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Thank you. Thank you. Well, good morning everyone. Welcome to Mountain Baptist Church. Take your song books and turn to song 193. Song 193. And your song books will sing, You May Have the Joy Bells. And if you would stand, we'll sing song 193. You may have the joy bells ringing in your heart. And a peace that from you never will depart. Walk the straight and narrow way and live for Jesus every day. He will keep the joy bells ringing in your heart. Joy bells ringing in your heart. Joy bells ringing in your heart. Take the Savior here below with you everywhere you go. He will keep the joy bells ringing in your heart. Love of Jesus in its fullness you may know. And this love to those around you sweetly show. Words of kindness always say. Deeds of mercy to each day. Then he'll keep the joy bells ringing in your heart. Joy bells ringing in your heart. Joy bells ringing in your heart. Take the Savior here below with you everywhere you go. Then he'll keep the joy bells ringing in your heart. You will meet with trials as you journey home. Grace sufficient he will give you to overcome. Though unseen by mortal eye, he is with you every night. And he'll keep the joy bells ringing in your heart. Joy bells ringing in your heart. Joy bells ringing in your heart. Take the Savior here below with you everywhere you go. And he'll keep the joy bells ringing in your heart. Let your life speak well of Jesus every day. Own his right to every service you can pay. Sinners you can help to win if your life is pure and clean. And he'll keep the joy bells ringing in your heart. Joy bells ringing in your heart. Joy bells ringing in your heart. Take the Savior here below with you everywhere you go. And he'll keep the joy bells ringing in your heart. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, Lord, again, we just want to thank you, God, for a beautiful Sunday morning you've given us to me and your house and to hear your word. Preach, I pray, Lord, now that you would just be with our pastor and fill him with your power and spirit. We love you, for it's in Jesus' name we ask all, amen. You may be seated and take your Mountain Baptist Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Song books, the blue folders there in your row there. Mountain Baptist Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs books, and turn to page number seven. Page number seven in your song books. We'll sing Psalm 117 on page number seven. Oh, praise the Lord, all ye nations. Praise him, all ye people, for his merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endure forever. Praise ye the Lord, praise ye the Lord. Amen, and we'll welcome Mountain Baptist Church on this Sunday morning. And just some announcements here. We have all our church services this week should be normal, and so we'll have our afternoon service at 4 p.m. Before that we'll have our soul winning time at 1 p.m. So if you want to go out soul winning with us, get some lunch, come back here, meet up a little before that. We'll get teamed up to go out soul winning. And then on the regional soul winning times, I know that I think Monday is not happening this week. And then Saturday, Brother Wade is out gallivanting in Iceland and all over the place. But be in prayer for him, actually. He's traveling, obviously. But just be on church group there. I know Brother Nick sometimes will go out on Saturdays. So we'll just be on the lookout on the church group there as far as regional times go. And then upcoming events. We have the prayer meeting, so obviously today we're trying again to do the women's prayer meeting between the services. Well, more so after the men go out soul winning, the ladies can have the prayer meeting there. We'll see how it works out. And then the men's prayer meeting will be on Friday, so on the 23rd. And then on the back of your bulletin there, we have our chapter memory for the month is Jonah chapter 1. And so this month is Jonah chapter 1, and then next month will be Jonah chapter 2. And obviously we're going to go memorize the whole book of Jonah. So it's a pretty small book. Each chapter is pretty small. So this is a good one if you've never memorized the book of the Bible. This will be a good one to do. And so if you want to join in that. And then Hebrews 13-8 is our memory verse for the week. Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever. And so a good memory verse there. And so kids, remember you get a piece of candy if you can memorize this verse. And so it's not a long one. So you might be able to give that one today if you want. And then birthdays. I'm not sure who we have not gotten in the past. But as far as birthdays today, we have Taylor's birthday today. Lily's birthday today. Is that right? You guys have the same birthday? And then Henry's is tomorrow. And Charles is on Tuesday. Man, we got a lot. And then Eve on Tuesday as well. So yeah, we have a lot of birthdays. Well happy birthday everybody. So we'll sing happy birthday to all these before we do our next song. And then on the pregnancy list there, be in prayer for Anastasia and Tabby this month. And so, and then I think it's okay to say right that you guys are set for Thursday, all else. If the baby doesn't come before that. So, but be in prayer for Tabby and the Yanny family there. And then obviously Anastasia. We're praying there for these babies. And then Crystal, obviously we want to pray for her. Her due date's in August. And I think that's about all I have for announcements that I can think of right now. The offering box is in the back there if you want to give a tithe or an offering. The mother baby room is for the mothers and babies only. Brother David, you're reading this morning, right? So Haggai, chapter one. So Haggai, the minor prophet. And then so after the songs, Brother David will come up and read Haggai for us. All right, take your song books and turn to song 293. I'm sorry, 292. There we go. This is one page over. Song 292, we'll sing his way with thee. But before we do that, we need to sing happy birthday to the birthday people. We have, let's see, Taylor, Lily, Henry, Charles, and Eve. All right. Everybody knows the drill. Lily, you don't have a choice. There you go. Henry, stand up, Henry. There you go. He knows the Gandy way. He has to stand up for everybody to see him. Don't worry about him. Daddy has the same problem. And Taylor, I'm glad you got it. There you go. Charles was giving the evil eye. You're up. That's good. And Eve. Okay, so how old is everybody going to be? 25, 17. You guys are that today. Henry, six. Eve, what? Eve, how old are you? How old are you, Eve? Two. Good job. And 50. Good night in the morning. Oh, man. Dang. Start drinking more milk. Dang, bro. I was surprised you could stand that long. Oh, man. I got like six more in the in the chamber right here. Anyway. All right. Well, happy birthday to you all. And we'll sing happy birthday to everyone. And right here we go. Right. