The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God Quotes

“Truly, Christ’s glory begins with the purifying power of his priestly sacrifice. It continues with the high priest enthroned in heaven, who lives to intercede for his household. And it extends to all the earth as he sends the gospel throughout creation.”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

“God created Adam to serve as a priest and to have rule over the earth. The priests and kings of Israel, taken by themselves, recover only “half” of what Adam lost by his disobedience. Like Adam, God gave Israel the chance to be a “royal priesthood” if they kept the covenant (Ex. 19:1–8). Yet, because the nation broke God’s covenant, Israel proved themselves unfit to be a royal priesthood. Nevertheless, what God promised conditionally to Israel, Christ fulfilled perfectly.”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

“Priests are consecrated mediators between God and his covenant people, who stand to serve at God’s altar (1) sanctifying God’s Holy Place, (2) sacrificing God’s offerings, and (3) speaking God’s covenant.4”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

“defining what a priest is, Hebrews 5 gives a clear starting point: Priests are consecrated mediators between God and his covenant people who stand to serve at God’s altar and bring sacrifices to atone for sin.”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

“Despite the “separation of powers” between the priestly tribe of Levi and the royal tribe of Judah, we discover royal sons who bring sacrifices to the altar. This combination of priest and king goes back to Adam and Melchizedek. And looking in the other direction, the prophets tell of a son of David who will be priest (Ps. 110) and a priest who will sit on the throne (Zech. 6:9–15).”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

“Righteousness is what Christ grants his people by means of his covenantal obedience, sacrificial death, victorious resurrection, and heavenly intercession. In other words, through the various phases of Christ’s priesthood, the glory of God is fully revealed. And not just revealed but given. Whereas Moses’s priestly ministry displayed God’s glory from a distance, the greater ministry of Christ clothes his people with righteousness, as the greater high priest brings many sons to glory (Heb. 2:9–10; cf. Rom. 8:29–31).”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

“The ancient glory of exodus cannot display God’s glory without the final revelation of God in Christ. As the New Testament explains, God designed the exodus to foreshadow the later glory of Christ. As Paul puts it, Moses’s face shone with glory when he descended from Sinai (2 Cor. 3:7), but this glory paled in comparison to Christ’s.”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

“Because the church of Jesus Christ is called to share in his vocation of priesthood (1 Pet. 2:5, 9; Rev. 5:9–10), learning what priests do is essential for discipleship.”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

“These cultural icons are the priests of our secular age, and they bestow glory on all who draw near to them, wear their signature brands, and enter their temples. Nevertheless, their “priestly” services only mislead their followers from true glory, even as they confirm a basic truth—fallen humanity requires priestly intervention to restore the glory we were made to receive and reflect.”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

“From the athletic arena to the concert stage to the IMAX theater, countless worshipers flock to experience the glory of sport, song, and cinema. As Jamie Smith has observed, venues like these provide a series of secular temples complete with their own idolatrous liturgies.”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

“Righteousness is what Christ grants his people by means of his covenantal obedience, sacrificial death, victorious resurrection, and heavenly intercession.”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

“one of the great advances in evangelical biblical scholarship over the past few generations has been the recovery of biblical theology—that is, a renewed appreciation for the Bible as a theologically unified, historically rooted, progressively unfolding, and ultimately Christ-centered narrative of God’s covenantal work in our world to redeem sinful humanity.”
― David S. Schrock, The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God