Priesthood Powers
Gospel Truth, pg 167; “The power which controls universe. What is that power? It is the Priesthood of the Son of God. It is the power by which all things were created and are held in their place. Shall I startle you when I say that our Father himself controls the universe and occupies His exalted station because of the Priesthood? Whether it is startling or not, it is nevertheless true. Our Eternal Father is the creator of all things through the power of the everlasting Priesthood—that Priesthood which has been bestowed upon and exercised by the servants of God in our day. (Aug. 22, 1897, DW 55:354)”
Jeremiah 10:12; “He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.”
There are dozens upon dozens of verses in His word that talks about God creating the earth. Interestingly, there isn’t one single verse telling us that He created it through any priesthood power.
Additionally, the priesthood in the sense of its full operation didn’t come around until the time of Aaron with the Levitical priesthood. And this was done at God’s command. This priesthood was made up of the tribe of Levi to sacrifice at the temple. Before that time sacrifice duties fell onto the firstborn son of the family.
While the Bible does mention Melchizedek who held an eternal priesthood – Gen. 14:17-20, Ps 110:4, he was a shadow of what was to come in the person of Jesus. He came to minister to Abraham after his victory over Chedorlaomer, the king of Elam. Subsequently, Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. The only other time this priesthood is mentioned is in Hebrews (chapters 7-11) when the author described Jesus as the only person who held the Melchizedek priesthood.
Remember, God created the priesthood for man. The priesthood was created as a tool for man to pay homage to God and worship Him. The Church has this scenario all backwards and it’s like the tail is wagging the dog.
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