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday. God bless you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you all. And we'll sing song 292. Would you live for Jesus and be always pure and good? Would you walk with him within the narrow road? Would you have him bear your burden, carry all your load? Let him have his way with me. His power can make you what you want to be. His blood can cleanse your heart and make you free. His love can fill your soul and you will see. T'was best for him to have his way with me. Would you have him make you free and follow at his call? Would you know the peace that comes by giving all? Would you have him save you so that you can never fall? Let him have his way with thee. His power can make you what you ought to be. His blood can cleanse your heart and make you free. His love can fill your soul and you will see. T'was best for him to have his way with thee. Would you in his kingdom find a place of constant rest? Would you prove him true in providential test? Would you have his labor always at your best? Let him have his way with thee. His power can make you what you ought to be. His blood can cleanse your heart and make you free. His love can fill your soul and you will see. T'was best for him to have his way with thee. All right, if you would take your Bibles, turn to the book of Haggai, chapter number one. Haggai, chapter number one in your Bibles. And we'll have Brother David read that for us. Haggai, chapter one, if you found your place, amen. And the Bible reads, in the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, and his irreparable, the son of Sealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josadeh, the high priest, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house be built. Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you, O ye, to draw in your sealed houses, and this house lie waste? Now therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye a raise, ye have sown much, and bring in little. Ye eat, but ye have not enough. Ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink. Ye clothe you, but there is none room, and ye that earneth rages, earneth rages to put in a bag with holes. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye a raise, Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build a house, and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord. Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little, and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why, saith the Lord of hosts, Because of mine house, that is waste, and ye run every man into his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from fruit. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon man, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands. Then Zerubbabel the son of Ceolteel, and Joshua the son of Jostedek the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, and the Lord their God had sent them, and the people did fear before the Lord. Then spake Haggai the Lord's messenger, and the Lord's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord. And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Ceolteel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jostedek the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, in the fourth and twentieth day of the sixth month, and the second year of Darius the king. Let's pray. Dear Lord, I thank you for this opportunity to come back to your house, pray that you feel past with your spirit, and help us all to be identified. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. So you're there in Haggai, chapter one, and I was reading through Haggai, and something that just kind of sticks out to me when I'm reading through there is kind of this trifecta, if you will, of prophet, priest, and king. And so we see, if you look at verse one there, it's going to show that there's three different individuals here, they have three different offices, but Haggai, one there says, in the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jostedek the high priest, saying, thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, this people say, the time has not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built. Now this whole book is dealing with the fact that basically the building of the house of the Lord was paused, if you read through Ezra and Nehemiah, you'll see the fact that there's always enemies of the Lord with them either building the house of the Lord, or building the wall, and where they start doing it, and then they're stopped, and then there's another decree that comes out. But basically they paused building the house of the Lord when they could, and this whole book is kind of dealing with that. But the thing that I want to point out, is this idea that Haggai the prophet, Zerubbabel the governor, and Joshua is the high priest. So there's three individuals, three different offices, and what I want to really preach on is the fact that Jesus is prophet, priest, and king. So there's three individuals that are assuming these different offices, but the Lord Jesus actually is going to be, he's all three. He's prophet, priest, and king. And if you look at verse 12 there of Haggai 1, it says, then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jostech the high priest, and all the remnant of the people who obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord. And you see the same kind of three that are mentioned there. Now that's not to say that obviously there wasn't other prophets besides Haggai. Obviously at that time you had Ezra, and you had others as well during that time. But in this book here we kind of see this trifecta if you will. And the same thing in Zechariah. You'll see the same thing. You'll see Joshua the son of Jostedek the high priest. You'll see Zerubbabel being mentioned. And so, you know, governor, you know, obviously in this case we're dealing with the fact that they're still under kind of rule, right? They're under the Persian rule at this point. So, you know, governor, king, you know, a lot of times in the Bible they'll talk about, those are obviously the superior authorities. They're the ones that are leading in that executive kind of branch there. The Bible also uses, you know, deals with kind of a, you know, three when it comes to the fact that God is king, he's the judge, and he's also the law giver. And even in our country we have that three branch system when it comes to our former government, which is you have the executive branch, would be like the king, right? And then you have the judicial branch, the judge, right? And then you have the legislative branch, which is obviously where you'd make the laws, right? So a lot of times you see this kind of trinities of events there when it comes to how the government's set up or just in these offices of the Old Testament, or of the nation of Israel in this case. But in the New Testament Jesus is all three of these, okay? And I just want to prove that to you and show you that he's prophet, priest, and king. And the one thing that you'll usually see, and I'll be getting to, is that the one that you don't see being mixed in the Old Testament is the priest and the king being mixed together. And what we'll be getting into is this kind of royal priesthood. A big difference between the Old Testament and New Testament is this kind of royal priesthood, if you will, of Jesus and the New Testament and everything. But let me just show you, first of all, that it was promised that a prophet was to come, okay? And that prophet is Jesus. Now, Jesus isn't just a prophet, right? So when you look at Islam and all that, they'll say that Jesus is a prophet. It's like, well, yeah, he is, obviously. He's the greatest prophet to ever come, but that's not all he is, right? He's obviously not just a man. He's God in the flesh. But he is the greatest prophet to ever walk on the face of the earth and even greater than John the Baptist, right? I mean, John the Baptist was the greatest prophet to be born of a woman, right? But go to Deuteronomy chapter 18, and what I want to show you is that the Old Testament is foreshadowing or basically foretelling of the fact that Jesus is going to be a prophet, priest, and king, okay? And so in Deuteronomy 18 and verse 15, so this is more kind of maybe like a Bible study, but the thing is that there is, it does show a