The Cost of a Priesthood
The Cost of a Priesthood
(Zadok and Aaithar Priesthoods)
David Wilkerson
‘And you shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok,
who draw near to Me to minister to Me,’ declares the Lord God,
‘a young bull for a sin offering.’
Ezekiel 43:19
Now I want to show you something else that marks this priesthood, Zadok priesthood. What does the Zadok priesthood do?
"Moreover, they shall teach My people the difference between the holy
and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. Ezekiel 44:23
That is the mark of a Zadok priesthood, showing God’s people their iniquities.
A man who has dealt with uncleanness of his life and has the right to stand before
the people and show iniquities.
You’re not gonna make it. There’s no restoration without first death and resurrection. There is none!
Sin has to be dealt with. Otherwise it’s a cover-up.
There’s no true restoration until God raises up this holy priesthood. Until the man in the pulpit that are righteous before God with clean hands and pure hearts …
God has cursed a backslidden church with a backslidden priesthood.
He has appointed Abaithar over those who are rebellious.
God said, “If there’re My sheep I’ll give shepherds after My own heart.”
But this is a day of idolatry. This is a day when Bible says, “My prophets beg to win and My people love to have it so.”
They love it.
A lack of discernment.
I’m gonna show you something that if you have a heart for God will make you weep. I know now that God doesn’t bring these ministries down. He doesn’t cut off Abaithar. He said, “You’re gonna continue.”
This is what frightens me. If it’s now dealt with, it will come out, that seed will come out.
Ministries that are abominations to God prosper. They’ve been appointed. God will let you continue. He will let you continue building. He will let you continue being a great success.
But a time will come and let it all out because it’s not been dealt with.
I tell you God’s dealing with sin and shepherd’s hearts.
He’s saying,
“Enough to have your abominations.
You’re gonna stand at My gate.
You’re gonna come to My table and minister to Me.”
He’s raising up a Zadok priesthood,
holy, sanctified, separated, hungry.
I stay hungry. If you stay hungry, keep coming to the light, you’re gonna move into the Zadok priesthood.
He’ll take you out of Abaithar right into Zadok. That’s what He’s trying to do, folks right now. He’s trying to bring us to the light, shiny and honest.
C.S. Lewis said,
“The man who loves is not the man who flatters or cooperates sins.
The man who loves is the one who shows us our iniquities.
Not the man who flatters or cooperates sins.”
God put me against the wall.
He said,
“I’m gonna show you the shame that you bear if you continue where you are.
I’ll take My presence from you. You’ll go on ministering the house
but I’ll take My anointing from you. You don’t come to My table.”
I want to sit at His table. He is moving us into a remnant. God made me a promise that He’s going to do something so profound and I didn’t get that promise so much. I believe God’s gonna bless in the auditorium here.
But I’ve got the special word that you’re gonna do something among those who are in this meeting, in this gathering. He’s gonna do something very very profound in all of our hearts of cleansing, purging and bringing us to the light.
He’s gonna send conviction. I can feel the knife cutting when we got to His ache. He’s going to the very marrow the bone. And I thank God for the day.
He thrust His sward so deep in my heart and got to the marrow bone and said,
“David, never again in that pulpit. Never again until you deal with sin. Never.”
I feel Your love for them Lord.
I feel Your love for me.
You love us.
You truly love us.
But You trying to sanctify to Yourself a people, a priesthood
Lord, who will look at the light?
Come to it. Expose me, Jesus.
Deal with sin in my life.
Lord, how long can Your servants park themselves in front of idols (TV etc) and waste hours?
When they should be shut in and eating this book, how can we waste these hours?
God, raise up a Zadok remnant out of this group.
Holy Spirit, just breathe on us.
Convict us our sins.
We bring it to the light.