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1) I would be more particular, and say that the "apostolic benediction" (2 Cor 13:14) is the particular grace in view.
2) It has to do with the fact that it is an assignment. As God commanded a specific blessing to be given by the priest qua priest, Num 6:22-27, it became a mark of his office.
3) As a licentiate, I read various Scriptural benedictions (making it clear I was reading), and I usually avoided 2 Cor 13:14, out of respect and anticipation of the privilege.
4) Or I prayed, and asked the Lord's blessing as we departed. The benediction is a proclamation, an authorized statement of fact to those who are blessed in the gospel, believing. It implies the speaker is an office holder.
__________________ Rev. Bruce G. Buchanan
ChainOLakes Presbyterian Church, CentralLake, MI Made both Lord and Christ--Jesus, the Destroyer
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