big distinction between the Old Testament and New Testament as far as how things are set up. Deuteronomy 18 and verse 15, it says, the Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, okay? Of thy brethren, like unto me, unto him ye shall hearken. So he's basically stating who this prophet's going to be, and notice that it says, the Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, unto him ye shall hearken. Now, who's speaking here? Moses is speaking, right? So this prophet is going to be like Moses, and obviously you can think about the fact that, okay, Moses is the most meek and lowly man upon the earth, and Jesus says, I am meek and lowly, all of that, right? So you can definitely see how it's like under Moses, obviously a great leader, all of that. But keep reading there, it says, and according to all that thou desirest of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more that I die not. And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee. So now God's speaking and saying, because if you remember when they went through the mountain, if you remember, they're like, we don't want to hear it. They were afraid. Once they heard the Ten Commandments from the Lord himself, they're like, we don't want to hear any more, and then that's where Moses had to be that intercessor to basically tell them everything else that God said. But during that time, he's stating that he's going to raise up a prophet like unto Moses, and so you see Moses saying that, like unto me, meaning Moses is saying that, but then the Lord is saying, like unto thee, talking about Moses, right? And so, but keep reading there, and it says, And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words, which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. Now you could look through the book of John where he says, the words that I speak are not my words, but the words of him that sent me, right? And the idea of, obviously he speaks the words of the Father, and he's coming, I came in my Father's name, and others shall come in his own name, name him you will receive, right? So this is talking about how Jesus is going to come, and you can see how he's going to be like Moses, but he's also coming in the name of the Father, he's coming in the name of God, right? And he's going to speak the words, which God gives him. Now obviously we know the Trinity, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, so obviously Jesus is God, but there is a hierarchy in the fact that Jesus obviously submits his will unto the will of the Father, the Holy Spirit submits his will unto the Son, and there's perfect unity within the Godhead when it comes to that. Now go to Acts chapter 3, because we're going to see that this is obviously attributed to Jesus. Because you could look at this and be like, well is this talking about Jesus? Is this just talking about some other prophet that's going to come along the line, right? Because you could say that, right? You could say, well, you know, there's obviously prophets that came up later, maybe there was another prophet that was like Moses that was going to come up. So Acts chapter 3, we're going to see that this is clearly talking about Jesus, and obviously when you have the New Testament, hindsight's 20-20, Now Acts chapter 3 and verse 22, it says, For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me. Him shall ye hear, and all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people. Yea, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. So it's basically like, this is what Moses said, but this isn't just the only place, right? I mean, this is obviously, there's throughout from Samuel, everywhere else, this is being spoken of by all the prophets. It says, Ye are the children of the prophets and of the covenant, which God made with your fathers, with our fathers, saying unto Abraham and in thy seed, shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Unto you first God, having raised up his son Jesus, sent him to bless you, and turning away every one of you from his iniquities. So this is clearly talking about the Son of God, Jesus that came in the flesh, that is the prophet which was for to come. I mean, Stephen even brings this up in his sermon, right? So if you think about like highlights of the history of the patriarchs, and the history of Israel, if you think about it, when Stephen is bringing up these points, he's kind of highlighting stuff, right? He's talking about the fact that Joseph was sold into Egypt, and then the second time he was discovered unto his brethren, they went down to Egypt, and he's kind of giving highlights of everything, and this is a highlight that's brought up when it comes to what Moses said in Acts chapter 7 verse 37. Go to Acts chapter 7 verse 37. Acts chapter 7 verse 37. So not only obviously in Acts chapter 3, is this passage in Deuteronomy being equated with Jesus, but Stephen's bringing it up, because obviously he's preaching Jesus, right? Stephen, the whole point of the sermon that he's preaching to them, if you will, or basically just the diatribe that he's on, ripping their face off, is the fact to prove that they are resisting the Holy Ghost, and that Jesus is the Christ, and they obviously rejected him. But in verse 37 here it says, this is that Moses which said unto the children of Israel, a prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me, him shall ye hear. So this is, and you say, well, okay, you know, obviously believers understand this, but were they actually looking for a prophet to come? Well, go to John chapter 1, and I'll show you that it was one of those things that the leaders were looking for a prophet to come, for that prophet specifically that I believe Moses was talking about. In John chapter 1, before it even gets to what I'm going to show you here, it says that the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ, and Moses and Jesus are being compared a lot. You know, obviously Jesus is greater than Moses, but when you deal with Moses, he's dealing with the Old Testament, right, the law that was given, and he's attributed to the law, whereas Jesus is attributed to the New Testament, to grace and all that. Now obviously everybody was always saved by grace, because Jesus is the lamb slain from the foundation of the world, right. He was before ordained, you know, it talks about being before ordained, but manifesting these last times for you, right. God regarded it as if he had already done it, but it wasn't until 2,000 years ago that he actually achieved what he said he was going to do. Okay, so now, so just to prove to you that the Jews and Israel were looking for that prophet, I want you to notice the language that's used here in John 1 verse 19, just to give you context who's speaking here. It says, and this is the record of John. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, who art thou? So obviously we're talking about leaders here, they're sending priests, they're sending Levites, right. And they're asking John who he is. And it says, and he confessed and denied not, but confessed, I am not the Christ. So basically he's just straight up telling him, I'm not the Christ, right. And in the whole, obviously in John he's basically saying, I am sent before him, obviously, one cometh after me, whose shoes lash, and I'm not worthy to unloose, right. So obviously Jesus is greater than him, and even in John chapter 3 it says, he must increase but I must decrease. So he never even gave a hint that he was the Christ and actually openly said that he was not the Christ, okay. But in verse 21 it says, and they asked him, what then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, no. And the question you have to ask yourself is, who's that prophet, right? Because when Jesus asks the question to his disciples, does who the men say that I am, right. And they'll say, well some say Elias, some say Jeremiah, or one of the prophets, right. These guys came there and they said, art thou Elias? Because they knew that Elijah was supposed to come before the great and terrible day of the Lord, right. And, but then they say, are you that prophet? Well who's that prophet? Well it's the prophet that was foretold to come that was gonna be like unto Moses. And then keep reading there, it says, then said they unto him, who art thou? That we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet, Elias. