Priests begin serving

Mo. 5/13/13: Leviticus 9:1 – 4                  What was the reason for the sacrifices?

¹It came to pass on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.²And he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.

³And to the children of Israel you shall speak, saying, ‘Take a kid of the goats as a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering, ⁴also a bull and a ram as peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today the Lord will appear to you.’”

What was the reason for the sacrifices? God would appear there.

Tu. 5/14/13: Leviticus 9:23 – 24                  Did the people see God?

²³And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out and blessed the people. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people, ²⁴and fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

Did the people see God? God’s glory appeared: all worshipped!

We. 5/15/13: Leviticus 10:1 – 3                  Why did the priests die?

¹Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. ²So fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. ³And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying:

      ‘By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy;

      And before all the people I must be glorified.’”

So Aaron held his peace.

Why did the priests die? They did things their way, not God’s way.

Th. 5/16/13: Leviticus 10:6 – 7                  Why did the relatives not mourn?

And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, “Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled.

You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.

Why did the relatives not mourn? They were priests before God.

Fr. 5/17/13: Proverbs 14:12 & John 14:6                  What is the way?

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 

What is the way? Not really: who is the way? Jesus Christ, and none else.