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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Exodus 29:1-18
Looked at alone, Aaron represents Jesus; as such he is anointed apart, and blood is not necessary (v. 7). In company with his sons, we see Christ there with His own. By virtue of their relationship with Jesus, the great High Priest in heaven, believers are associated with Christ in the offering up of praise to God. But before being in a position to exercise their office, Aaron and his sons had to fulfil a certain number of conditions. Sacrifices were prepared for them. They had to approach the door of the tabernacle, and be washed with water (notice that they could not do this themselves). Then they received the new garments described in chapter 28. Morally the same things are essential before any Christian service. It is necessary first to have come to God with the "more excellent "sacrifice which atones for our sins. Then the "washing of water" is necessary, a function performed by the Word (Hebrews 10:22; Titus 3:5). Finally it is necessary that our clean garments match our cleansed bodies. Zechariah 3:3-5 shows us a priest, Joshua, whom the LORD clothes with a change of raiment in place of his "filthy garments". Our exterior conduct must be clean, to correspond with the internal purifying of our conscience. It is by putting on the Lord Jesus Christ that we shall be able to realise this (Romans 13:14).