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees, and they asked him and said unto him, why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet. So it's very clear that they were looking for that prophet that was foretold. And the Bible's very clear to show us that Jesus is that prophet that was foretold, okay. So it's very clear that he is the prophet. Now there's many prophets in the Bible, but there's the prophet, okay. There is the ultimate prophet, which is the Lord Jesus Christ. Now also, Jesus, you probably know this, but go to Hebrew chapter three, but he's also called the apostle, okay. Now if you think about it, an apostle, when you think about, you say, okay, well, why are you equating this? Well, the whole Bible, it talks about how the scripture and foretelling things of the prophets and of the apostles. And obviously in the Old Testament, you're dealing with the prophets, right. You're dealing with Moses, you're dealing with Isaiah, going down the line to all the different prophets, right. But then in the New Testament, you're dealing with the apostles, okay. And there were prophets, even in the New Testament there, as far as like Agabus, who was prophesying the dearth and all these different things that were going on at that time. But there was the apostles, and they were kind of like the, they were first in the church. And they were the ones to where God was inspiring to write down the New Testament, whereas the prophets in the Old Testament, obviously, were moved by the Holy Ghost, and they were, you know, writing down scripture as well. And so, anyway, all I have to say is that in Hebrew chapter three and verse one, it says, wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. Notice how, and if you kept reading there, too, is that there's a comparison there of Moses and Jesus. And why? Because, well, he's that prophet that was gonna be like unto Moses, but he's greater than Moses, right. And so you can see how all the prophets, the greatest attributes of all the prophets are culminated in our Savior. You think of Moses and the fact that he's meek and lowly, but you think of just the power of Elijah, you know, like the power, and just different things about all the different prophets. All the great attributes of each prophet, that's the prophet, right. That's who Jesus is. And so he is the prophet, but he's also the high priest, okay. And go to Psalm 110, Psalm 110. So what I wanna show you is one, you know, the Old Testament scripture that would foretell of it, but also the New Testament, where it's stating that Jesus is that. So he's the high priest of the New Testament. Psalm 110, verse four, Psalm 110, verse four. It says, the Lord has sworn and will not repent, thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. So this is foretelling that he's going to make someone a priest that's gonna be a priest forever, okay. So that's what you have to understand here is that in Hebrews, you're dealing with the fact that priests are constantly dying, right. You know, obviously they're not suffered to continue because by reason of death, they're all sinners, right. We're all sinners, so therefore, you know, they all die. But this priest, that's going to be not after Aaron, but after the order of Melchizedek, okay. So this Melchizedek, what's interesting, what we're gonna see that's interesting about him is that he was not only a priest, but he was also a king, okay. And so that's what we're gonna see here is that the New Testament, when we're dealing with this priest, is that he's also king. And that's something that you don't find in the Old Testament. You'll actually see a stark separation between priest and king. In the New Testament, what you're gonna see is something called the royal priesthood. And so go to Hebrews chapter two, and I don't have all the verses in here because Hebrews is just constantly like, hi priest, hi priest, hi priest after your order of Melchizedek. So if I don't mention one, they'll be like, well pastor, you missed one. My sermons are already long enough as it is. I don't wanna read the whole book of Hebrews. But I do wanna show you some though where it's obviously referring to Jesus as the high priest and specifically that he's the priest after you order of Melchizedek and where it just specifically quotes Psalm 110. So there's just no doubt, obviously, that that prophecy is talking about the Lord Jesus, okay. Now in Hebrew chapter two and verse 16, it says, verily he took not on him the nature of angels, but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore, in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted. Now the thing to kind of notice there is that when he says I'm gonna send you a prophet, that's like unto me, he says, of thy brethren. Right, do you notice that this prophet is going to be of your stock. He's gonna basically be, why? Because Jesus Christ was God in the flesh, right. He was born of a woman, made of a woman, made under the law, and that that prophet was not just going to be a prophet that's like Moses, but that he's going to be of their brethren, that he's gonna be of the stock of Israel. Specifically of the tribe Judah, and more specifically of David, okay. And that the same thing dealing with the priesthood here is that the big thing that's being mentioned here is that he's of the seed of Abraham and that he is flesh and blood and that he is this high priest that is flesh and blood of the seed of Abraham, okay. And so when you're talking about prophet, priest, and king, it's all dealing with the fact that hey, he's not, obviously God could say that in general, right. But we're talking about the fact that he is God in the flesh that's prophet, priest, and king, okay. And that this is being fulfilled through Christ. Melchizedek couldn't say that, okay. Because he had not, now I believe Melchizedek is Jesus, okay. I believe he's a pre-Old Testament appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ, but he did not have, he did not have a physical descent, okay. And that's the big difference between Melchizedek before the Old Testament and all that to Jesus in the New Testament is the fact that he actually was born of the Virgin Mary, he took on flesh and blood, and he was made in fashion and likeness of men and made of the seed of Abraham, right, and that he took on flesh and blood. So that's the big difference that you'll see there. And so go to Hebrews chapter four, Hebrews chapter four and verse 14. Hebrews chapter four and verse 14. I could do a whole sermon on Melchizedek and I think I have, you know, in the past, but I just kind of want to get a refresher here and just see some verses on this. Hebrews chapter four and verse 14, it says, Seeing then that we have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens, Jesus, the son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. So we see that Jesus is obviously made in the likeness of sinful flesh, but it says in him is no sin, he did