Originally posted by SuzianneWhat is it about the possibility of JC being married that rattles you so? So what if he got a little now and then? He is a man after all.
The very fact you give any credence to the crap Dan Brown posits in The DaVinci Code baffles me. It must be because it helps your anti-God theories.
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Originally posted by C HessGenerally a priest is a person who brings people to God.
Corinthians 14:34?
A priest assists people to come forward to God whom the priest him or herself is in intimate communion with.
We should not think of a priest as an old testament type official position as a Levitical priest.
The problem is that when the Apostle Peter says that all the saints are a royal priesthood, the strong implication is that he is speaking of all believers regardless of anything.
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, p people acquired for a possession, so that you may tell out the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." ( 1 Peter 2:9)
Is it only males who constituted "a chosen race" of the believers?
Is it only males who comprise "a royal priesthood"?
Are "a people acquired for a possession" only male people?
We should believe in the universal priesthood of every believer. We should not think only a peculiarly dressed man must be a "priest." We should go by the New Testament document which states all the believers constitute a "royal priesthood".
It is not an official position.
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Originally posted by C HessThis is also what the apostle Paul tells Timothy about his desire for the roles of men and women of the church.
Corinthians 14:34?
I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works. Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.
(1 Timothy 2:8-12 NKJV)
However, there is no command from God that a woman can not be educated enough to qualify her as a teacher in the future. In fact, in Acts 2, the apostle Peter even quotes scripture indicating a time will come when God will poor out His Spirit on their sons and daughters, and there would be both menservants and maidservants that will prophesy.
The apostle Paul writes the following:
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved.
(1 Corinthians 11:4-5 NKJV)
In stating this Jewish custom, the apostle also admits that at least some women have the ability to pray and prophesy at that time.