Faithful Obedience Produces the Glory of God - Leviticus 7-9

Leviticus 8:1-4 (ESV)

Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread. And assemble all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.” And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

God is about to have Aaron and his sons consecrated to service for Himself.  To do this, much work must be done.   Moses is to do several things:

1. Bring Arron and his sons to the Tabernacle entrance. 
2. Bring the priestly garments just made for Aaron and his sons.
3. Bring the anointing oil (which was a picture of the Holy Spirit).
4. Bring a bull for the sin offering. 
5. Bring two rams for the sin offering. 
6. Bring a basket of unleavened bread for the sin offering. 
7. Bring the entire nation to the entrance of the Tabernacle. 

Moses did all that.  Imagine the scene in the wilderness.   We were told earlier that there were over 600,000 men.   So, with the men, women and children, there would have been over one million people gathered at the “entrance of the tent of meeting.”   It is unimaginable how everyone could see and hear this awesome moment of anointing of Aaron and his sons.  At the end of this scene, however, this is what is written:

Leviticus 9:23-24 (ESV)

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.

It is through obedience that we see the glory of God.   They did what they were told and God’s glory floods the place.   However the logistics occurred, the end was the glory of God.   One million people were watching one man (Moses) dress another man (Aaron) in his priestly robes and anoint him with oil and offer a bull and two rams.  The audience was not, however, them.  The audience was God.   His approval for their actions was His showing them His glory.   That is the formula for all the times we worship today.  The audience is the congregation. When we realize the audience is God and our obedience is to Him, His glory shows up.