no sin, he knew no sin, there is neither God found in his mouth, and that he was tempted in all points like as we are. He was found in fashion as a man, and is made in the likeness of men, but, you know, he never sinned. And he is this high priest that, one, not only can make intercession for us, but he can also relate, we can be relatable to him, right? It says in Hebrews chapter five and verse five, Hebrews chapter five and verse five, Hebrews five and verse five, this is going to be getting into where it's actually bringing up the quotation, if you will, in verse five there, it says, So also Christ glorified not himself to be made in high priest, but he that said unto him, thou art my son, today have I begotten thee, as he saith also in another place, thou art a priest forever after you order Melchizedek. Now, thou art my son, today have I begotten thee, he's talking about the resurrection. You can go to Acts chapter 13, you'll see that it's clearly talking about the resurrection, that he is the first begotten of the dead, and when he was begotten from the dead, he was declared to be the son of God with power, and he is the high priest that took his blood to the mercy seat, and that's where Mary Magdalene wanted to embrace him, she's the first to see Jesus, and she wanted to embrace him, and he says, touch me not, for I have not yet ascended. And when he ascended, obviously later on, they handled him, right? And so he took his blood, and he went in with his own blood into the holiest of all, into the temple not made with hands, and sprinkled his blood upon the mercy seat, which is what the high priest did every year in the Old Testament with the blood of others, with the blood of bulls and goats, right? So you're dealing with the fact that the Old Testament pictured that, but Jesus was the true. So you have all these high priests that are down the line in the Old Testament, which were all to picture the true high priest, which was for to come, that is Jesus Christ, who was gonna go into heaven itself with his own blood. And look at verse 10 there, called of God and high priest after the order of Melchizedek, Hebrews chapter six and verse 19, Hebrews chapter six and verse 19, kind of going into that same thing, dealing with what he did as a high priest, it says, which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, which entereth into that within the veil, talking about the veil between the temple and the holiest of all, and the fact of, you know, going into where the mercy seat is at, whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus made a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Now go to chapter seven, because chapter seven, it really gets into all the ins and outs of the priesthood, as far as dealing with this after you order of Melchizedek, because it's gonna bring up Melchizedek. And I'm just gonna turn there, too, just because there might be other things I want to read there. But in verse one there, I just want you to see that it's just gonna talk about who Melchizedek is. It says, for this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him. Now this story is found in Genesis chapter 14, I believe, where basically Abraham goes to save Lot and Melchizedek meets him after Abraham and his men slaughter all the kings, right? So that being said is that Melchizedek meets him and it talks about how Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the spoils, right? He gave him a tenth of all. And this gets into the tithing, right? So tithing happened before the Old Testament. So that's why I believe tithing is still a New Testament thing, because it predates the Old Testament. It's just the Old Testament obviously took that same thing. Instead of tithing to Melchizedek, they tithe to the Levites, to the Levitical priesthood, right? So the priesthood went from Melchizedek, who was the high priest of the most high God, and then that moved over to the Levites, okay? And so when you're dealing with this, the way I, if you want to say, well, what's the difference between these three different priesthoods, if you will? Well, Melchizedek, look down at verse three. So talking about Melchizedek, it says he was the king of righteousness, the king of Salem, which is king of peace. One, you notice that he's king and priest, right? And what I'm gonna show you is that that was not to be a thing. That was not a thing in the Old Testament, okay? And I think on purpose it was not, okay? Now, notice what it says in verse three. Without father, without mother, okay? So that's something to think about there. Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God, abideth the priest continually, okay? So this Melchizedek didn't have a father, didn't have a mother, didn't have beginning of days or end of life. So who are you dealing with? You're dealing with God, is who you're dealing with. Specifically, the Son of God. And now, Jesus can't say that he's without mother, right? Because Mary is his mother, right? The Bible states that. And obviously we know that to be true. And obviously Jesus Christ was before Mary, right? He made Mary, right? So he's God. But his humanity, his flesh, his body, was made of a woman, okay? So the big difference between Melchizedek and Jesus is the fact that he's made of a woman, that he does have a descent, right? And his lineage goes all the way back to Adam, right? In Luke chapter three, his lineage from Mary, Mary's lineage goes all the way back to Adam. And so that is the big difference between Melchizedek and Jesus, okay? And then you had the Levitical priesthood, which is man. So if you want to think about it, priesthood, God completely, right? Old Testament, man completely. New Testament, man and God, combining the two. And the only way that you can have an intercessor is that you have that combination there, okay? And that you have to have that mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. Or God and man, the man Christ Jesus. There's one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. And so this is very important, obviously, as far as that goes. Now, obviously the Old Testament priests were there to picture, and most of everything that's in the Old Testament, outside of moral law, all the ordinances, the cardinal ordinances, the divers washings, the meats, the drinks, the clothing, everything they were doing, the temple, everything, was the picture of the true. To picture the ultimate, you know, true image of the very things, right? It's the image of the true, but not the very things themselves, right? And so the same thing dealt with the high priest. You know, what they wore, everything signified the true high priest. And so that's why, you know, if they didn't do it right, if they didn't do it right, they were put to death. They would die. And you see Nadab and Abihu dying. At the very beginning of the Old Testament, they're dead, because they were tainting that picture of the true. And so, but Hebrews 7 and verse 13 here, the thing that's interesting is that where was the priesthood in the Old Testament? Through Levi, but not just through Levi, through Kohath, but not just through Kohath, through Aaron, right? So it's very distinct of where the priests could come from. It wasn't just Levites, okay? You get into, you know, all that stuff that happened in the Old Testament where they were trying to serve Aaron's authority, and then you have Aaron's rod and abutted, and going into that, okay? But who did the Lord Jesus come through? What tribe? Judah. So Hebrews 7 verse 13, it says, For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. So it's just making this very clear that Moses and all that, they did not speak of anyone being of the priesthood that's not, or that's of Judah, okay? And it says, And it is yet far more evident, for that after the similitude of Melchizedek there arises another priest, who is made not after the law of a cardinal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testified, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek, for there is verily a disannulling of the commandment, of the commandment going before, for the weakness and unprofimableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did, by the which we draw nigh unto God. And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest, for those priests were made without an oath, but this with an oath, by him that said unto him, The Lord swear, and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek, by so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. So there's your Psalm 110, right? You're dealing with the fact that it's quoting it perfectly. You're dealing with the fact that it's even talking about the fact that this is by an oath, the Lord swear, and will not repent. Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. And so Jesus is no doubt the high priest that was to come. And we can see, obviously Hebrews chapter 7 deals with all the priests, really. Just from the beginning of time, what was going on? Because you say, well, what were they doing before the Old Testament, Melchizedek? You're like, well, you're dealing with over a thousand years. Well, you didn't have beginning of days nor end of life, so yeah. Yeah, that's how it worked. We don't have a lot of information, but it gets into that whole idea that we can't speak particularly about it. But I'll say this, is that where does it say that he had a beginning? Right? Where does it say he had an end? So obviously, I personally believe that from Adam to Moses, you had Melchizedek as the high priest. And then the Levitical priesthood went until when? Jesus died on the cross. And what happened the moment Jesus died on the cross? The veil was rent in the temple. And when Jesus rose again from the dead, he took his blood up to the mercy seat, went through the veil, and put his blood on the mercy seat, and he is the high priest forever after the Old Melchizedek. That is prophet, priest, and obviously, the thing that I want to get to, or let me just show you a story in the Old Testament, where priests and kings didn't mix, okay? Meaning the kings were not to do the priest's office, okay? Go to 2 Chronicles chapter 26. 2 Chronicles chapter 26, and this is Uzziah. Or Uzziah, however you want to say it. Uzziah the king, who's of Judah, okay? But we'll see what happens to him if he tries to do the priest's office. But what you don't see is you don't see a king of Levi, do you? You see kings of Benjamin, you see obviously Judah, and obviously all the kings of Judah were of Judah, and so I believe that was on purpose. I believe it was on purpose that the Levites were not chosen to be king, because this is reserved for the Lord Jesus. Like, well, Melchizedek was priest and king. Yeah, my point exactly. You know that that's the Son of God. He's made like unto the Son of God. And you say, well, what was made like unto the Son of God? His body. I'll be getting into, obviously I'm going to be kind of going into a story this afternoon on dealing with angels and devils and everything, but the idea that the Lord would appear in a body to Abraham and to other people. And so, but that body wasn't born into this world, right? It wasn't like born of a woman, okay? So the body was made like unto the Son of God, and that body had neither beginning nor end of life, didn't have descent, right? But they would look at Melchizedek like a person, okay? But I'd imagine that they probably looked at Melchizedek like a person, but not knowing when he came, where he came from, that type of thing. Or maybe they did know that, hey, this is the Lord. Because God did appear to men, you know, on the earth at that time in Genesis. But this story here in 2 Chronicles chapter 26 and verse 16, it says, But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction. This is talking about Uzziah the king, okay? For he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense. So Uzziah's not a horrible king, but he does make a crucial mistake here. He's not like one of those bad, he's not like Manasseh, or you know, like some of these kings that did horrible, horrible things. But this is, this is going to be really bad, and it doesn't end well with Uzziah because of this. So he goes into the temple of the Lord to burn incense. And Azariah, the priest, now the thing to know about this, if you're reading through Kings and you're reading through Chronicles, when you're dealing with Uzziah, his name is also Azariah, okay? So you'll get confused and be like, wait a minute, where's Uzziah? And you're like in 1 Kings, you know, or you're in 2 Kings, and you're reading about it. And you'll see this sometimes where they'll, instead of Jehoram, it'll be Joram. Because the king of Israel and the king of Judah are both the same name at the same time, right? And it'll kind of give you that little delineation. I think that it's no accident that it used his name Uzziah here when Azariah the priest is being talked about, okay? So anyway, that's just, that one's for free. When you're reading through the Kings, just be careful that sometimes Azariah is talking about the king Uzziah, okay? And it's not anything crazy for kings to have multiple names. Actually, it's not crazy for any of us to have multiple names because most of us have a middle name, and we have multiple names. So, but anyway, commercial break there. It says in verse 17, And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him forscore priests of the Lord that were valiant men. And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests, the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed. Neither shall it be for thine honor from the Lord, from the Lord God. So, and like I said, you know, it could be a coincidence that they have the same exact name, but this whole idea of priest and king not being intermingled there, I think that there is, this story's not there by accident. I think that this obviously has a meaning to it, is that that was not to mix. You are not to have the king doing the priest's office. And verse 19, I think, is where I left off. It says, Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even arose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord from beside the incense altar. So basically, he's rebuked, and then he's mad about it, okay? Now, if he would have just walked out, maybe this wouldn't have happened. If he just would have been like, you're right, it's not my job, I'm out, right? And maybe nothing would have happened, but he was mad about it. You kind of think the difference between Saul and David as far as how they deal with situations, you know, as far as their sin. But let's see what happens here. Is this just like Miriam, where she's leprous, but then she gets back to normal? It says in verse 20 there, it says, And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead. And they thrust him out from thence, yea, himself hasted also to go out because the Lord had smitten him. And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper. For he was cut off from the house of the Lord, and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. This is definitely where you get into a co-regency area here, where he basically is a leper until he dies. That was the punishment for what he did, but specifically, I think, for being belligerent about it. Not only did he do that, but he basically