09-08-2010, 10:58 PM
not intending to mingle in this, i just want to quickly point ot that elders could not be levites exclusively as
1) Peter (1Peter 5:1), Paul (Philemon 1:19) and John (2John 1:1; 3John 1:1) were referred to as elders (i cannot recall them to be levites)
2) Elders were ordained (Acts 14:23; Tit. 1:5)
3) Elders are equal to bishops and pastors (Acts 20:17+28) (i guess i will meet resistance here)
4) Basically, elders were old men that were leading an exemplary life and overseed the church
Also, i feel the need to point out that the NT does not make mention of the office of a priest in the NT church. That was exclusive to the Jews as far as the Bible is concerned.
Please understand i do not want to discuss this, i just wanted to drop my thoughts.
1) Peter (1Peter 5:1), Paul (Philemon 1:19) and John (2John 1:1; 3John 1:1) were referred to as elders (i cannot recall them to be levites)
2) Elders were ordained (Acts 14:23; Tit. 1:5)
3) Elders are equal to bishops and pastors (Acts 20:17+28) (i guess i will meet resistance here)
4) Basically, elders were old men that were leading an exemplary life and overseed the church
Also, i feel the need to point out that the NT does not make mention of the office of a priest in the NT church. That was exclusive to the Jews as far as the Bible is concerned.
Please understand i do not want to discuss this, i just wanted to drop my thoughts.
Jesus is the one true God of the Bible.