Revelation 1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever.
God promises us that we will be kings and priests unto Christ and the Father. This word echoes the Word spoken by the Lord to Moses and Israel at Sinai, in Exodus 19:6: ”You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” The Lord made the OT people kings and priests by covenant The Nation becomes the NT Church made up of all believers in Christ by faith.
Believers are promised to be kings, ruling with Christ over all the evil enemies of God and His people. Like Christ, we rule as kings by being servants of all. We live to serve others; in this way we rule over Sin and Evil. Luther aptly phrased it this way: “we are lords of all and dutiful servants of all.” We have been freed from the mastery of Sin that we may willingly give our lives in loving service to people. As Christ did, we do not use our position and status to gain something for ourselves, but for the good of others. The original Satanic Lie, ”You will be like God,” comes true in Christ. Instead of being ”like God” in power, we become like Christ in humble service and love. “Have this mind in you.”
Believers are also promised to be priests, bringing people to God in prayer, with sacrificial acts of service, and with kind words. Priests connect people to God. That’s what our great High Priest did. That’s what we do. The Lord promises that we will.