Leviticus 9:6 (ESV Strong's)
And Moses said, “This is the thing that the Lord commanded you to do, that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.”
Tag: No More “Do” for the Glory of the Lord!
In the above passage and this part of Leviticus, we read about what Aaron and his sons, the priest, had to “do” for the glory of God to appear to them. They performed ritual sacrifices prescribed by God and in the way God wanted. This was the result:
Leviticus 9:23-24 (ESV Strong's)
And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.
That was the ritual and the way it was in the Old Testament. But, then came Christ. Here is what we now read in the New Testament:
Hebrews 10:11-12 (ESV Strong's)
And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
2 Corinthians 3:16-18 (ESV Strong's)
But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Today, the glory of the Lord is revealed in Christ. WE are being changed from one degree of glory to the next by the power of the Spirit in our lives. The OT sacrifice system was a shadow of what was to come.
Hebrews 10:1 (ESV Strong's)
Christ's Sacrifice Once for All
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
Today we are brought “near” to the Glory of the Lord through the sacrifice and finished work of Christ. We can rejoice in that truth!!!
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