The Power Of Separation

Sunday, March 14, 2021

Hebrews 5:1 says, For every high priest is taken from among men. The Levites were taken from Israel. The priests, or kohanim, were taken from the Levites. The High Priest was taken from the priests. Each was taken and was separated. That was key for their calling. The word holy, kadosh in Hebrew, implies being separated. The Bible says if you're born again you're now a priest. That means you're also taken from among men. You are chosen. If you want to fulfill your calling, you have to be separated. Not so much from specific people, though it can mean that, but from sin, the world, and the flesh. In the New Covenant, a priest could only fulfill his calling by separating himself. You, as God's priest, ecclesia (church in the Bible) means the called-out one, separated. Fulfill your calling! Separate from the sin. Separate from the world. Separate from whatever you have to separate from. Take yourself from among men that you may enter the presence of God. You're called to be holy, kadosh, separated - a priest unto God taken from among men.rn

From Message #953 - The Priest's Separation