We Can Come to God at Any Time - Leviticus 16-18

Leviticus 16:2 (ESV Strong's)

and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.

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Aaron was the High Priest of God for Israel.  It was his job to represent the nation in all spiritual (and some physical) matters.      Most of the instructions of the entire book of Leviticus was written for Aaron and his sons in regard to their rules and regulations.  Note what God tells Moses, Aaron and his boys later in this section:

Leviticus 18:3-5 (ESV Strong's)

You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.

Obeying God’s Law is fundamental for the High Priest and his sons.   That is what makes the above commandment so frightening.   Aaron and his sons could not come to God into the Holy place just any time they wanted.   God had a prescribed way to approach Him.  If Aaron did not follow that manner, God would strike him dead.   That is frightening.   Yet, that was life lived out in the Old Testament.   That is why the sacrifice of Christ is so amazing for the believer in the Church today, living in the New Testament.  

Hebrews 10:11-14 (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, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

Hebrews 10:22 (ESV Strong's)

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Because of Christ’s finished, one-time, compete and perfect sacrifice, we can come to Jesus at anytime.   Note:

1. Stephen came to God through Christ in the midst of his stoning death (Acts 17).

2. Peter and James came to God through Christ after being beaten and cast into jail (Acts 3-4).

3. John came to Christ when cast into the island of Patmos (Revelation 1). 

We can come any time to Christ.  Amazing!!!