just got mad when he was told he wasn't supposed to be doing that. And so he obviously wasn't ignorant, he was presumptuously doing it. And his punishment was to be a leper until he died. And so, very big deal. Now, what you'll see in the Old Testament, though, is that you'll see prophet being mixed with priests in a lot of cases. I mean, think of Ezra, Ezra the priest. He's also a prophet. How about Ezekiel? Major prophet. He's a priest. And you'll see, I mean, Samuel, he doesn't say he's a priest, but he was of the tribe of Levi. I mean, you can see definitely where it's not a problem for the priest to also be a prophet. It's also not a problem for the king to also be a prophet. Right, David? David being a prophet. You know, talks about how he obviously penned down Psalm 16, dealing with this spakey of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, not of his flesh and seed corruption. That that's what David was talking about, being a prophet, and foreseeing that, obviously through the Lord. And so, there was no problem with the prophet being mixed with king, and the prophet being mixed with the priest, the problem was, is the king being mixed with the prophet. And let me just show you, obviously, that Jesus is foretold to be the king. This one's pretty easy. Actually, they're all pretty easy, but the thing is that go to Psalm 132. I just want you to see that it was foretold that Jesus was going to be a prophet, and that Jesus was going to be this priest, and that he was going to be king. And really, you have these three separate type of prophecies that are going into one person, the Lord Jesus Christ. And I just think it's interesting. And again, I was reading through Haggai, and I just see that separation between those three men, and how that's the Lord, right? The Lord is all three of those, and there doesn't need to be a separation between any of those, because he fulfills all of them. In Psalm 132, in verse 11, it says, the Lord has sworn in truth unto David, I will not turn from it. Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. Now, this is something that's brought up, actually, when it's talking about David being a prophet, when it's talking about, in Acts chapter 2, about the Lord. And it's stating that of the fruit of his loins, of David's loins, Christ was going to sit upon his throne. In this passage, it specifically says, the Lord is going to sit upon his throne, right? And that's all caps Lord, Jehovah, like that is, we're not talking about just like a Lord over like a kingdom or something like that, or like how Abraham is called Lord by Sarah. We're talking about the Lord, God, is sitting on his throne, because he was made of the seed of David. And that's something that's brought up throughout the New Testament, I don't want to belabor that point, but he is made of the seed of David according to the flesh, and that is the fact that he was going to sit upon David's throne. This is also brought up in Isaiah chapter 9. Isaiah chapter 9, in verse 6, usually a Christmas passage here, but the same thing is that it was foretold that he was going to be, one, born of the Virgin Mary, because in Isaiah 7, 14, we see that prophecy, but then also in Isaiah 9, 6, not only is he going to be born of the Virgin Mary, but this is what he's being born to do. Isaiah 9, 6 says, For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. And the thing that you can probably notice here is that his kingdom has no end. His priesthood has no end. And he is the apostle and prophet of our profession for all eternity. And the big thing to see with that is that the New Testament has no end. And actually, in Hebrews chapter 13, it says it's the everlasting covenant. Especially when you get these Zionists that are just like, well, there's a covenant with the Jews. It's like, what are you talking about? You mean the covenant that he said that he would make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah? Yeah, it's called the New Covenant. And that New Covenant is an everlasting covenant. That covenant doesn't end. It doesn't end with the thousand year reign and it doesn't end with the new heaven, new earth. He will always be our prophet, priest, and king for all eternity. We will always be singing about how we're saved by the blood of Christ for all eternity, forever. And Micah 5-2 is another place where it's foretelling of this, about Jesus. Micah 5-2, again, hindsight's 20-20, right? So I mean, we're looking back at this and I have New Testament scriptures that just back all this stuff up. But it was all there. And not only that, but these passages were brought up by I mean, you think about the passage of, you know, Art thou that prophet? They knew it. They knew they were looking for it. And when it comes to this ruler that was to come, they knew it. At least the priests and stuff like that knew about this prophecy that the Lord was going to come. Maybe they didn't understand that the Lord was going to come. But more so the fact that there was going to be someone that was going to come that was going to take these offices. And Micah 5-2, it says this. It says, But thou, Bethlehem Ephrata, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me, that is, to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. So if you think about it, the priesthood, well, if it's after the order of Melchizedek, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life, and he abideth the priests continually, right? So that's what he's going to be like, right? So when it comes to him being king, not at the beginning of days, you know, from everlasting. So we're dealing with the Lord, and this is where they would stumble at this, right? It basically says, who is Christ, right, the son of David? And it says, well, why? If Christ is the son of David, then why does David call him Lord? And I'm paraphrasing that, but it's basically what he's saying. The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand until I make that enemy's eye footstool. And he's making the point, he's like, how can David call him Lord if he's his son, right? It's kind of like this, it doesn't make sense. Here's why, because he's the root and the offspring of David. Because he's the son of God, and he's the son of man. When you're dealing with Melchizedek, you have the son of God. When you're dealing with the priests of Levi, son of man, right? Sons of men. When you're dealing with Jesus, you're dealing with the son of God, who's also the son of man at the same time. And it's a great mystery. Without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness. God was manifest in the flesh, right? That is a great mystery, and no one is contesting it, that Jesus is 100% God, 100% man. But all these scriptures are backing all of that up. That him being the king is that he's from everlasting, but yet he is born of a woman. That he's the high priest after the word of Melchizedek, yet he's of the seed of Abraham, and it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, and that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God. Because that's the only way there could be an intercessor. And so him being king, obviously this is brought up, obviously, in Matthew chapter 2 dealing with the story with the wise men coming in. And they bring up that story talking about there shall come a governor which shall rule my people Israel, and they're talking about Micah 5, 2. And, I mean, do I really need to go to all the places where it's talking about he's the only potentate, the king of kings, the lord of lords, on his thigh, on his vesture, there's a name written, the king of kings and lord of lords. I mean, he is the king. I mean, even