24. SACRED PERSONS AND OFFICES
SACRED PERSONS AND OFFICES The Primitive Economy.
ABEL OFFERS SACRIFICE.
Or, perhaps, brings his sacrifice to be offered by Adam.-H.
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NOAH.
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Genesis 8:20 MELCHISEDEC A KING AND PRIEST.
SEE Genesis 14:18-20 THE PRIMITIVE ECONOMY HAS PRECEDENCE OF THE ABRAHAMIC.
Hebrews 7:18 The Hebrew High Priest.
AARON SET APART.
Exodus 28:1 THE CONSECRATION.
Exodus 29:29-30 THE HIGH PRIEST'S VESTMENTS.
Exodus 39:27-29 THE EPHOD.
Exodus 39:4 THE GIRDLE OF THE EPHOD.
Exodus 39:5 THE STONES OF MEMORIAL.
Exodus 39:6-7 THE BREASTPLATE OF JUDGMENT.
(Its Form And Material.)
Exodus 39:8-9 (Its Precious Stones With The Names Of The Tribes.)
Exodus 39:10-14 (Its Attachment To The Ephod.)
Exodus 39:15-21 URIM AND THUMMIM INSIDE OF THE BREASTPLATE.
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Leviticus 8:8 (Used In Inquiring Of God.)
1 Samuel 28:6 THE ROBE OF THE EPHOD.
(Its Color And Fashion.)
Exodus 39:22-23 (Its Bells And Pomegranates.)
Exodus 39:24-26 THE GOLDEN PLATE FOR THE MITRE.
Exodus 39:30-31 CEREMONIAL PROHIBITIONS TO THE HIGH PRIEST.
Leviticus 21:10-12 HIS HUMAN INFIRMITY.
Hebrews 5:1-3 HIS DIVINE APPOINTMENT.
Hebrews 5:4 THE WHOLE SYSTEM A SHADOWY ONE.
Hebrews 8:5 The Priests. TO BE DESCENDANTS OF AARON.
Numbers 18:1 EXCLUSIVE OF ALL OTHERS, ON PAIN OF DEATH.
Numbers 3:10 THEIR CONSECRATION.
Leviticus 21:6 COULD NOT SERVE IF OF DOUBTFUL DESCENT.
Ezra 2:62-63 Nehemiah 7:64-65 THEIR VESTMENTS.
Numbers 3:38 CEREMONIAL RULES.
(Personal Blemish To Exclude From Office.) Leviticus 21:17-21 (But Not From Support.) Leviticus 21:22-24 (To Avoid Defilement.) Leviticus 22:2-7 Ezekiel 44:25-27 (Not To Eat Unclean Meat.)
Ezekiel 44:31 (Who May And Who May Not Eat Of The Holy Things.) Leviticus 22:9-13 SACERDOTAL FUNCTIONS.
(To Sacrifice.) 1 Chronicles 6:49 1 Chronicles 16:39-40 2 Chronicles 31:2
Luke 1:23 (To Take Care Of The Sanctuary.)
Numbers 18:5 2 Chronicles 29:15-19 (To Make The Holy Ointment.) 1 Chronicles 9:30 (To Prepare The Tabernacle For Removal.)
Numbers 4:5-14 (To Instruct In The Law.) Leviticus 10:10-11
Ezekiel 44:23 (To Decide Controversies.)
Ezekiel 44:24 EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES.
(Executing Judgment Upon Offenders.) Psalms 106:30-31
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Numbers 25:1-9 (Disbursing Funds.) 2 Chronicles 34:17
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2 Kings 22:9 THE TEMPLE SERVICE ORGANIZED BY SOLOMON.
2 Chronicles 8:14-16 THE PRIESTS' MAINTENANCE.
(Offerings.)
Numbers 18:8-11 Deuteronomy 18:3 Ezekiel 44:28-29
(Firstfruits.) Numbers 18:12-13 Deuteronomy 18:4-5
(Firstlings.) Numbers 18:15-19 (Things Devoted.)
Numbers 18:14 (These To Be Instead Of All Landed Inheritance.)
Numbers 18:20 THESE REVENUES RE-ESTABLISHED.
2 Chronicles 31:4 2 Chronicles 31:17-19 TWO OF AARON'S SONS OFFER STRANGE FIRE, AND ARE DESTROYED.
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Numbers 26:61 A FORMIDABLE REBELLION AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF MOSES AND AARON.
(Its Instigators.)
Numbers 16:1-3 Numbers 16:12-14
Numbers 26:9 (Its Headway Among The People.)
Numbers 16:45 (The Question Referred To God.)
