Study aid: sacrifice and priesthood
Offerings, priesthood, atonement, holiness, and Christ’s high-priestly work.
Reading scope: canonical.
Open this guide in the Concept AtlasSacrifice
Sacrifice is the ritual or moral offering of life, gifts, praise, or costly obedience to God, expressing thanksgiving, penitence, consecration, communion, and atonement.
Look for: Open Sacrifice and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Priesthood and watch how the route narrows or widens.
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Mediatorial role between God and people — Levitical priesthood in the OT, priesthood of all believers and of Christ in the NT.
Look for: Open Priesthood and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Day Of Atonement and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Priesthood in the AtlasDay Of Atonement
The Day of Atonement is Israel's annual day of sanctuary purgation, communal repentance, and priestly mediation, centered on the high priest's entry into the Holy of Holies and later known…
Look for: Open Day Of Atonement and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Atonement and watch how the route narrows or widens.
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God's provision for human sin — the sacrificial system and its fulfillment in Christ's cross.
Look for: Open Atonement and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward High Priesthood and watch how the route narrows or widens.
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The high priest and chief priests presiding over Temple worship and national leadership, central in trials of Jesus and apostolic conflicts; see John 11:47-53; Matthew 26:62-66; Acts 4:5-7…
Look for: Open High Priesthood and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Christ as Priest and watch how the route narrows or widens.
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As the great high priest, Jesus mediates between God and humanity, offering himself once for all and continually interceding, as expounded in Hebrews 4:14-16; 7:23-28; 9:11-14.
Look for: Open Christ as Priest and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Priesthood of Believers and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Christ as Priest in the AtlasPriesthood of Believers
All believers are a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, proclaiming God’s excellencies, and exercising mutual ministry through Spirit-given gifts (1 Peter 2:4-10; Romans 12:1-8…
Look for: Open Priesthood of Believers and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
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