29:1-46
Lot’s more details! This time focusing on the consecration of the priests. There are some points that are interesting, amidst all the blood! The priest had to be cleansed, both by washing and by sacrifice. We are a royal priesthood (1 Pet 2:9) and before we can serve we have to be cleansed. In the case of Aaron and his descendents, this process had to be repeated over seven days, stressing the completeness of the process. We do need to appreciate that we cannot come to God without purification, the cross and the blood are absolutely essential.
29:43-46 are most interesting, expressing the purposes of God. The place of meeting would be sanctified by the glory of God. Man’s “glory” sanctifies nothing, it is only God’s glory that can do that. Aaron and his sons would be consecrated. In Christ we have been consecrated for service to the Lord. “I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God” (29:45). This is the oft repeated phrase in the Old Testament, ‘I will be their God and they will be my people.’ “And they shall know that I am the Lord ... that I might dwell among them”. God’s purpose is to dwell among His people, and He wants us to know who He is.
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