Ex 28:1-2 (NIV) Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests. 2 Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron, to give him dignity and honor.
NOTE: The garments give dignity and honor, they do not make the person better, holy, or closer to God. The garments are required to serve as Priests in the tabernacle. The garments "cover" the person in a way that God says is acceptable. In that sense, they are holy. But the person is not holy because he wears sacred garments. He has dignity and respect not because he is something special, but because he is called to a special task before God.
But in the new covenant, all believers are priests, "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy (1 Peter 2:9-10)." So, we are no different from a Priest in the OT. We should give dignity and honor to other believers, especially those who are serving the Lord well. But they are not better, they are just obedient, and example to all who call themselves by the name of Christ.
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