Numbers 16:5-11 Numbers 16:16-18 (The Conspirators Left To Their Fate.) Numbers 16:24-27 For their destruction.
Numbers 16:28-35 (A Memorial Provided For.) Numbers 16:37-40
WICKED PRIESTS.
(The Sons Of Eli.) 1 Samuel 2:12-17 (The Punishment Of Their House.) 1 Samuel 2:28-29 1 Samuel 2:31-32
1 Samuel 2:36 (Jaazaniah And Pelatiah.)
Ezekiel 22:26 (The Crimes Of Wicked Priests.) (THEY NEGLECT TO TEACH.)
Malachi 2:4-9 (THEY COMMIT MURDER AND LEWDNESS.)
Hosea 6:8-10 (THEY KEEP INSINCERE FASTS.)
Zechariah 7:5-6 (AND OFFER PROFANE SACRIFICES.)
Malachi 1:6-8 (Their Punishment.) Jeremiah 3:15-16 Lamentations 4:13-16
Malachi 2:1-2 THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS.
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Revelation 20:6 The Levites And Nethinim. THE LEVITES SET APART FOR THE SERVICE OF THE SANCTUARY.
Numbers 18:6 2 Chronicles 29:11 DEDICATED INSTEAD OF THE FIRSTBORN OF ISRAEL.
Numbers 8:16-18 THE EXCESS OF THE FIRSTBORN OVER THE LEVITES.
Numbers 3:39 THIS EXCESS REDEEMED WITH MONEY.
Numbers 3:46-51 THE CONSECRATION OF THE LEVITES.
Numbers 8:20-22 THE AGE OF SERVICE.
Numbers 4:29-30 THE NUMBER LIABLE TO SERVICE.
Numbers 4:34-49 THE WHOLE NUMBER OF SOULS.
Numbers 3:33-34 THEIR HEADS OF FAMILIES.
Numbers 3:35 THE PRIESTS IN CHARGE.
Numbers 4:33 THEIR PLACE IN THE CAMP.
(Gershonites.)
(Kohathites.)
(Merarites.)
Numbers 3:35 THEIR FUNCTIONS ABOUT THE TABERNACLE.
(Generally.)
Numbers 18:2-4 (Of The Gershonites.)
Numbers 4:24-27 (Of The Kohathites.)
Numbers 4:18-20 (Of The Merarites.)
Numbers 4:31-32 THEIR FUNCTIONS IN THE TEMPLE.
(Their Service As Carriers Of The Tabernacle Ended.) 1 Chronicles 23:2-3 1 Chronicles 23:24-26 (They Are Transferred To The Temple Service.) 1 Chronicles 6:48 1 Chronicles 23:27-32 (As Doorkeepers.) 1 Chronicles 9:17-27 1 Chronicles 26:12 1 Chronicles 26:14-19
(Storekeepers.) 1 Chronicles 9:28-29 2 Chronicles 31:11-16
(Treasurers.) 1 Chronicles 26:26-28 (Assistants At Sacrifices.) 1 Chronicles 9:31-32
(Singers.) 1 Chronicles 6:31-32 1 Chronicles 9:33-34 1 Chronicles 16:7 1 Chronicles 16:41-42 1 Chronicles 23:5 1 Chronicles 25:5-7 THEY RESORT TO JUDAH WHEN ISRAEL BECOMES IDOLATROUS.
2 Chronicles 11:13-14 2 Chronicles 11:16 REORGANIZED BY JEHOIADA.
2 Chronicles 23:18-19 AFTER THE CAPTIVITY.
(Their Genealogies Preserved.) Nehemiah 12:22-23 (They Are Assembled At Ahava.)
Ezra 8:18-19 (And Reorganized On David's Plan.)
Nehemiah 11:16 Nehemiah 11:18-19 Nehemiah 11:23-26 Nehemiah 12:44-46 THE LEVITES OF EZEKIEL'S VISION.
Ezekiel 44:10-19 THE MAINTENANCE OF THE LEVITES.
(They Received No Inheritance With The Other Tribes.) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 Deuteronomy 18:1-2
Joshua 18:7 (But Tithes Instead.) Numbers 18:21-24 (Had Cities With Their Suburbs.)
Numbers 35:2-5 (And Were To Share The Prosperity Of The People.) Deuteronomy 12:19 Deuteronomy 26:11 THEIR SUPPORT AFTER THE CAPTIVITY.
Nehemiah 12:47 THEY MIGHT SERVE AT WILL.
Deuteronomy 18:6-8 THE LEVITE HIRED BY MICAH.
