World of Priestcraft

The Lord of Spirits

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Fr. Stephen De Young, and Ancient Faith Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 167 minutes

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Summary

What exactly is a priest? Who is a priest? Are all believers priests? Is that the same thing as presbyters? And what are those priests in the Bible wearing, anyway? Join Fr. Stephen De Young and Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick as they look closely at what the Bible says about priests in their ancient context and what that means for Christians today.

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0:00.0	He will be a staff for the righteous with which for them to stand and not to fall, and he will be the light of the nations
0:07.0	and the hope of those whose hearts are troubled, all who dwell on the earth will fall down and worship him,
0:13.0	and they will praise and bless and celebrate with song the Lord of Spirits.
0:18.0	1st denoc, chapter 48, verses 4-5.
0:21.0	The modern world doesn't acknowledge but is nevertheless haunted by spirits, angels, demons, and saints.
0:29.0	In our time, many year into break free of the prison of a flat, secular materialism, to see and to know reality as it truly is.
0:39.0	What is this spiritual reality like?
0:41.0	How do we engage with it well? How do we permeate every day life with spiritual presence?
0:47.0	Orthodox Christian priests, Father Andrew Stephen Damick, and Father Stephen De Young, host this live Colin show, focused on enchantment in creation.
0:56.0	The union of the scene and unseen as made by God, and experienced by mankind throughout history. Welcome to the Lord of Spirits.
1:06.0	Good evening, one and all. This is nothing other than the 35th episode of the Lord of Spirits podcast known in some circles as Pod Father Priests and Spooks.
1:17.0	My co-host, Father Stephen De Young is with me from Lafayette, Louisiana, and I'm Father Andrew Stephen Damick in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
1:23.0	And if you're listening to us live, you can call in at 855 AF radio. That's 855-237-2346 with your questions about our topic tonight.
1:32.0	Montesca Trudy will be taking your calls and we're going to get to those in the second part of our show.
1:38.0	So tonight in your favorite inexplicably weird Bible study said in the context of trying to understand ancient people in their world.
1:46.0	We will be looking at what the scripture says about the priesthood. It's a topic that seems to come up mainly when people want to argue about church leadership and who gets to do it.
1:55.0	But it actually has a rather deep and profound theological basis that is written into the very fabric of creation itself and especially into humanity.
2:04.0	And I'm sure that is a big surprise for long time listeners of this podcast, big surprise.
2:10.0	So to bring us into what the priesthood is and means and does according to the Bible, well, here's another big surprise. We're heading back to Genesis.
2:20.0	So let's start with Adam. Father Stephen was Adam a priest?
2:24.0	Yes.
2:26.0	All right. Here we go.
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