Hey everybody, this is Tim, Bible Project, and welcome to the Bible Project Podcast.

This week is our last episode of exploring the theme of the Royal Priesthood in the story

of the Bible.

Last week we pondered the story of Jesus' ascension, where his body left the earthly dimension,

and where he goes to take up the right hand seat of God the Father and makes a priestly

intercession on behalf of humanity, even this very moment.

But according to the writings of the apostles in the New Testament, even though the body

of Jesus has left physically in one form, it is still present here with us in another way.

If you read in Paul's Letter to the Romans, you will discover this phrase, the Body of Christ

with the Body of Messiah.

And Paul really believes the collective people of Jesus actually embody the life of Jesus

right now.

And to fully understand this, we need to see how Paul and also the Apostle Peter weave

in language about followers of Jesus as a royal priesthood for as temples or as living

sacrifices.

What do all of these images mean and how are they all connected?

It's really, really amazing.

So that's what we're going to explore today and even more.

Of course, thanks for joining us.

Here we go.

All right, let's wrap up this conversation on priestly throughout the Bible.

And so what we want to do is talk specifically about how the people who follow Jesus are

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