[Avodah] ohr lagoyim

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 06/06/2016 03:49 PM, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> : Or rather, Hashem is telling us that this will be the end result.  I
> : don't see any indication of an obligation on our part towards the
> : nations of the world.
>
> So you see "ve'atim tihu Li mamlekhes kohanim..." as nevu'ah, not a
> tzivui?

1) Yes, of *course* it's not a tzivuy; it's not even a nevuah.  It's a
description of the deal being offered: if you listen to Me you will be
My segulah, a mamlechet kohanim and goy kadosh.   That is clear pshat;
anything else is a nice drasha, but  not relevant to halacha.

2) What is the origin of This idea you keep pushing, that "mamlechet
kohanim" has some connection to outreach to anyone, let alone nochrim?
2a)Since when is that a kohen's job?
2b) Pshat in "kohanim" is princes, as in "uvnei David kohanim" (Rashi)
This whole idea is at most, again, a nice drasha for a rov in shul, or
for a mussar sefer, but certainly not relevant to halacha.

-- 
Zev Sero               Meaningless combinations of words do not acquire
zev at sero.name          meaning merely by appending them to the two other
                        words `God can'.  Nonsense remains nonsense, even
                        when we talk it about God.   -- C S Lewis