the concept of the threefold office. While the office of king is that most closely associated with the Messiah, the role of Jesus as priest, which involves intercession before God, is also prominent in the New Testament, being most fully explained in chapters 7 to 10 of the Book of Hebrews.

The three offices

Eusebius worked out this threefold classification and wrote: "And we have been told also that certain of the

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