Restoration of the Priesthood

The Priesthood

HEBREWS CHAPTER 9
1 Now even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary.
2 For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is
called the holy place.
3 And behind the second veil, there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,
4 having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding
the manna, and Aaron's rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant.
5 And above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; but of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
6 Now when these things have been thus prepared, the priests are continually entering the outer tabernacle, performing the
divine worship,
7 but into the second only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the
sins of the people committed in ignorance.
8 The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed, while the outer tabernacle is still
standing,
9 which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper
perfect in conscience,
10 since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.

Chapter 9 Verses 1-10 explain the earthly priesthood.
11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;
12 and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having
obtained eternal redemption.
13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify for the
cleansing of the flesh,
14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your
conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Verses 11-14 explains Christ priesthood. Notice verse 12, " once for all, having obtained eternal redemption."

15 And for this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that since a death has taken place for the redemption of
the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the
eternal inheritance.
16 For where a covenant is, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it.
17 For a covenant is valid only when men are dead, for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.
18 Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.
19 For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of the
calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
20 saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you."
21 And in the same way he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood.
22 And according to the Law, one may almost say all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no
forgiveness.
23 Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things
themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24 For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in
the presence of God for us;
25 nor was it that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood not his own.
26 Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the
ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Verse 15 Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant.

27 And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time for salvation without
reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.

HEBREWS CHAPTER 10
1 For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never by the same
sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer
have had consciousness of sins?
3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year.
4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering Thou hast not desired, but a body Thou hast
prepared for me;
6 In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin Thou hast taken no pleasure.
7 "Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in the roll of the book it is written of me) to do Thy will, O God.'"
8 After saying above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin Thou hast not desired, nor hast
Thou taken pleasure in them (which are offered according to the Law),
9 then He said, "Behold, I have come to do Thy will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.
10 By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins;
12 but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,
13 waiting from that time onward until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet.
14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws upon their heart, and upon
their mind I will write them," He then says
17 "And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more."
18 Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin.

Verses 16-18 Notice the New Covenant is not being under the law of the Old Testament. This is different.

19 Since therefore, brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,
21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and
our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;
24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,
25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another and all the more, as you
see the day drawing near.
26 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
27 but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries.
28 Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded
as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge His people."
31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,
33 partly, by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those
who were so treated.
34 For you showed sympathy to the prisoners, and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for
yourselves a better possession and an abiding one.
35 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
37 For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay.
38 But My righteous one shall live by faith; and if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.
END OF CHAPTER

So here is what we have, the Aaronic priesthood and the Mosaic Law ended. They were replaced because they were not
complete. Man had to go through a priest to God and the priest had to continually offer sacrifices which were not complete or
sufficient. Christ offered himself once for all time and his priesthood is after the order of the Melchidezek which is everlasting.
Jesus is our High Priest forever.
The Levitical or Aaronic priesthood passed away. Jesus Christ who still is our High Priest took its place when he offered his
sacrifice in our behalf once and for all time.
What need is there to restore then what God done away with?

The Priesthood's purpose was for a way in which man could come to God. For this there had to be a blood offering Hebrews
9:22. Well Christ done this once for all time. I would like to remind you that only the Levites could hold the priesthood. (All
Mormons are not Levites)
Paul mentions the New Covenant in 2 Cor 3:6 "who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but
of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life".

The new covenant is the message of the grace in Christ.

Matt 26:28 "for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins."

The letter kills but the spirit gives life. The letter stands for the whole Mosaic law. It kills because in and of its self it could not
give life.

Acts 13:39 "and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law
of Moses."

The law was to define sin and make man conscious of it, this made man legally guilty.

Gal 3:21-25 Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to
impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law. But the Scripture has shut up all men under sin, that the
promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the
law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, that
we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

1 Tim 1:9 realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous man, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the
ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers