5. In Old Testament times, which tribe had been set aside as the priestly tribe? Deuteronomy 18:1, 5. See Exodus 28:1.
NOTE: ‘Those who were set apart to this holy office were supported by their brethren, to whom they ministered spiritual blessings. “Verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law.” Hebrews 7:5. The tribe of Levi was chosen by the Lord for the sacred offices pertaining to the temple and the priesthood. Of the priest it was said, “The Lord thy God hath chosen him ... to stand to minister in the name of the Lord.” Deuteronomy 18:5.’ Acts of the Apostles, page 336.
6. From which tribe did Jesus come? Micah 5:2; Hebrews 7:14.
NOTE: ‘Christ was not a priest on earth (Hebrews 8:4); therefore He did not enter into these holy places made with hands. But He is a high priest in Heaven, and there He is a minister of the true sanctuary of which the earthly was but a pattern. “We have such a high priest, who is set at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.” Hebrews 8:1-2. The sanctuary that was upon the earth, was a figure of the sanctuary that is in Heaven. The offering of beasts that was made, and which could not take away sin, was a figure of the offering of “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” The blood that was brought into the earthly sanctuary for sin, was a figure of the blood of Christ by which He has entered into the heavenly sanctuary now to appear in the presence of God for us. The high priest on earth was a figure of Christ, our high priest in Heaven. The ministry of the high priest in the sanctuary on earth was a figure of the ministry of our high priest, Christ, in the sanctuary in Heaven.’ (A note by A. T. Jones from the Sabbath School Lessons of June, 1885.)