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Since we have a priest who suffered,

knowing weakness, tears and pain,

who like us was tried and tempted,

unbide us without a stain,

since he shed our lonely place, let us only see, his stanza two of the hymns, our great high priest, Christ Jesus. Jesus is depicted as a priest in the

New Testament, especially in the book of Hebrews. He is even called our great high priest. He fulfills what all

those priests, and especially that high priest in the Old Testament were foreshadowing.

Greetings and welcome to Issues, etc. on this Monday afternoon, January the 26th.

I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. Pastor Will Whedon joins us to talk about Jesus as priest

as part of our series on the threefold office of Christ. He is assistant pastor at St. Paul Lutheran

Church in Hamill, Illinois, formerly served as director of worship for the Lutheran Church, Missouri

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