Jesus is The Priest, The Prophet and The King! We need to know and be growing in all three aspects of His Nature!

You see that He will establish His Priesthood, His Kingship (understanding His Kingdom and co-ruling with and in Him) and His Prophetic nature which will teach the nations by proclaiming the ways of The Father. All three aspects should be growing in His Church as we approach His full return. He will establish His Kingdom on earth, and has called His People a kingdom of priest. We must move in His priesthood to understand His Kingship.

 You see Samuel and David moving in both, as well as the prophetic. They reflected and moved in all three dimensions of His Being! Daniel was another example, or a ruler who lived priestly.

 The order is priest, prophet king in terms of types of authority in Him. This is because Jesus’ highest part is ministering to The Father, then He proclaims from the father as prophet, then He comes and rules over the nations and humanity as a King. That is also the order of His revelation in history. Priest into prophetic into Kingship. This is why we are progressing towards what He said in His prayer—“Your Kingdom come on earth as it already is in Heaven.”

These three aspects of the Life of Christ should be progressively forming in us. His priesthood speaks of His prayer life and worship; His prophetic Nature of His friendship with God or intimacy and ability to express from it; His Kingship speaks of Justice and His ability to Rule over the nations fairly-ie in righteousness. We are to be growing in each of these three areas. Often we will have seasonal emphasis in our relationship with Him—specific parts of His Life He is downloading into us. But all three aspects should be growing in us.

People are beginning to preach the Kingdom again, not just the salvation gospel; this is partly because He wants us to know and get used to Him as King as we move towards His full reigning on earth. We are the ones not meant to be surprised by the full manifestation of Our King and His Kingdom! So we can play a part in co-ruling with Him.

Do we meet Him as Priest, Prophet and King? In prayer, proclamation, and rulership! Which area do we know Him least in? Let’s work on all three so we offer a fuller representation of who Our Lord really is!