"His final coming, it is believed, will be three days before that of the Messiah, and on each of the three he will proclaim peace, happiness and salvation, in a voice that will be heard over all the earth. So firm, indeed, was the conviction of this in the days of the Talmud, that when goods were found which no owner claimed, the common saying was, Put them by till Elijah comes."--"Hours with the Bible," Vol. 4, pp. 65,66. 16. D. & C. 127, 128. 17. 1 Cor. 11:11. 18. Mal. 3:2; 4:1. 19. D. & C. 27:5-14. 20. Ib. 76:67; Moses 7:31, 64. PART SEVEN POWERS AND PRINCIPLES ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT. The Priesthood. What "Priesthood" Means.--Divine authority, or the right to rule, inherent in the supreme Source of all power--such is the primal meaning of "Priesthood." It also signifies the men in whom that authority is vested--the servants of the Lord, who officiate for him and administer the laws and ordinances of the Gospel. Why Necessary.--Divine laws, like human laws, require officers and a government to administer them. God, being in the form of man, cannot be everywhere present in his own person. Immanent by the spirit that proceeds from him, omnipresent by his power, influence and authority, He cannot, as a personage, occupy two places at the same time, any more than he can make something out of nothing or do aught else that is impossible. To say that Deity can do that which cannot be done, is no glorification of Deity. It is sheer nonsense, nothing more. Since the Supreme Being cannot be everywhere present in person, cannot be in Heaven and on Earth simultaneously, he requires representatives to carry on his work in this as in other parts of the universe. Herein is the prime reason, the fundamental fact, underlying the necessity for a Priesthood and a Church organization. A Twofold Power.--There are two priesthoods in the Church of Christ, or, more properly, two grand divisions of priesthood, namely, the Melchizedek and the Aaronic, the latter an appendage to the former. [1] This dualism is owing to the fact that Divine Government takes cognizance of and deals with things temporal as well as with things spiritual. Nevertheless, all things are spiritual to Deity. [2] As Eternity includes Time, so the spiritual includes the temporal. Origin of Names.--The Melchizedek Priesthood was named for Melchizedek, king of Salem. [3] The powers of this priesthood are unlimited. It wields authority over all things. Holding "the keys of the Kingdom of God," it is the divinely ordained "channel through which every important matter is revealed from Heaven." [4] The Aaronic or Lesser Priesthood takes its name from Aaron, the brother of Moses. It operates within a limited sphere, having a special calling to administer in temporal affairs, in material things.