A Tale of Two Priests

Adding onto the thoughts of Teresa...

When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them, but remained unable to speak. (Luke 1:22)

When Zechariah came out of the holy place, the scriptures tell us that "he could not speak to them (the people)". What were the people expecting to hear when he came out and how did they know Zechariah could not speak? We know from Jewish tradition that after the priest had offered the incense, he would recite Aaron's blessing on the people (Num 6:24-26) as Teresa has written. Having waited his entire life for his one chance to offer the incense and blessing, no priest would forsake this opportunity to bless the people. When Zechariah could not perform the blessing, the people immediately knew that something miraculous had occurred in the holy place.

The book of Luke begins with a priest from the line of Aaron unable to offer the blessing on the people. If you read Teresa's blog, you remember how the book of Luke concludes. So it becomes interesting to observe that Luke concludes his book with a Priest appointed by GOD from the order of Melchizedek who is able to bless the people. The superiority of one priesthood over the other is thus demonstrated and the work of GOD's attoning sacrifice complete.

So the question remains, were the disciples looking at the glory of Yeshua's hands as he blessed them or the feet of Yeshua as they suddenly started rising from the earth? What would you have been looking at?