{"id":16,"date":"2006-07-07T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-07T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strivetoenter.com\/wim\/?p=16"},"modified":"2006-07-07T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-07T08:42:00","slug":"isnt-the-priesthood-in-the-ot-proof-that-god-uses-only-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2006\/07\/07\/isnt-the-priesthood-in-the-ot-proof-that-god-uses-only-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Isn&#8217;t the Priesthood in the OT proof that God uses only men?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Q: Isn&#8217;t the fact that God only chose men for the Priesthood in the Old Testament proof that God only uses men in leadership? After all the Priesthood is equivalent to the Pastorhood in the church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A: Although God originally started with only one tribe in Israel for the Priesthood and only the men from that one tribe were eligible, his intention was not for the Priesthood to stay with only one tribe and only the men. In Exodus 19:5-8, God makes a covenant with the nation of Israel.<!--more--> He says that if they obey his covenant, he will make them a holy nation and a kingdom of priests to him. In verse 6, God says that Moses is to speak to the &#8220;sons of Israel&#8221;. The Hebrew word here means in the widest sense that includes the entire nation of Israel. So the priesthood was not meant to stay with only one tribe and with only the men. The priesthood was meant to extend to the entire nation.<\/p>\n<p>We too as the church have been given the privilege of being a kingdom of priests. This is not limited to the men, but women as well are part of the priesthood. The historic Christian teaching is that the priesthood of the believers extends to every member of the body of Christ. 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