I Samuel 2:28 KJB
In the last days of the judges in Israel, Eli was the high priest in the Tabernacle of the Lord. Although Eli was faithful to the Lord, he failed in his service to God because he allowed his two sons to become corrupt, and he did nothing to stop them. Eli's two sons failed to make proper burnt offering sacrifices to God in accordance with God's instructions, and they seduced some of the women who came to the Tabernacle to worship God. I Samuel 2:12-17; I Samuel 2:22 (KJB).
A man of God visited Eli in his old age and gave him some warnings from God. He told Eli that God had appointed His priests from the tribe of Levi to make the sin offerings and the burnt offerings for the forgiveness of the sins of God's people. But Eli's sons had profaned these sacrifices by taking the best of them for themselves. God will honor those who honor Him, and He will disown anyone who despises Him. For this reason, God has the right to make anyone who honors Him a priest. The man of God prophesied that God would soon kill Eli's two sons, and He would appoint a faithful priest to take their place. I Samuel 2:27-36 (KJB).
God called Samuel to be His adopted priest and prophet from the tribe of Ephraim. Samuel was faithful to God as a priest and prophet in Israel, but the people decided that they wanted a king to rule over them. I Samuel 8:21-22 (KJB).
God appointed His Son Jesus "a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek." Psalm 110:1-4 (KJB). This high priest had the power and the right to offer Himself as a sin offering and a burnt offering for the salvation of all of His people whom He created to be little gods; that is, whom He created in His image. John 10:34-36; Psalm 82:6; Genesis 1:26-27; Hebrews 7:11-28. (KJB). Hebrews 7:26-27 teaches that Jesus made both the sin offering and the burnt offering for the forgiveness of sins. Hebrews 7:25 teaches that Jesus will save anyone who comes to Him. They do not have to be alive in the flesh. Romans 10:13 teaches that Christ will save anyone who calls on Him for salvation. They do not have to be alive in the flesh. When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, He proved that He could save those who believe in Him even if they are physically dead. John 11:25 (KJB). By contrast, Jesus also taught that those who are alive in the flesh who believe in Him will never have to go to one of the regions of death when they die. John 11:26 (KJB). Jesus "taketh away the sin of the world," not just of those alive in the flesh. John 1:29 (KJB). In the Old Testament, both the sin offering and the burnt offering were made for the forgiveness of sins. Leviticus 5:5-10 (KJB). Jesus made the sin offering for those who become saved by His grace, and His Spirit made the burnt offering for the salvation of the rest of humanity, but with a lesser form of salvation. John 5:24; Acts 2:25-31 (KJB).
Jesus is prophet, priest, and king. Hebrews 7:1-3 (KJB). As king of the world, Jesus has the right to judge the world. But Jesus has reserved His right to judge unbelievers until the end of the world. John 12:47-48 (KJB). Jesus judged only the Devil and all evil while He suffered on the cross. John 12:31-32 (KJB). Jesus will call all humans whom He ever created back to faith in Him as their Savior because He came to save the world. John 12:32; John 12:47 (KJB). Jesus' Spirit made the burnt offering sacrifice that will save from eternal death all of His living humans who do not become saved by His grace. Psalm 16:9-11; Acts 2:25-31 (KJB). In the end of the world, Christ will appear to all of His living humans whom He created to be good who are on the earth and confined to the regions of death. Genesis 1:31; Hebrews 9:27 (KJB). Because they retain that good nature, they will have the ability to return to faith and repentance toward Christ and be forever saved from eternal death. Revelation 5:11-14 (KJB). They will all repent and believe, and Christ will then use His fiery wrath against evil to purge them of all evil and spiritual death which He will then cast into the lake of fire. He will then recreate their separated, good natures with new bodies to live forever on His recreated earth. II Peter 3:9-13; Revelation 21:1-5 (KJB). Unbelievers are totally evil and cannot repent, but Christ will use His fiery wrath to purge this unbelief from His repentant, good humans, and He will cast all unbelievers into the eternal lake of fire. Matthew 12:31-32 (KJB).
God has made every living human saved by His grace a priest who, because of the intercession of Christ, can talk directly with God at any time. I Peter 2:9-10; Romans 8:34 (KJB).
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