One thing that may clear this up is that the full name of the priesthood is the Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God. In other words, "priesthood" is similar to the words fraternity, brotherhood, order, club, society, office, presidency, etc, and the particular priesthood to which we belong is Christ's priesthood. Satan says that his robes are an emblem of his "power and priesthoods" (plural). If he wasn't lying, and he may not have been in this case, he does belong to some priesthood(s), but not the one that you and I belong to.Alan, If I understand correctly, Satan is allowed to have whatever influence he has over us so that we can be tempted and go through trials and so forth. This hinges on the assumption that humans are basically good (which I think is a conversation we had on this list a few months ago,) and would not sin if we weren't tempted by Satan. In other words, and I'm totally speculating here, Satan is given the ability to tempt us by God because temptation is a necessary part of the mortality experience. If I further understand correctly, during the millenium after the second coming of Christ, Satan will be bound and unable to tempt us. If that's true, how would it fit in with the priesthood being a tool that anyone can use? Also, why would we be unable to use the priesthood if we've been unrighteous and haven't repented yet? Dan
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