Throughout the Old Testament, the people of God were lead by many great men and women. Three of the more popular types of leaders were Prophets, Priests and Kings. In fact, each time a great prophet, priest or king was in power, Scripture made it a point to foreshadow a day when each of those three offices were going to be perfectly held by the Messiah. Moses, the great prophet, pointed to a day when THE prophet was going to come. Several promises throughout the Old Testament point to a great high priest who is coming to save His people. King David also spoke of the coming of the King of Kings.

Then, around 1 A.D. the Messiah came, and perfectly fullfilled the offices of Prophet, Priest and King. He is a prophet who speaks the truth of God into the lives of people. He is a priest who takes people to God, and mediates on their behalf. And He is a King who rules over everything, bringing God’s plan and design to the world. This is why John Piper can say “there is not one square inch in the universe over which Christ does not reign supreme.”

There are many different models for leadership, and different structures for how to set up a body of Christ followers. The one that we will chose to follow is the model of Prophet, Priest and King. We need to evaluate everything we do and everything we are in light of our body being faithful prophets, priests and kings. A prophet who has a vision for bringing God’s truth to people needs a king who can see the details and obstacles and can work out a plan to fulfilling that vision. A priest then needs to come along and make sure that this vision and plan helps the body serve and love each other well. We must avoid being a group of just prophets, just priests or just kings.

So where do you fit? Each of us has strenghts that lie in one or more of these offices. We are not limited by the personalities or the tendencies we have, but recognizing where we are strong and weak in the sense of prophet, priest and king will help us better love our God, our neighbor and our brother well.

For a longer, better explanation of Prophet, Priest and King, listen here.

This past Saturday night we had our first meeting for those who were interesting in finding out more and hopefully hopping on board! We went through the short, long and really-long term visions, and put our next step in motion. Once the group is formed and committed, we are going to start by forming a missional group and working through the details of what that should look like.

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Zachary House, Matthew Simo, Vivien Jordan, Jon Jordan, The Gathering