It's Not A Right, It's A Privilege

I just read this article and think it's ridiculous!

Nowhere do we see in the Bible a woman being a priest. There is a reason for that.

A priest acts In Persona Christi (In the person of Christ). Christ was not a female, so a female cannot act in Christ's person! Also, the greek word for priest is presbyteroi, which means bearded one. As Scott Hahn says, when women start growing beards, they can become priests.

The sentence I am most dismayed at in the article is this:

``The reality of women priests is historical,'' said Rue, a professor of both women's studies and religious studies at San Jose State University. ``It's a birthright women have.''

First of all, woman priests are not historical.

God's original intention was for the father of the family to be a Priest, Prophet, and King. The firstborn son inherited the title. If anyone has a right to the priesthood, it is the firstborn sons of antiquity. However, because of the sinfulness of the firstborns, they lost their right to the priesthood.

After that, the Levites ordained themselves as priests by slaughtering the 3,000 who worshipped the golden calf. But God never intended for just the Levites to be priests. This was a temporary designation until the True High Priest (Christ) came.

When Christ came he established a new priesthood with the 12 Apostles which was more like God's original priesthood.

Second, the priesthood is not a right. It is a privilege! No one has the right to be a priest. Whether a woman, a homosexual, or heterosexual. I'm sorry but that's just absurd! That's like telling God that we, as created beings, have the right (and there is nothing God can do about it) to act as priests in the priesthood that He established!

Not anyone can be a priest. To be a priest is to be set apart as a leader to God's people. A priest is called to a higher standard of holiness. Yes, they are sinners like the rest of us, but nonetheless they are called to a holier life. To say someone has a right to be a priest is an insult to the priests who are truly called and who sacrifice their lives to be leaders who bring people to Christ.