# 17 2025 Dev. Ex.29:46.The Lord is our God! Read all of chapter twenty eight first. We invite you into God’s space, to read His Word, to think on and interact with. This is God’s Story. Do you believe that this may also be part of our story, in our time? All passages are taken from the NIV.
Ex29:46 “I am the Lord their God.”
Ex.29 Moses is up on the mountain with God, for two more chapters, he is given the detailed instructions concerning the Tabernacle, and Vestments. This chapter is about the ordination of the priests.
Vs.1-9 “This is what you are to do to consecrate them, so they may serve me as priests:” (Aaron and his four sons) God gives Moses detailed instruction about what to sacrifice in order to ordain the priest that God had chosen. That is the point for us as well, God is the One who choses our ministers and priests. They also are ordained in the presence of the congregation.
Vs.10-37 God’s orders to ordain the high priest and his four sons as priests was a long and complicated ceremony. A bull would be sacrificed, some parts burned on the altar, the fat, the kidneys a part of the liver but the skin, intestines and flesh was to be burned outside the camp as a sin offering. It also involved two rams, one ram was to be sacrificed, after laying on of hands by Aaron and his four sons. The second ram: “Consecrate those parts of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons: the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented. This is always to be the perpetual share from the Israelites for Aaron and his sons. It is the contribution the Israelites are to make to the Lord from their fellowship offerings.” The ordination was to take seven days. “Sacrifice a bull each day as a sin offering to make atonement,” also, make atonement for the altar. The sacrifices ordered by God here, prefigure the one and final sacrifice for sin that Jesus offered willingly on the cross as the sinless God man, turning the second death away from all those who put their trust in Him.
Vs.38-41 “This is what you are to offer on the altar regularly each day: two lambs a year old. Offer one in the morning and the other at twilight.” The morning and the evening offerings include flour, olive oil and wine. This was to take place every day, it does not say who is to supply all the items needed for the daily offerings. We assume it was to be provided by the congregation, free will offerings. So it is today the congregations provide for the needs of the churches, temple and mosque, all by free will offerings.
Vs.42-43 It comes with a promise, to Israel and Christians today that is still true; “There I will meet you and speak to you; there also I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by my glory.” By the power of the Holy Spirit God speaks to us by His Son, Jesus, by His Word and by His Creation.
Vs.44-46 “Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. They will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.” God is our God and dwells among, us, He brought us out of the slavery of sin, consecrates us in Jesus, who intercedes for us, and who comes to take us home to the Father. Praise be to God!
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