9. Could Jesus have been a priest while He was on earth? Hebrews 7:14.
NOTE: ‘The atonement [speaking of the Day of Atonement] is made by the high priest, in the sanctuary. But Christ was not, and could not be, a priest on earth, nor minister in the earthly sanctuary; for the priests of the earthly sanctuary were of the tribe of Levi, but our Lord sprang out of Judah, and He is a priest in the Sanctuary in heaven.’ Review & Herald, July 28, 1858.
10. What are we told about the priesthood of Christ? Hebrews 5:10.
NOTE: ‘There were two orders of the priesthood, the Melchizedek and the Levitical. The Melchizedek order was before the Levitical order. In Abraham’s day the priest Melchizedek was king of Salem as well as priest of the Most High God. Although there is not much said in the Bible of the Melchizedek order of the priesthood, it was superior to the Levitical order, for Christ was made a priest after the order of Melchizedek. The Levitical order extended from the time Israel came out of Egypt until the cross; since that time we have the priesthood of Christ, of which all earthly priests were a type. Christ being a priest after the order of Melchizedek, we are now living under the Melchizedek order of the priesthood.’ S. N. Haskell: The Cross and its Shadow, page 79.