Exodus 19:6a
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
The job of a priest is to be a go between between God and a person who does not know Him. To bring restoration and unity to the God/man relationship.
God's intention was that Israel was to be an entire kingdom or nation of priests. Imagine that many people interceding and bringing others to God. If it had been done the way Good intended I think the whole world would have become Israelite.
I think that is still his intention now. That every person in His church is a priest, interceding on the behalf of others and increasing the size of God's Kingdom on earth.
Revelation 1:6a And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father...
