According to Exodus 19, what was every Jew supposed to become and why?
According to Exodus 19, every Jew was to become a priest—a go-between. This calling meant Israel had the prospect of being a priest of God to the Gentiles, representing God to the nations. A priest serves as an intermediary, so this role would position Israel as a channel between God and the Gentile world.
Les explains that Exodus 19 said every Jew was to become a priest. He defines a priest as a go-between, so every Jew had the prospect of being a priest of God to the Gentiles. This connects with the passage where, when Israel has her king, ten men out of all the languages of the nations will take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew and say, “We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” The “you” is Israel—a believing, redeemed, regenerated, repentant Israel—serving as God’s go-between to the Gentiles.