abSee Rom. 11:36
Exodus 19:6
6and you shall be to me a akingdom of priests and ba holy nation'. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”Isaiah 61:6
6 cbut you shall be called the priests of the Lord;they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;
dyou shall eat the wealth of the nations,
and in their glory you shall boast.
Jeremiah 13:18-22
18 Say to ethe king and fthe queen mother:“Take a lowly seat,
for gyour beautiful crown
has come down from your head.”
19 hThe cities of the Negeb are shut up,
with none to open them;
all Judah is taken into exile,
wholly taken into exile.
20 “Lift up your eyes iand see
those who come from the north.
Where is the flock that was given you,
your beautiful flock?
21What will you say when they set as head over you
those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you?
jWill not pangs take hold of you
like those of a woman in labor?
22And if you say in your heart,
k‘Why have these things come upon me?’
it is for the greatness of your iniquity
that lyour skirts are lifted up
and you suffer violence.
1 Peter 2:5
5 myou yourselves like living stones are being built up as na spiritual house, to be oa holy priesthood, pto offer spiritual sacrifices qacceptable to God through Jesus Christ.1 Peter 2:9
9But you are ra chosen race, sa royal tpriesthood, ua holy nation, va people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you wout of darkness into xhis marvelous light.Revelation of John 1:6
6and made us ya kingdom, zpriests to aahis God and Father, to him be abglory and acdominion forever and ever. Amen.Revelation of John 5:10
10and you have made them ada kingdom and priests to our God,and they shall reign on the earth.”
Revelation of John 20:6
6 aeBlessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such afthe second death has no power, but they will be agpriests of God and of Christ, and they ahwill reign with him for a thousand years.
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