High Priest (physical/temporal) - High Priest (Spiritual/Eternal)

[FlyingDove]

The high priest serves as a mediator between God & the people.

God appointed Aaron as the 1st (physical/temporal) High Priest (Num 17:1-9)

Num 17:8 Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and [a]the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds.
(MY NOTE: Aarons dead wood staff blossomed overnight with stems/branches full of ripe almonds. A foreshadow of resurrection life)

God appointed Jesus (spiritual/eternal) High Priest (Heb 4:14, 5:5)

Heb 5:5 So too Christ did not glorify Himself so as to be made a high priest, but He [was exalted and appointed by the One] who said to Him, “You are My Son, today I have begotten You [declared Your authority and rule over the nations]”
(MY NOTE: Father God appointed Christ high Priest/mediator between God & all within our realm/universe)

Christ's appointment nullifies the old (physical/temporal) Levitical sin management covenant.

Heb 8:
6 But as it is, Christ has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is more excellent [than the old Levitical priestly ministry], for He is the Mediator (Arbiter) of a better covenant [uniting God and man], which has been enacted and rests on better promises.
(MY NOTE: Christ acquired/mediates a more excellent Priestly/sin management ministry)

13 When God speaks of “A new covenant,” He makes the first one obsolete. And whatever is becoming obsolete (out of use, annulled) and growing old is ready to disappear.
(MY NOTE: Christ's new Priestly ministry covenant nullified the old Mosaic/Levitical covenant)

This Christ New Testament/covenant Priestly sin management ministry, forever replaces the old Mosaic/Levitical sin management covenant)

Implementation of a testament/covenant requires a death:

Heb 9:
15 For this reason He is the Mediator and Negotiator of a new covenant [that is, an entirely new agreement uniting God and man], so that those who have been called [by God] may receive [the fulfillment of] the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has taken place [as the payment] which redeems them from the sins committed under the obsolete first covenant.
(MY NOTE: Believers in Christ sin atoning death & resurrection receive an eternal inheritance)

16 For where there is a will and [d]testament involved, the death of the one who made it must be established,
(MY NORE: Christ's death & resurrection is where the new covenant is established)

24 For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but [He entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf;

28 so Christ, having been offered once and once for all to bear [as a burden] the sins of many, will appear a second time [when he returns to earth], not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly and confidently waiting for Him.
(MY NOTE: Christ's perfect sinless once for all time sin offering. Fulfilled the laws required wage/price for sin [Rom 6:23] Jesus conquered & destroyed sins death grip, administered through old covenant law ordinances.)

We seize/access this new sin management covenant by faith [Rom 5:1-2] When we trust in Jesus' sin atoning death [sins required wage PAID] burial [proof Jesus died] & resurrection [Father God's receipt, sins required wage received & accepted - 1 Cor 15:1-4] Amen

Ps 37:28 For the Lord loves justice And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
(MY NOTE: The Lord doesn't forsake His saints/believers but PRESERVES them FOREVER!)

Heb 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
(MY NOTE: Christ obtained ETERNAL REDEMPTION for all believers)

Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.
(MY NOTE: Christ PERFECTED FOREVER all believers He has sanctified)

Heb 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
(MY NOTE: This new sin management blood covenant is EVERLASTING! Not just 1 year or until the next time to stumble or fall/sin)

Believer's sins are forgiven & washed away via an EVERLASTING COVENANT!

 

[Magenta]

Colossians 2:13-14

 

[FlyingDove]

Colossians 2:13-14

AMEN & Amen

 

[Blik]

The high priest serves as a mediator between God & the people.

God appointed Aaron as the 1st (physical/temporal) High Priest (Num 17:1-9)

Num 17:8 Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and [a]the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds.
(MY NOTE: Aarons dead wood staff blossomed overnight with stems/branches full of ripe almonds. A foreshadow of resurrection life)

God appointed Jesus (spiritual/eternal) High Priest (Heb 4:14, 5:5)

Heb 5:5 So too Christ did not glorify Himself so as to be made a high priest, but He [was exalted and appointed by the One] who said to Him, “You are My Son, today I have begotten You [declared Your authority and rule over the nations]”
(MY NOTE: Father God appointed Christ high Priest/mediator between God & all within our realm/universe)

Christ's appointment nullifies the old (physical/temporal) Levitical sin management covenant.

