The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Numbers 20:25-26,
"Get Aaron and his son Eleazar and take them up Mount Hor. Remove Aaron's garments and put them on his son Eleazar, for Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will die there."
The Lord told Moses that Aaron would die on Mount Hor because both of them rebelled against the Lord at the waters of Meribah. Neither Moses nor Aaron would be allowed to enter into the land promised to the nation. The Lord told them to go up on Mount Hor and Moses was to remove the priestly garments off of Aaron and place them on his son, Eleazar, who would succeed him as the high priest. Here we see the first passing of the high priest role in Israel.
I am reminded that the passing of the role of priest from one to another is a contrast to the priestly role Jesus occupies. "Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever." Hebrews 7:23-28.
Earlier in the book, the author of Hebrews explains, "In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer [Jesus Christ] of their salvation perfect through what he suffered."
"Get Aaron and his son Eleazar and take them up Mount Hor. Remove Aaron's garments and put them on his son Eleazar, for Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will die there."
The Lord told Moses that Aaron would die on Mount Hor because both of them rebelled against the Lord at the waters of Meribah. Neither Moses nor Aaron would be allowed to enter into the land promised to the nation. The Lord told them to go up on Mount Hor and Moses was to remove the priestly garments off of Aaron and place them on his son, Eleazar, who would succeed him as the high priest. Here we see the first passing of the high priest role in Israel.
I am reminded that the passing of the role of priest from one to another is a contrast to the priestly role Jesus occupies. "Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever." Hebrews 7:23-28.
Earlier in the book, the author of Hebrews explains, "In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer [Jesus Christ] of their salvation perfect through what he suffered."
Knowing that Jesus Christ lives forever and therefore his role as our high priest lasts forever (unlike human high priests), for all eternity, provides us all the assurance that our salvation is as permanent on any given day as another. Our standing with God will never change as Jesus lives forever to intercede with God on our behalf - we are saved completely and eternally.
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