The Change of the Priesthood

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Hebrews 7:12 “For the priesthood being changed, 
                                 of necessity there is also a change of the law.”

After expulsion from Eden, the "priest" of family or clan, was "the firstborn."  

This continued all the way to Mount Sinai.  

THEN, after the "firstborn" priests, led Israel in the worship of the golden calf idol (thus breaking covenant with Yehovah),  the LORD announced a change of "the priesthood." 

He would take "the Levites "INSTEAD OF" THE FIRSTBORN, and specifically Aaron and his descendants for the priests.  

Numbers 8:17-18 “I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn 
                                of the children of Israel.”

THIS WAS A CHANGE OF THE PRIESTHOOD!

The death of Christ provided for the "reconciliation of sins committed under the first covenant."  (Hebrews 9:15)

Included in those "sins" was the golden calf rebellion.  Those who repented were forgiven. 

This opened the way for the LORD to legally "change" the priesthood BACK to the firstborn.

And Who is THE firstborn?  Answer:  God's Son.   He "the firstborn, over all creation." (Col 1:15).

And we are "firstborn" in Him.  Yehovah called Israel his "firstborn."  We are "grafted in" to Israel.  (Unbelievers are broken off from Israel.)

That is how we will become "priests of God and of Christ"  (Revelation 20:6).

See my study on this topic:   https://www.prophecyviewpoint.com/htdocs/21a-The Change of Priesthood.htm