Leveling (up) the priesthood

What or who do you think of when  you hear the word "priest"? Who were the high priests? Do we have a high priest? How should the role of pastor evolve today?

"Leveling (up) the priesthood" is based on Hebrews 7:23-28.

Furthermore, the former priests were many in number because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but he holds his priesthood permanently because he continues forever. Consequently, he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; this he did once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high priests humans, who are subject to weakness, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.

Works Referenced

Craddock, Fred B. “Hebrews.” In New Interpreter’s Bible, Volume X. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2015.

Lamp, Jeffrey S. Hebrews: An Earth Bible Commentary: A City That Cannot Be Shaken. London: t&t clark, 2020. Kindle edition.

Long, D. Stephen. Hebrews. (BELIEF: A Theological Commentary on the Bible). Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011. Kindle edition.

Pfitzner, Victor C. Hebrews. (Abingdon New Testament Commentaries). Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 1997.

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