Leviticus 8:5-9
And Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing that the Lord has commanded to be done.” And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. And he put the coat on him and tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him and tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, binding it to him with the band. And he placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. And he set the turban on his head, and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Truth: We must all put on garments acceptable to God.
In the above passage we have the initial institution of the priestly garments to be placed on Aaron and his sons. For the priest to enter the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, they would need to be clothed in proper attire. God had designed the attire, the workers had made the attire and now they would be placed on Aaron and his sons and then consecrated to God for worship. The priestly garments were fashioned in color and design to represent many pictures for God. Since all aspects of the Tabernacle, the Altar, the Sacrifices and the Priestly duties and clothes were pictures for what Christ would do for us and with us, we need to understand the need to be clothed properly. God is in the process of clothing us. When we are regenerated, God changes our spiritual garments. God is clothing us today with His Spirit and with the fruit of the Spirit. We are to put on the "clothes" of God. Our inner self out to reflect God and that should carry through to our outer self. Note what Peter says about how to clothe ourselves in this world:
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Notice what he says to women in the same book about how their dress is not now the outward, but the inward:
1 Peter 3:1-6
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
Notice what Paul says to the worker in the market place in regard to how they should act in front of those who are over them:
Titus 2:10
not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.
Today we are not required to wear the outer shell of clothes and attire that Aaron and his sons wore when we worship to God. However, we are to wear the inward humility and grace of God in our hearts and come before Him with the garments of holiness in our hearts.
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