Holiness of God
Exodus 28-29
Holiness of God, Exodus 28-29. In our day of casual worship, it is easy to
forget God's holiness, righteousness, and purity. We could not live if
He were to come and stand before us; our only access to Him is through
Christ who alone is perfect man and perfect God.
1 “Then bring near to you Aaron
your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel,
to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar
and Ithamar. 2 And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother,
for glory and for beauty. 3 You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I
have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to
consecrate him for my priesthood. 4 These are the garments that they
shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a
turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother
and his sons to serve me as priests. 5 They shall receive gold, blue
and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.
Exodus 28:1-5, ESV
42
It shall be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the
entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with
you, to speak to you there. 43 There I will meet with the people of
Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory. 44 I will consecrate the
tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will
consecrate to serve me as priests. 45 I will dwell among the people of
Israel and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that I am the Lord
their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell
among them. I am the Lord their God.
Exodus 29:42-46, ESV
Holiness of God
Exodus 28-29
In Exodus 28-29, God appoints Aaron and his sons as the priests; they are the ones who will represent Him before the people. Great detail is given regarding the garments the priests will wear. Why does God spend so much time, with so much detail, regarding the priests of Israel and the garments they shall wear?
Next,
God gives specific instructions regarding the consecration of the
priests. Again, why does God give so much detail regarding the
consecration of the priests of Israel?
The
Levites have been set apart by God to represent the holiness of God as well as His
righteousness before the people. Though they themselves are sinful, yet
every detail regarding the clothing they wear and the sacrifices they
make are to point to the holiness of God.
In
our day of casual worship, it is easy to forget God's holiness,
righteousness, and purity. We could not live if He were to come and
stand before us; our only access to Him is through Christ who alone is
perfect man and perfect God.
This reminds me of a familiar hymn:
Holy, Holy, Holy!
All the saints adore thee,
Casting down their golden crowns
Around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seaphim
Falling down before thee,
Who wert, and art,
And ever more shalt be.
Stanza 3 ends with:
Only thou art holy;
There is none beside thee
Perfect in pow'r,
In love, and purity.
Pray
today that God would be gracious to you and help you to remember the holiness of
God as you go through out your duties, and that you will join the angels
as they say,
Holy, Holy, Holy! ...
Only thou art holy;
There is none beside thee
Perfect in pow'r,
In love, and purity.
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