Special Possession

1 Peter 2:9 NIV
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Believers are a priesthood given wholly to the Lord to serve Him with the sacrifice of praise. A special possession as foreshadowed by the Levites, who were not counted with the twelve tribes of Israel and took the place of first born of Israel.

The priests served as mediators of sacrifice and the Levites guarded the temple and handled the requirements of day to day administration.

Our priest is the Lord Himself. We give witness and serve the light in our daily walk with Him.