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Today is
another chapter largely composed of building plans. They continue to be as exciting as the prior
two days. Fortunately, Ezekiel gives us
a little something more than blueprints about which we can talk. We can also talk about clothing.
The priests
need to wear special garments when going into the hoy areas of the temple. We can go in many different directions
here. We could talk about the priests
not being holy enough. While that’s not
incorrect, it’s also something Christ takes care of when He dies upon the
cross. None of us are holy enough!
Instead, I
prefer to talk about putting on holiness.
Rather than focus on what’s wrong with us and our utter inability to be
with God on our own, it’s more useful to talk about how God makes it possible
for us to come to Him. The priests put
on holy clothing that is provided for them.
God makes the way for us to be holy.
Never forget that.
Furthermore,
we can go the other way. God recognizes
that when the priests go out into the world that they will become impure. However, notice that God doesn’t prevent
this. He wants the priests to go out and
about in the world. Rather than keep
them holy, He asks them to put on holiness as needed. In the same way, God wants us to go out into
the world. He wants us to encounter things
that may make us unclean sothat we can spread Him t the world. He can take care of our purity,
righteousness, and holiness though Christ.
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