Priceless offering
Oh well, managed to get this up only now… Nevertheless, think it is an important enough blog entry. So have tried to re-type it all out.
Attended ncc bs last Friday and the pastor spoke from Numbers 16. When Moses led the people out of Egypt, there were numerous occasions when the people complained against their leaders. The chapter recounted of how 250 rebels were killed for their rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Despite witnessing this incident, v41 states that the whole Israelite community started grumbling against Moses and Aaron, just 1 day after the incident!
Moses and Aaron were at the Tent of Meeting, and Moses sensed God’s wrath coming upon the people, and he quickly instructed Aaron to run, run with the sensor carrying the incense and fire from the altar to the people, and make atonement for the people. Aaron ran, and already people were starting to fall like flies. The scene was so remarkable, Aaron running to midst of the assembly and offered incense and made atonement. And immediately the plague stopped! Aaron stood between the living and the dead. Such is the power of the atonement!
Similarly, Jesus is the offering made for us, and His one sacrificial act consumed God’s entire wrath. Jesus’ offering has always remained a fact in my mind that is difficult to identify with or grasp, something intangible. This particular episode drove home the point of what Jesus’ sacrifice means to me! The scene of Aaron standing between the living and the dead is a poignant representation of Jesus’ sacrifice! I could jolly well have perished in sin, but the offering was made.
Another point that struck me is my role as priest. It means so much that Aaron hurried to the people with the offering. Am I like Aaron, running to stand between the living and the dead, offering the gift of Jesus to them? Or have I been strolling along, taking my own sweet time, when all around me, people are perishing by the moment? What a timely reminder!
Attended ncc bs last Friday and the pastor spoke from Numbers 16. When Moses led the people out of Egypt, there were numerous occasions when the people complained against their leaders. The chapter recounted of how 250 rebels were killed for their rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Despite witnessing this incident, v41 states that the whole Israelite community started grumbling against Moses and Aaron, just 1 day after the incident!
Moses and Aaron were at the Tent of Meeting, and Moses sensed God’s wrath coming upon the people, and he quickly instructed Aaron to run, run with the sensor carrying the incense and fire from the altar to the people, and make atonement for the people. Aaron ran, and already people were starting to fall like flies. The scene was so remarkable, Aaron running to midst of the assembly and offered incense and made atonement. And immediately the plague stopped! Aaron stood between the living and the dead. Such is the power of the atonement!
Similarly, Jesus is the offering made for us, and His one sacrificial act consumed God’s entire wrath. Jesus’ offering has always remained a fact in my mind that is difficult to identify with or grasp, something intangible. This particular episode drove home the point of what Jesus’ sacrifice means to me! The scene of Aaron standing between the living and the dead is a poignant representation of Jesus’ sacrifice! I could jolly well have perished in sin, but the offering was made.
Another point that struck me is my role as priest. It means so much that Aaron hurried to the people with the offering. Am I like Aaron, running to stand between the living and the dead, offering the gift of Jesus to them? Or have I been strolling along, taking my own sweet time, when all around me, people are perishing by the moment? What a timely reminder!
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