Kingdom – priests to His Father:

Revelation 1:5-6
5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—
6 and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

            I know the King James reads that we are kings and priests, but this is the better translation. We are a kingdom … His Kingdom which He rules over. It is not some ordinary kingdom. It is a Kingdom of priests. We are ministers unto the Father. We are able to be this because He released us from our sins by His blood. The priests could not come before God to minister to Him unless they had made a sacrifice for their sins. Jesus was the only sacrifice needed for us to come unto the Father to minister to Him. We need only confess our sins and come before Him with a repentant heart.

           

If you could hear God speak, I believe this is what He would say:

            "I have not chosen you to be slaves. I have chosen you to be My children. As such, you are not some lowly creature. You are My chosen and anointed ones. You shall minister unto Me as the priests of old did. Only those of Aaron’s descendants were privileged to minister unto Me, but you can all be ministers unto Me. For I have chosen you to be special priests unto Me. No one can overcome you for you are My chosen priest who will reign with Me eternally.”

40. He has made us to be a Kingdom of priests to His God and Father. We should therefore behave in a manner befitting such people.

            Jesus has done so much for us. He has accomplished a lot for our destiny. He paid the price for us to obtain our destiny in God. If it weren’t for this, we would have little to look forward to in this life. But because of Him, we can go boldly through life trusting in what He did to supply all we will ever need to do whatever God asks us to do.