Judges 17:7-13 THE NETHINIM.
(Originally Gibeonites Who Escaped Slaughter.)
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Joshua 9:21-27 (Recruited By David.)
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Ezra 8:20 (Some Of Them Returned With The Captives From Babylon.)
Ezra 8:20 (Two Lists Of Them.)
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Ezra 2:43-54 Nehemiah 7:46-56 The Prophets.
SEE - MEDIUMS AND METHODS OF REVELATION. THE DUTIES OF A PROPHET. THEIR OFFICE.
(To Communicate The Word Of The Lord.) Jeremiah 17:15-16
(Fearlessly.)
Isaiah 8:11-12 (Whatever May Be The Issue.)
Ezekiel 33:2-9 DEATH FOR DISOBEDIENCE.
1 Kings 13:10 1 Kings 13:21-22 GOD PROTECTS HIS PROPHETS.
1 Chronicles 16:20-22 THE FOUNDER OF THE HEBREW SCHOOLS OF PROPHETS.
(His Early Life.)
1 Samuel 2:18 (The Respect Paid Him By The People.) 1 Samuel 9:11-13 THE PROPHET ELIJAH.
(Appoints His Successor.) 1 Kings 19:19-20 (Who Refuses To Leave Him.)
2 Kings 2:6 AN IMPATIENT PROPHET.
Jonah 4:1-5 FALSE PROPHET TESTED.
Jeremiah 27:18-22 WICKED PROPHETS.
(Their Sins.)
Jeremiah 2:8 Jeremiah 5:30-31 Jeremiah 32:32-33
Zephaniah 3:4 (The Punishment.) Jeremiah 6:10-13
Jeremiah 14:12 Jeremiah 23:11-12
Hosea 4:5 A HEATHEN PROPHET ACKNOWLEDGES THE DIVINE AUTHORITY.
Apostles. THE TWELVE.
(Their Call To Discipleship.)
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John 1:35-49 (Appointment To The Apostolate.)
(Instructions.)
John 20:21 (Special Duties.) (TO BEAR WITNESS.)
John 15:27 (TO PREACH THE KINGDOM OF GOD.)
Luke 9:2 1 Corinthians 1:17-18
(Prerogatives.) (TO WORK MIRACLES.)
Luke 10:19 (TO REMIT SINS.) Matthew 18:17-18
John 20:23 (First Labours.)
Luke 22:35 THE SEVENTY.
(Appointed.)
(Instructed.)
ST. PETER.
(Christ's Prayer For Him.)
Luke 22:32-33 (And Final Charge To Him.)
John 21:15-16 THE PLACE OF JUDAS FILLED.
Acts 1:21-26 ST. PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP.
1 Corinthians 15:9-11 2 Corinthians 10:7-8 2 Corinthians 10:12-16 2 Corinthians 11:5-6 2 Corinthians 12:11-12 Galatians 1:17-18 Galatians 1:20-22
1 Timothy 2:6-7 A. He And Barnabas Specially Set Apart By The Church At Antioch For Missionary Work Among The Gentiles.)
Acts 13:3 Prophets In The Christian Church. THE PROPHETIC GIFT.
(To Be Coveted.) 1 Corinthians 14:38-39 (Is Better Than The Gift Of Tongues.) 1 Corinthians 14:2-6 (Rules To Be Observed.) 1 Corinthians 14:29-32 (The Honor Due.) Matthew 10:40-42 INSTANCES OF THE BESTOWAL OF THE GIFT.
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Acts 21:9-11 THE TWO WITNESSES OF THE APOCALYPSE.
Evangelists. THEIR ORDINATION.
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AUTHORITY.
(To Preach And Teach.)
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(To Reprove.) 1 Timothy 5:20-21
Titus 2:15 (Reject Heretics.)
Titus 3:10-11 (Supervise And Correct Both Elders And Churches.)
1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 4:11-13
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Titus 2 (Ordain And Appoint Teachers.)
Titus 1:5 THEIR WORK.
(Had No Local Charge.) 1 Corinthians 16:10-12 2 Timothy 4:11-12
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2 Timothy 4:21 (Were Under The Direction Of The Apostles.) 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Thessalonians 3:1-2 (Were Sometimes Designated By The Churches.) 2 Corinthians 8:18-19 Presbyter-Bishops.
It is now generally admitted that in the New Testament the terms Presbyter (Elder) and Bishop are applied indifferently to the same persons; the former taken from the Jews and suggesting gravity of character, latter borrowed from the Greeks and denoting the nature of the office.-H.
ELDERS.
(First Mentioned. 45 A.D.)
