we say Amen.

To sum up on this particular point, we may say that the ancient
priesthood, both of Melchizedek, the Gentile, and of Aaron, the Jew,
with his descendants, were nothing more than types; and a type can have
no real existence after the antitype has come. Therefore, there is no
place for a human priesthood under the Christian dispensation. We are
taught in Holy Scripture that no one can come to God except through
Christ, but we are also taught that all are invited, and all may come
directly to Him. All the officers belonging to the New Testament
Church, whether ministers, deacons, presbyters, bishops, elders, or
even apostles, are described not as priests but "messengers, watchmen,
heralds of salvation, teachers, rulers, overseers and shepherds." Their
function is to preach the word, to teach, to rule, but never to
mediate. It is clear, therefore, that ministers as such are not
priests.

But we must not forget that, in a very important sense, all Christians
are priests. But this is through Christ and in Christ, the one great
and eternal High Priest. They are priests because they are in Christ.
And not only priests, but kings as well. And not only kings and
priests, but prophets as well. All these blessed privileges are theirs,
solely by virtue of their union and fellowship with Christ, who, in a
mystical and spiritual sense, makes them to be partakers of His own
priesthood, His own royalty, and His own prophetic office.

Thus we hear Peter exclaiming, under the inspiration of the Spirit,
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a
peculiar people."