Heb 8:
6 But as it is, Christ has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is more excellent [than the old Levitical priestly ministry], for He is the Mediator (Arbiter) of a better covenant [uniting God and man], which has been enacted and rests on better promises.
(MY NOTE: Christ acquired/mediates a more excellent Priestly/sin management ministry)

13 When God speaks of “A new covenant,” He makes the first one obsolete. And whatever is becoming obsolete (out of use, annulled) and growing old is ready to disappear.
(MY NOTE: Christ's new Priestly ministry covenant nullified the old Mosaic/Levitical covenant)

This Christ New Testament/covenant Priestly sin management ministry, forever replaces the old Mosaic/Levitical sin management covenant)

Implementation of a testament/covenant requires a death:

Heb 9:
15 For this reason He is the Mediator and Negotiator of a new covenant [that is, an entirely new agreement uniting God and man], so that those who have been called [by God] may receive [the fulfillment of] the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has taken place [as the payment] which redeems them from the sins committed under the obsolete first covenant.
(MY NOTE: Believers in Christ sin atoning death & resurrection receive an eternal inheritance)

16 For where there is a will and [d]testament involved, the death of the one who made it must be established,
(MY NORE: Christ's death & resurrection is where the new covenant is established)

24 For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but [He entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf;

28 so Christ, having been offered once and once for all to bear [as a burden] the sins of many, will appear a second time [when he returns to earth], not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly and confidently waiting for Him.
(MY NOTE: Christ's perfect sinless once for all time sin offering. Fulfilled the laws required wage/price for sin [Rom 6:23] Jesus conquered & destroyed sins death grip, administered through old covenant law ordinances.)

We seize/access this new sin management covenant by faith [Rom 5:1-2] When we trust in Jesus' sin atoning death [sins required wage PAID] burial [proof Jesus died] & resurrection [Father God's receipt, sins required wage received & accepted - 1 Cor 15:1-4] Amen

Ps 37:28 For the Lord loves justice And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
(MY NOTE: The Lord doesn't forsake His saints/believers but PRESERVES them FOREVER!)

Heb 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
(MY NOTE: Christ obtained ETERNAL REDEMPTION for all believers)

Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.
(MY NOTE: Christ PERFECTED FOREVER all believers He has sanctified)

Heb 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
(MY NOTE: This new sin management blood covenant is EVERLASTING! Not just 1 year or until the next time to stumble or fall/sin)

Believer's sins are forgiven & washed away via an EVERLASTING COVENANT!

God created the old covenant; God cannot make mistakes. Matthew 5: 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. It saved man in sleep; they did not go to heaven until Christ was crucified. Matt 27:50-54 “Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, truly this was the Son of God.”

The Old Testament tells of God communicating with man through the flesh. The commandments were of the earth, symbolic of the spirit of God. God’s saving grace through forgiveness was symbolized by the blood of perfect animals, cutting of flesh symbolized spiritual circumcision.

Christ fulfilled all of these symbols. The symbols were not to be used any more, for Christ is the reality.

 

[FlyingDove]

God created the old covenant; God cannot make mistakes. Matthew 5: 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. It saved man in sleep; they did not go to heaven until Christ was crucified. Matt 27:50-54 “Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, truly this was the Son of God.”

The Old Testament tells of God communicating with man through the flesh. The commandments were of the earth, symbolic of the spirit of God. God’s saving grace through forgiveness was symbolized by the blood of perfect animals, cutting of flesh symbolized spiritual circumcision.

Christ fulfilled all of these symbols. The symbols were not to be used any more, for Christ is the reality.

OP doesn't claim nor imply God made a mistake.

It points out 2 sin management covenants:
1st) Physical/temporal (Mosaic). BTW everything in the physical is temporal. Even stars eventually run out of fuel.

2nd) Spiritual/eternal covenant. The risen Christ manages/administers a better/eternal sin management covenant.

Heb 9:12 He went once for all into the Holy Place [the Holy of Holies of heaven, into the presence of God], and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, having obtained and secured eternal redemption [that is, the salvation of all who personally believe in Him as Savior].

(MY NOTE: The old physical/temporal covenant is done & the new spiritual/eternal begins right here. When the risen Christ places His sinless God blood in heavens temple.

