Verses 21-22
21, 22. And I will… take of them These words connect closely with the heathen converts of the preceding verse. “Of them,” together with the “and,” show this clearly enough.
For priests… for Levites These are preachers of the atonement and reconciliation through the Messiah and Redeemer. Into the new Zion they are admitted, not by a Mosaic installation, but in virtue of their being made “kings and priests unto God” with all the believers in Jesus Christ himself the great High Priest, Prophet, and King, in the new order of things the new heavens and… new earth. So shall your seed and your name remain This new order and constitution of the thoroughly established Messianic age has an unchangeable priesthood in Christ, and a perpetual seed and name in the body the Church of Christ, of which he is head with no distinction of Jew or Gentile. This view is fully substantiated by the unity of sense in the terms of this text or verse and the immediate context.
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