THEOSISCyrill of Alexandria
Consider how the priestly figure is adorned with the glory of Christ in other significant ways. He explicitly calls out, stating: ‘For the Father also judges no man, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son as they honor the Father’ (John 5:22-23). Likewise, through the words of the apostle, it is proclaimed: ‘One Lawgiver and Judge,’ as noted in the Scriptures (James 4:12). Additionally, the holy David proclaims: ‘as God is the Judge’ (Ps. 49:6).
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The Lawgiver, who endows those from the sacred lineage with such esteemed authority to judge, instructs in Deuteronomy: ‘If in any matter it be difficult for thee to judge between blood and blood, between judgment and judgment, between wallpaper and wallowing, and there be dissenting opinions in thy gates, arise, and go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose... and thou shalt come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge that shall be in those days, and ask them, and they shall tell thee how to judge....’ It is evident that the Law expressly mandates that individuals seeking to lodge a grievance for any cause must present themselves before the priestly judge and decision-maker.