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At first
glance, this chapter seems to be about the slaughter of many unsuspecting
animals. Of course, it is about exactly
that. However, it is about more than
that.
This chapter
is about the consecration of the priests.
Aaron is consecrated. His sons
are consecrated. The regulations for
passing down this consecration throughout the generations is given. The lifetime consecration is granted by the
death of the animals.
Why is this
neat? It is neat because we remember that
the tabernacle is a foretelling of things to come in Christ. The tabernacle is God’s way of preparing us
for what He is going to do in Christ.
What is
Christ? Ultimately, He is the one who
dies for our sakes. He is the one who
dies so that we might all be priests for God.
He dies once so that we can be consecrated for life.
I’ve never
thought about the death of something in terms of consecration. Sure, I think about the death of a sacrifice
in terms of redemption all the time.
However, Christ was more than redeeming us on the cross. he was consecrating us so that we would be
prepared for service under God. That’s a
really cool thought.
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