God Calls Us Royal Priesthood

Concept: Believers in this dispensation are king-priests, associated with the Lord Jesus who is a priest after the order of Meichisedec, a king-priest.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God's] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.  [Ex 19:5,6.] AMP

1 Peter 2:9 from Wuest's Word Studies from the Greek New Testament says;

The "you" is emphatic in the Greek text. Literally, "but as for you," in contrast to the disobedient of verse 8. "Generation" is from a Greek word meaning "a race, a body with a common life and descent." It does not mean here a group of individuals living within the span of a lifetime. The word "royal" is the translation of the Greek word for "king." The Levitical priesthood were only priests. Believers in this dispensation are king-priests, associated with the Lord Jesus who is a priest after the order of Meichisedec, a king-priest. The word "nation" is the translation of a Greek word meaning "a multitude of people of the same nature." The word "holy" in the Greek text means literally "set apart for the service of Deity." The word "peculiar" here is used in a way not often seen today. The Greek word means literally "to make around," that is, to make something and then to surround it with a circle, thus indicating ownership. The same verb is used in the Septuagint translation of Isa 43:21 which reads, "This people have I formed for myself." The word "peculiar" today usually means "odd, strange." But it is not so used here. The Greek word speaks of the unique, private, personal ownership of the saints by God. Each saint is God's unique possession just as if that saint were the only human being in existence. The words "show forth" in the Greek text refer to a spoken message. The word "praises" is not the translation of the Greek word customarily used to indicate praise, but of one which means "excellencies, gracious dealings, glorious attributes." The word "into" refers here not merely to locality, but to a result, that of the saints being participants of the light that God is in His nature. We are made creatures of light.

What an awesome God we have who make us royalty in service of His majesty and overseeing His creation.

Ponder, meditate on this and remember that we were once in darkness and now in the light of His glory and truth!