Find the Old to New chapter here:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+9&version=AMP

Perfect defined:

Matt 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Thayer's Greek Definition #5046 Perfect , [ teleioi ], or 'complete,'

Strong's Definition #5049 Perfect: teleios "having reached its end" (telos), "finished, complete, perfect

Mounce's Definition perfect: mature, finished

Vines dictionary Definition PERFECT: It is used thus of God in Matthew 5:48; (II) of "things, complete, perfect,

KJV Dictionary Definition PER'FECT, a. L. perfectus, perficio, to complete; per and facio, to do or make through, to carry to the end.
1. Finished; complete;

Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
(MY NOTE: Believers are complete/perfect in/thru Christ)

Acknowledge God "IS" & you have sinned against His sovereign rule & deserve heavens sin payment "DEATH'. Then place your faith in Christ's sin atoning death, burial & resurrection.

 

[Lifted_by_the_word]

This is 144,000 related.And all those who God had set aside throughout history.Anyone who wants to study the 144,000/Two Witnesses,study the remnant.When God gave the Levites a everlasting priesthood he kept his promise.It is through the remnant that his promise is delivered.

Numbers 25:10
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

The 144,000 will be from the Order of Melchizedek because they will have the fullness of Christ in them.To the people it will be like seeing Jesus in the flesh.

Leviticus 14:14-18

And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:

And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:

And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord:

And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:

And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.

I've talked about the right side of the body being made in the image of the new covenant.The right ear for spiritual hearing of the word,the right thumb for spiritual works,and the right big toe for your spiritual walk.

When you were at your lowest point in life and God held his hands out to you,how does he do it?through his word,his Covenants.
Face your palms out in front of you.You are looking at two living stone tablets.Place them side by side and you have yourself a Bible.

The remnant/144,000 will make atonement for the people and cleanse them through the word of God.His Two Witnesses of Revelation.
When Jesus died and the temple veil was torn in two,what happen to it?
One side was parted to the left and the other to the right.
If you want to walk past the veil and see the revelation of Jesus Christ,you need to be cleansed by the word of God.The curtain veil is the word of God.Aka the Bible.

 

[FlyingDove]

This is 144,000 related.And all those who God had set aside throughout history.Anyone who wants to study the 144,000/Two Witnesses,study the remnant.When God gave the Levites a everlasting priesthood he kept his promise.It is through the remnant that his promise is delivered.

Numbers 25:10
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

The 144,000 will be from the Order of Melchizedek because they will have the fullness of Christ in them.To the people it will be like seeing Jesus in the flesh.

Leviticus 14:14-18

And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:

And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:

And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord:

And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:

And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.

I've talked about the right side of the body being made in the image of the new covenant.The right ear for spiritual hearing of the word,the right thumb for spiritual works,and the right big toe for your spiritual walk.

When you were at your lowest point in life and God held his hands out to you,how does he do it?through his word,his Covenants.
Face your palms out in front of you.You are looking at two living stone tablets.Place them side by side and you have yourself a Bible.

The remnant/144,000 will make atonement for the people and cleanse them through the word of God.His Two Witnesses of Revelation.
When Jesus died and the temple veil was torn in two,what happen to it?
One side was parted to the left and the other to the right.
If you want to walk past the veil and see the revelation of Jesus Christ,you need to be cleansed by the word of God.The curtain veil is the word of God.Aka the Bible.

I see several problems with your assessment.

1) Under the law all priests had to be descendants from the tribe of Levi.

2) The 144,000 are 12,000 from each tribe.

3) The Num 25:10 promise you cited made to Phinehas (a Levite) continued as long as the Mosaic law was in effect.

4) Jesus was from the tribe of Judah

Christ's (the Lion from the Tribe of Judah Ren 5:5) priesthood is eternal & unchangeable (Heb 5:6, Ps 110:4). Christ's Priesthood doesn't pass from one to another. Christ's sacrifice is perpetual in both efficacy & virtue, in its ability to, not just cover one Nation's sins for 1 yr, but REMOVES ALL sin.

The risen Christ lives eternally to make intercession on behalf all believers from all nations & tongues (Heb 7:21)

Additionally:
A remnant is a portion of something left over from the whole. Remnant is used multiple time throughout OT scripture.

Here are a couple (there are several) NT remnant verses unrelated to the 144k

Rom 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Rom 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

I adamantly reject the ascertain that the 144,000 are THE remnant. Having said that you're free to believe & promote your heart, as am I. Best wishes, FD.

 

[Lifted_by_the_word]

I see several problems with your assessment.

1) Under the law all priests had to be descendants from the tribe of Levi.

