Man’s original call to be priests, which was gradually lost as a result of the Fall, was restored when God gave Israel the Torah at Sinai and called His people to be “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Ex. 19:6 NIV). This was emphasized with the coming of Jesus and the establishment of the New Covenant. The apostle Peter wrote that we are “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation” (1 Pet. 2:9).
