Once again, the narrative of Israel’s rebellions intersects with God’s statutes for life in the land.
When Israel fails – when Israel rebels, then God provides us with a contrast of what life should look like. o not be like your fathers in the wilderness – instead, be holy and walk humbly before your God!
Tonight, I want you to see two things: first, how great is God’s mercy in Jesus to deliver us from sin and death; and second, how we ought to live as a holy people with Jesus, our holy priest.
We saw last time that Moses and Aaron are pointing us to Jesus. When the wrath of God goes out against humanity, God’s great high priest stands in the gap – Jesus stands between the dead and the living, and he has stopped the plague through his death on the cross.
Aaron makes clear that the priesthood is not an instrument of prestige, but of service. Moses and Aaron are not concerned for themselves – their rights and privileges. They are concerned for God’s people.
And in our text for tonight we see that their task is to “bear iniquity” on behalf of the people....
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