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Not really.  According to Christian thinking (or at least New  Testament 
thinking), Jesus does not continue the  Levitical priesthood.
 
Hebrews 7:11, 13-17: (Jewish New Testament, by David H. Stern) "Therefore,  
if it had been possible to reach the goal through the system of cohanim 
derived 
 from L'vi (since in connection with it, the people were given the Torah), 
what  need would there have been for another, different kind of cohen, the 
one 
spoken  of as to be compared with Malki-Tzedek and not to be compared with 
Aharon...The  one about whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, 
from 
which  no one has ever served at the altar, for everyone knows that our Lord 
arose out  of Y'hudah, and that Moshe said nothing about this tribe when he 
spoke about  cohanim.  It becomes even clearer if a 'different kind of 
cohen,' 
one like  Malki-Tzedek, arises, one who became a cohen not by virtue of a 
rule 
in the  Torah concerning physical descent, but by virtue of the power of an  
indestructible life.  For it is stated, 'You are a cohen forever, to  be 
compared with Malki-Tzedek.'"
 
Thus, the priesthood that Jesus is said to perpetuate is not the Levitical  
priesthood.
 
Solomon Landers
 
Hebrews 8:
 
In a message dated 11/19/2005 8:49:49 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk writes:


However,  even the levitical priesthood lasts for ever in Christian thinking 
as  Jesus is viewed as its highpriest. So it is difficult to find even one  
example with future reference that does not last forever.