7/29/2008 8:11 AM
My Worship Time Focus: The priests were clothed
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Ex. 29:5-6, 8-9, 29-30; Lev 8:7-9, 13
Message of the verses: “5
"You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the tunic and the
robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastpiece, and gird him with the
skillfully woven band of the ephod; 6
and you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the
turban.
“8 "You shall bring his sons and put tunics
on them. 9 "You shall gird them with sashes, Aaron
and his sons, and bind caps on them, and they shall have the priesthood by a
perpetual statute. So you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
“29 "The holy garments of Aaron shall be for
his sons after him, that in them they may be anointed and ordained. 30
"For seven days the one of his sons who is priest in his stead
shall put them on when he enters the tent of meeting to minister in the holy
place.
“7 He put the tunic on him and girded him with
the sash, and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him; and he girded
him with the artistic band of the ephod, with which he tied it to him. 8 He
then placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and
the Thummim. 9 He also placed the turban on his head, and on
the turban, at its front, he placed the golden plate, the holy crown, just as
the LORD had commanded Moses.
“13 Next Moses had Aaron’s sons come near and
clothed them with tunics, and girded them with sashes and bound caps on them,
just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
The
articles that are described here for Aaron are the articles that I have been
studying in the previous SD’s. The
articles of clothing that his sons were to ware were not described previously. There was a difference between the clothing
that Aaron (the high priest) wore than the clothing that his sons wore,
(priests). Later on when Aaron would die
one of his sons would then wear the clothing of the high priest.
Here is how
Isaiah describes the garments that the Lord has given to His children: “10 ¶
I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, My soul will exult in my God; For He
has clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself
with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Now here is how Paul describes this in 2 Cor.
“5: 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things
passed away; behold, new things have come. 21
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might
become the righteousness of God in Him.”
As a believer in Jesus Christ He has taken away the filthy garments of
sin and clothed me with the garments of righteousness, as verse 21 of 2 Cor.
five speaks of it was an exchange as Christ became sin for me and in exchange
has given me His righteousness in it’s place.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: 2 Cor. 5:21 is one of the most amazing verses
in the entire Bible for in it I find an exchange that is most unworthy for me,
something that I did not deserve, nor could I have ever earned it, for it was a
gift of God’s grace and love given to me at the cost of Jesus Christ. The garment of righteousness is the most
important garment that I will ever put on.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- I trust the Lord to guide my paths.
- I trust the Lord as I yoke up with Him for I am weary and heavy laden, and I will find rest for my soul, which is what I really need at this time, for His yoke is easy, and His burden is light.
- Put on all of the Spiritual Armor so that I will be protected from the schemes of the evil one.
Memory verses for the week: Exodus
20:1-4
- Then God spoke all these words, saying,
- I am
the Lord your God who brought you out of the
- You shall have no other gods before me.
- You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
7/29/2008 8:52 AM
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