Sunday, April 11, 2021

Michael Patrick Barber, "Jesus as the Davidic Temple Builder and Peter's Priestly Role in Matthew 16:16-19"

Today I read the following article on Matt 16:16-19 and its use of Isa 22. What is important about this article is that is provides further support for Jesus establishing an ordained/ministerial New Covenant Priesthood:

 

Michael Patrick Barber, "Jesus as the Davidic Temple Builder and Peter's Priestly Role in Matthew 16:16-19," Journal of Biblical Literature vol. 132, no. 4 (2013):935-53.


For more, see my book-length study:


After the Order of the Son of God: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Latter-day Saint Theology of the Priesthood