6). Under the New Covenant, the individual believer becomes a royal priest. We present sacrifices of praise to God and we will one day rule with Him as kings on earth. As Revelation 5:10 indicates, the Lord made us “unto our God kings and priests; and we shall reign on the earth.” In the Greek, this verse reads, “You have made them a kingdom of priests.” If our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16), and we are all a kingdom of priests (Revelation 5:10), then the individual believer is given a new spiritual authority to approach the throne and minister to God that was not available under the Old Covenant. As priests offered animal sacrifices, believers today offer sacrifices of praise (Hebrews 13:15). In the opinion of both Dr. Miller and myself, the priesthood of the believer gives the believer the spiritual authority to personally receive Communion, one on one, between the believer and Christ. The second argument says that one time each day is too much. If this is so, then why did God feed manna to the children of Israel every day except the Sabbath? If some think that is too often, remember that there was a table of shewbread in the Temple that held twelve loaves of bread (Leviticus 24:5) which were freshly baked

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