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Acts 11:30 (Appointed In Every City.)
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Titus 1:5 THE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED.
Titus 1:6-8 THE DUTIES ENJOINED.
(Teaching.)
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Titus 2:1 (Teaching And Ruling.)
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Acts 20:28 (Ministering To The Sick.)
James 5:14 THEIR CLAIM TO RESPECT AND OBEDIENCE.
Hebrews 13:17 THEIR REWARD.
1 Peter 5:4 Deacons And Deaconesses.
APPOINTMENT OF DEACONS, ABOUT 35 A.D.
Acts 6:5-6 THE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED.
1 Timothy 3:8-15 THE SERVICE EXPECTED.
DEACONESSES.
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1 Timothy 5:9 Offices And Gifts. IN GENERAL.
Romans 12:6-7 1 Corinthians 12:5 1 Corinthians 12:28-30 Ephesians 4:11-12 THE GIFT OF TONGUES.
(An Interpreter Needed.) 1 Corinthians 14:9-11 1 Corinthians 14:13-19 (A Sign To Unbelievers.) 1 Corinthians 14:21-25 Of Spiritual Ministry In General. THE MINISTERIAL OFFICE.
(Of Divine Appointment.)
1 John 2:27 2 Corinthians 1:21 2 Corinthians 2:15-16 2 Corinthians 2:17 2 Corinthians 3:1 2 Corinthians 5:20
1 John 4:6 (Its Field Is The World.)
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Matthew 13:38 Matthew 28:19-20
Colossians 1:23 (Its Constraint.) 1 Corinthians 9:16-18
(Its Power.)
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Romans 1:16 1 Corinthians 1:18 1 Corinthians 1:24 2 Corinthians 6:7 2 Corinthians 10:10
(Its Glory.) 2 Corinthians 3:7-11 TEMPORAL SUPPORT.
(The Minister's Right.)
Romans 10:14-15 1 Corinthians 9:2-15
Galatians 6:6 (The People's Privilege And Profit.) 2 Corinthians 1:14-16
SELF-SUPPORT.
Acts 28:30-31 2 Corinthians 11:7-9 2 Corinthians 12:13-18 1 Thessalonians 2:9 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9
FALSE TEACHERS.
John 10:1-5 DUTIES OF MINISTERS.
(To Preach The True Doctrine.)
1 Samuel 12:7 1 Corinthians 1:23 1 Corinthians 2:2 1 Corinthians 3:9-10 2 Corinthians 4:5 2 Corinthians 5:11
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2 Timothy 4:2-4 (To Shun Error.) Matthew 15:13-14
1 Timothy 6:3-5 2 Timothy 2:16-18 (To Avoid Frivolous Discussions.)
1 Timothy 6:20 2 Timothy 2:14-15
(To Reprove.) (WITH KINDNESS.) Galatians 4:12-16 (YET WITH NECESSARY SHARPNESS.) 1 Corinthians 4:18-19 1 Corinthians 4:21 1 Corinthians 11:17-18 2 Corinthians 13:1-2 2 Corinthians 13:10
Galatians 1:10 (To Set A Good Example.)
Titus 2:7-8 (To Maintain Good Order.) 1 Corinthians 14:26-28 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Corinthians 14:40 MINISTERIAL GRACES.
(Knowledge.)
(Discretion.) 2 Corinthians 11:12-13
(Truthfulness.) 2 Corinthians 1:18 2 Corinthians 4:1-2 2 Corinthians 13:8 1 Thessalonians 2:1-3 1 Thessalonians 2:5
(Gentleness.) 1 Corinthians 4:14-16 2 Corinthians 2:1-10 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 1 Thessalonians 2:11
(Forbearance.) 2 Corinthians 11:4
Php 1:15-18 (Meekness And Humility.)
John 13:14-15 1 Corinthians 3:6-7 1 Corinthians 4:6 1 Corinthians 4:8 1 Corinthians 4:10 2 Corinthians 4:7 2 Corinthians 10:1-2 1 Thessalonians 2:6 2 Timothy 2:24-25
(Firmness.)
Galatians 2:3-5 (Blamelessness.) 2 Corinthians 6:3 2 Corinthians 6:6-7 1 Thessalonians 2:10
2 Timothy 2:22 (Zeal And Devotion.)
Romans 14:7 2 Corinthians 5:12-13 2 Corinthians 11:28 2 Corinthians 12:19
Php 1:22-26 Colossians 1:7-8 1 Timothy 4:15-16
1 Peter 4:11 THE REWARD OF MINISTERIAL FIDELITY.
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