In an
anti-Mormon volume from 1855, T.W.P. Taylder, while attempting to critique the “Mormon”
view of the priesthood wrote:
. . . the person of Christ alone, who has
entered into the holy place, even itsel, “now to appear in the presence of God
for us,” (Heb. ix. 24.) The intercession
of Christ still continuing, so also his priesthood. (T.W.P. Taylder, The Mormons’ Own Book: Or, Mormonism Tried
by its Own Standards Reason and Scripture [London: Partridge, Oakey, and
Co., 1855], 97-98, emphasis added)
Note how the
author ties in Christ’s on-going intercession to his being an eternal, heavenly
priest. In a footnote for such, we learn about the function of Christ’s heavenly intercession in the theology of the
author:
“The dignity and merit, power and authority,
of the Messiah, in his exalted state, imply a continued presentation of his obedience and sacrifice, as ever valid and
efficacious, for the pardon and
acceptance, the perfected holiness, and the eternal happiness of all who
are truly penitent, believing, and obedient.”—Dr. J. Pye Smith’s “Priesthood of Christ,” p. 127 (Ibid., 97,
italics in original, emphasis in bold added)
So we see
this anti-Mormon author (who is a Protestant) affirm that Christ’s continual
intercession allows for the continued application of Christ’s atoning
sacrifice, something one finds in texts such as Heb 2:17 and 1 John 2:1-2. See,
for e.g.:
As for
Taylder and his comments against the LDS priesthood in his book, one should
check out my book-length treatment of the priesthood:
