Question on John 19:30

[Eleanor]

In the Old Testament, there were THREE levels of Priests:
High Priest [Aaron]
Levitical Priesthood [Ex 30:30; Lev 5:5-6; Numbers 15:27-28]

Both of the Levitical priesthood.

General priesthood of the rest of the believers. [Ex 19:6]

In the sense that they were to be totally consecrated to his service.
But only those of the tribe of Levi were priests.

In the New Testament, there are also three levels of Priests:
Jesus, our High Priest (1 Tim. 2:5, Heb. 7:22-25),
The Ministerial Priests (James 5:14-15; John 20:23; 2 Cor 2:10; 2 Cor 5:18)
The General Priesthood of all Christians (1 Peter 2:5-9).

All those in Christ are of the one and only priesthood, some being pastors and elders, with Christ as High Priest.

 

[Eleanor]

“IT” is the passover

Luke 22:15
And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
In this passover Christ makes the old covenant passover into the new covenant Passover (the last supper is the offertory) the New Testament in His blood. Luke 22:20
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Christ is priest and victim:
1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
1 Peter 1:19
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

John 19:30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Christ is high priest heb 8:1
The high priest wears the seamless garment Jn 19:23-24
The words the high priest says at the consummation of the passover sacrifice: “it is finished”!

And what is the Passover?

Salvation from (eternal) death by faith in the blood (Ro 3:25).