FWIW, this is also my reading of references to "high priests" in *most* scriptures (I won't make a univeral claim because of course the D&C, especially in 84 but elsewhere, too, makes a distinction between different offices of the MP). IOW, it's a reference to the Melchizedek Priesthood in general. So I'm with Paul on this one (and apparently Stephen); namely, that the MP itself is a necessary and sufficient condition for exaltation to the highest level of the CK, and it doesn't matter which office within the MP one has been ordained to.
In a more personal opinion, I speculate that the offices have more to do with building the kingdom here on the earth than they do with matters of exaltation. Stephen Beecroft wrote: > -Gary- > > We learn in D&C 107 that an apostle is a high priest > > And an elder is a deacon. May we therefore say that in order to bless by > the laying on of hands, one must be a deacon? Technically it's true, but > it is certainly misleading. > > In many places in scripture, "high priest" is used to mean "holder of > the high Priesthood". Don't confuse that with the modern office of "high > priest", which is a different thing. > > You didn't respond to many other points I brought up, but the main one > is: Please show some scriptural substantiation for the doctrine you > taught that all men must be ordained to the modern office of high priest > in order to progress in their exaltation in the eternities. > > Stephen > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “We do not think that there is an incompatibility between words and deeds; the worst thing is to rush into action before the consequences have been properly debated…To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just an attempt to disguise one’s unmanly character; ability to understand a question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action.” – Pericles about his fellow-Athenians, as quoted by Thucydides in “The Peloponessian Wars” Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
