“Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Ps. 100:1-2.”
# 45 2025 Dev. Lev.8-9-10. “Ordination, Ministry, Consequences!” Read all of chapters eighth, nine, and ten 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.
Lev.Ch. 8 is all about the ordination of Aaron and his four sons. Ch. 9 is about beginning of worship as God ordained it. Ch. 10 is the consequences of worship that God did not approve.
Leviticus Ch. 8. Before the ordination the whole assembly was called to gather at the tent of meeting. We see the elaborate dress for the high priest and for Aaron’s sons, all are anointed with oil, along with the tabernacle and all the furniture and utensils. Sin offerings are included, as well as burnt offering and fellowship offerings. They had to stay at the tabernacle for seven days.
Leviticus Ch. 9. Ministry is begun on the eighth day worship was instituted. “On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. He said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for your sin offering and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before the Lord.” God also included the congregation. “Then say to the Israelites: ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering,a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without defect—for a burnt offering, and an ox and a ram for a fellowship offering to sacrifice before the Lord, together with a grain offering mixed with olive oil. For today the Lord will appear to you.’” Moses and Aaron went into tabernacle, came out and blessed the people; “and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.”
Leviticus Ch.10 “Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihutook their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, contrary to his command. So fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.” Aaron and his family were not to mourn but the people could mourn for Nadab and Abihu. Vs 8,9,10 gives us an indication of the problem; “You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean.” Today we live in a culture that glorifies being impaired with drink and drugs. God have mercy on parents, teachers, pastors and leaders. We have a long way to go, may we all discern what is right and what is wrong.
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