Acceptable Presentation

Pastor Martin proposes a better framework for understanding Christ's priestly functions — not merely sacrifice and intercession, but the earthly once-for-all activities marked by suffering, humiliation, and death, contrasted with the heavenly continuous activities marked by exaltation, glory, and life. He then surveys five dimensions of the heavenly priestly activity: sympathetic assistance, prevailing intercession, authoritative administration, effectual vindication, and acceptable presentation of the worship of His people.