Nathaniel says, thou art the son of God, thou art the king of Israel. So it's very clear that he's the king. Over his superscription read, this is Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews. So it's very evident that he is the king. Matthew 25 even talks about when the king shall sit in his glory, and how he's going to separate the sheep from the goats. And obviously he's going to rule and reign for a thousand years, yea, for all eternity, and all that. So the last thing I want to point out and we'll be done is that this royal priesthood, if you will, is also applied to believers. So that's what's really interesting about this, is that back in the Old Testament, that was not mixed. In the New Testament, Jesus is now high priest and the king. And notice, go to 1 Peter chapter 2. And the last thing I just want to mention here is that we are considered a royal priesthood now. Every believer. Every believer. And listen, whether you walk in the Lord or not, you are of that royal priesthood. And for all eternity, we'll be a part of that royal priesthood. And so, if there wasn't, obviously the whole book of Hebrews is dealing with the fact that the New Testament's better, but this is one of those spots where it's clearly better. And you say, well what's the advantage to this? Well, in the Old Testament, if you wanted to get right with God, physically speaking, you had to take a physical animal and you had to go take it to the priest and then they would confess your sins over it, they'd kill the animal and do all this, and you had to do it in a certain place. And there's altars, there's all these different things, and there are different sacrifices depending on the different sins, all that. You know what we do? We come boldly unto the throne of grace. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Why? Because He's the high priest, we're the priests. Huge advantage. I don't know about you, but I like that. I like how much easier that is. I don't have to go through another priest. It's like the priest going through the high priest. And every single believer has that access, and you say, well, you know, how do you know that? Well, because we have a new and living way through His flesh. And not to give you a whole abridged version of the book of Hebrews, but this book of Hebrews is really just saying, hey, here's what everything in the Old Testament pictured, here's what we got now, though. That's probably not good English. Here's what we have now. So, 1 Peter 2, verse 1, it says, Wherefore, laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious, to whom coming, as unto a living stone disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God and precious. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, notice this, in holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. So, what are we talking about? We're talking about this holy priesthood that we're a part of, to where we can offer up spiritual sacrifices. But then it goes on to verse 9 there, it says, But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, and holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness, and to his marvelous light. Well, this is just talking about the Jews. Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God, which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. So put that in your pipe and smoke it. This is talking specifically to Gentiles. But in Christ, there's neither Jew nor Gentile. So obviously this is anybody that's in Christ. Here's the stipulation for you to be a part of that holy priesthood, to be a part of that royal priesthood, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. He that believeth on him is not condemned. And it says, He that believeth on him shall not be confounded, shall not be ashamed, shall not make haste, and he that believeth on him, believeth he is precious, meaning he is that precious stone to them. But just as much as he is a living stone, we are lively stones. He's the high priest, but we're the priesthood that are offering up spiritual sacrifices unto him. This is no longer just some tribe or some people that are a part of that holy nation. No, everybody that's a part of the holy nation is a part of that royal priesthood. And this is probably another sermon for another day, dealing with the fact of the difference between how they would get right with God physically in the Old Testament compared to the New Testament. And other places where it states this is in Revelation, where, go to Revelation chapter 1, Revelation chapter 1, and this is the last thing I'll show you and we'll be done, is that we are a royal priesthood or kings and priests. You're like, well, I'm a woman. No, you're a queen. Again, we're not rug friends. You're not going to be resurrected as a 33-year-old man. You are women. I feel like I shouldn't have to, I shouldn't restate that. It's like reiterating just nonsense. Where none of you would have ever thought that, but since I'm like reiterating, I apologize. That had to come into your mind that people think that. But anyway, so, in Revelation chapter 1, verse 4, it says, John, to the seven churches which are in Asia, grace be unto you and peace from him which is and which was and which is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth, unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins into his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever, amen. That is brought up again in Revelation chapter 5, verse 10. It says he hath made us unto our God, kings and priests. And it says, and we shall reign on the earth. A royal priesthood, a royal priesthood. That is, Jesus has a royal priesthood. See, we're priests unto God. He's the high priest. We are kings. He's the king of kings, right? So obviously, he's the Lord, right? He's the prophet, priest, and king, but we can be prophet, priests, and kings in the New Testament. And you say, well, how do we be prophets? Because if you preach the gospel, you're prophesying to the unsaved. Acts chapter 2, when it's talking about prophesying, it's talking about preaching the gospel. So as a believer, and that's the great commission, is to preach the gospel to every creature. So I hope that, if anything, it was just kind of enlightening, maybe just a nice Bible study there to kind of see that correlation of prophet, priest, and king, but also just seeing the difference between before the Old Testament, in the Old Testament, and now what we're dealing with. And anyway, that's all stemmed from reading Haggai and seeing that there's three individuals that have those three different offices and how the Lord is commanding every one of those offices. So let's end with a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank you today. Thank you for your word. We pray that you be with us as we go out soul winning today and just bring us back to the appointed time. Lord, we love you, and thank you, Lord, for being our prophet, priest, and king, and we pray that you would be glorified in everything that we do. In Jesus Christ's name, amen. But today we'll come and sing one more song, and then we'll be dismissed. All right, take your song books and turn to song 131. Song 131 in your song books. If you would stand, we'll sing Christ is All I Need, song 131. Christ is all I need Christ is all I need All I need Christ is all I need Christ is all I need All I need Christ is all I need Christ is all I need All I need Christ is all I need Christ is all I need Christ is all I need All I need Christ is all I need Christ is all I need Christ is all I need He was crucified For me He died On Calvary On Calvary That's why That's why I know He loves me so He loves me so He's