Isaiah 56:7 Even
them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer:
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [
shall be] accepted upon mine altar;
for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah 61:6 But ye shall be
named the Priests of the LORD: [
men] shall call you the Ministers of our God:
ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
Ezekiel 43:19-
27 And thou shalt give to
the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok,
which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD,
a young bullock for a sin offering. ... And when these days are expired, it shall be,
[that] upon the eighth day, and [
so] forward, the priests shall
make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your
peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 44:9-
11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that [
is] among the children of Israel. ... Yet
they shall be ministers in my sanctuary,
[having] charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they
shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people,
and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
Ezekiel 45:5 And
the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites,
the ministers of the house, have for themselves,
for a possession for twenty chambers.
Romans 1:21 Because that,
when they knew God,
they glorified [
him] not as God, neither were thankful;
but became vain in their imaginations, and
their foolish heart was darkened.
Romans 15:16 That
I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles,
ministering the gospel of God, that the
offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable,
being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
Hebrews 13:15-
16 By
him therefore let us offer
the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is,
the fruit of [
our] lips
giving thanks to his name. ... But
to do good and to
communicate forget not: for
with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
1 Peter 2:5 Ye
also, as lively stones,
are built up a
spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye [
are]
a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood,
an holy nation, a
peculiar people; that ye should
shew forth the
praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Revelation 1:6 And hath
made us kings and priests unto God and his Father;
to him [
be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our God
kings and priests: and
we shall reign on the earth.