[Moses] put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him.
\n \u2014 Leviticus 8:7<\/p>\n
A middle-school student asked why I was studying for eight years to be \u201cordained.\u201d I explained that the church ordains ministers for special duties, like raising their hands to give the blessing in church. He wasn\u2019t impressed. \u201cThat\u2019s a long time to go to school just to be able to raise your hands,\u201d he said.In Leviticus 8 God gives instructions for ordaining Aaron and his sons to serve as priests. The priests\u2019 clothing indicated the privilege and responsibility they bore. Priestly garments were purple and gold, matching the colors of the tabernacle, because the priests performed special duties for the Lord. The high priest\u2019s turban was inscribed with the words \u201cHoly to the Lord\u201d (Exodus 28:36), indicating special service to God. On the ephod\u2014a kind of vest\u2014were 12 stones, one for each tribe of Israel. God\u2019s people would see these stones and remember that the high priest carried their tribe close to his heart and lifted them up in prayer to God.It\u2019s even better for us! Hebrews 7:23-28 assures us that Jesus, our ultimate High Priest, continually lifts us up before God and holds us near to his heart. When grief or sadness weigh us down, Jesus is lifting us up! When Satan nags us about repeated failures, Jesus\u2019 Spirit reminds us that his righteousness covers all our sin. When we don\u2019t know how or what to pray for, Jesus prays on our behalf before the Lord Almighty!<\/p>\n
Lord Jesus, we thank and praise you for being our perfect priest. Thank you for representing us, O Savior and King! Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[Moses] put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him. \u2014 Leviticus 8:7 A middle-school student asked why I was studying for eight years to be \u201cordained.\u201d I explained that the church ordains ministers for special duties, like raising their hands to give<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1729],"class_list":["post-9910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-devotionals","tag-corner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}