Eh... what I meant by preisthood was that the followers of Christ (they weren't called Christians until later), were led by those that studied what the 12 Disciples did and taught. It wasn't a formal preisthood as you would think in terms of the Catholic church and such, but it was a preisthood that closely (as far as we can tell) tried to follow what Peter and Paul had written. There wasn't exactly a formal book to give to churches or those that wished to form a church to describe how a church should function, what it should do, what ceremonies to perform, and so on. Many of the churches inferred what to do after the deaths of Peter and Paul (they were the most vocal), and also John, from what they had written and what they had instructed churches to do. Take communion for example. It was originally supposed to be a symbolic ceremony celebrating Christ's last supper. He didn't take the bread and wine he gave his followers and transform it into his own flesh and blood. Yet that's how the Catholic Church, and offshoots of the Catholic Church, performed the Communion ceremony. It wasn't like that in the early days of the what we call christianity. (This is in large part to the influence of Roman religion on Christianity to create the Roman Catholic Church.) The ceremony was performed in remembrance of Christ... as a way to recall to each and every Christian that Christ's last night on earth was not spent worrying, retaliating, or doing anything except celebrating what life there was left to Him. Christ led by example, and taught throught metaphorical stories, which are both the reasons that Christianity became so popular.
Regardless of whether you believe the Christ knew he was going to die the next day, you have to realize that he thoroughly enjoyed his life and time with his friends.
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