2) The 144,000 are 12,000 from each tribe.

3) The Num 25:10 promise you cited made to Phinehas (a Levite) continued as long as the Mosaic law was in effect.

4) Jesus was from the tribe of Judah

Christ's (the Lion from the Tribe of Judah Ren 5:5) priesthood is eternal & unchangeable (Heb 5:6, Ps 110:4). Christ's Priesthood doesn't pass from one to another. Christ's sacrifice is perpetual in both efficacy & virtue, in its ability to, not just cover one Nation's sins for 1 yr, but REMOVES ALL sin.

The risen Christ lives eternally to make intercession on behalf all believers from all nations & tongues (Heb 7:21)

Additionally:
A remnant is a portion of something left over from the whole. Remnant is used multiple time throughout OT scripture.

Here are a couple (there are several) NT remnant verses unrelated to the 144k

Rom 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Rom 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

I adamantly reject the ascertain that the 144,000 are THE remnant. Having said that you're free to believe & promote your heart, as am I. Best wishes, FD.

All the Levites were set apart as a remnant. God's intention was to never give the Levite's a everlasting priesthood but it was intended for the remnant.Scripture backs this up.Just look at Zechariah 4 when it speaks of the Two Witnesses.Zerubbabel finishes rebuilding the temple because he is a remnant.And the chapter before that,Joshua is set before the stone with 7 eyes and the iniquity is removed in 1 day. Joshua was set aside a remnant also.

When Jesus rules on the mercy seat of your heart,you are in effect a king and priest in the order of Melchizedek.Makes you think about the type of life we live and how we act on CC.

 

[FlyingDove]

The 144,000 & who they are IMO:

Matt 27:53 calls them 1st fruits. I say 1st to die on Christ's behalf & 1st (after Jesus) to resurrect.

Rev 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

This verse clearly says; from ALL the tribes (priests had to be from the Levi Tribe) of the children of Israel/Jacob.

Rev 7:5-8 confirm 12,000 x 12 tribes - 144,000 - Not Just Levite's

Gen 32:28 God changed Jacob's name to Israel. The 12 tribes of Israel are Jacob's sons. Each son receives a land portion (except Levi they become the priesthood) Joseph receives a double portion of land (Gen 48:2) And divides it between his 2 sons Ephraim & Manasseh.

Rev 14:
1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
(MY NOTE: 144k standing with the Lamb/Christ having Gods name written in them)

3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
(MY NOTE: These 144k were redeemed from the earth)

4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb.
(MY NOTE: Redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb)

Parsing vs 4
(A) 144k which were not defiled with women = ALL VIRGINS)
(B) They all follow the Lamb wherever he goes)
(C) These 144k were redeemed from among men)
(D) Being first fruits (plural) onto God & to the Lamb. These were the 1st to die on Christ's behalf)

Matt 2:
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were """in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts""" thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
(MY NOTE: Rereading vs 16: Herod doesn't kill the male children under 2 in Bethlehem only. He has every 2 yr & under killed in ALL THE COASTS THEREOF.

17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
(MY NOTE: Herod's treacherous actions fulfil an OT prophecy)

18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Rev 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
(MY NOTE: The 144k were all virgins without fault & in their mouth was found NO GUILE. All 2 years or younger)

Jer 31:
15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
(MY NOTE: The LORD said don't weep, the children will come again)

17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
(MY NOTE: The LORD said thy children shall come again to their own border)

1 Cor 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
(MY NOTE: Christ is resurrected 1st)

Matt 27:50 Jesus dies, 51 the Temple is ripped in two, 52 Graves are opened, 53 After Jesus resurrection MANY CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE! I say those 1sts to be killed are the 1st fruits of the many to resurrect after Jesus.

Synopsys:

In an attempt to stop God's coming King. Herod ruthlessly murders babies in every Israeli Tribe. The LORD say's don't cry the children will return. All the babies Herod kills are VIRGINS, none of these have spoken any GUILE. I say the 1st of many to be seen following behind Jesus out of the graves after his resurrection. (Matt 27:50-51)

This is what it looks like to me. Others can see & believe, whatever they see & believe.

 

[oyster67]

Believer's sins are forgiven & washed away via an EVERLASTING COVENANT!

Amen! Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophecies and the true image of what the OT priests symbolized.

 

[FlyingDove]

Amen! Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophecies and the true image of what the OT priests symbolized.

AMEM & Amen