출애굽기 Chapter 29

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1

Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. Take one bull calf and two rams without blemish.

Key Message

Service to God requires blameless devotion, prefiguring the perfect sacrifice of Christ.

▸The ordination ceremony for priests centers on offering unblemished animals as sacrifices.

The ordination ceremony for priests centers on offering unblemished animals as sacrifices. The condition of 'without blemish' indicates that everything offered to God must be the very best. Every element of this ordination ceremony is filled with symbols that prefigure the high priestly ministry of Jesus Christ.

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How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
4

You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

Key Message

The purification required to approach God points beyond external ritual to the cleansing of inner sin, which is completed by the blood of Christ.

▸The first act of the ordination ceremony is the purification ritual of washing with water.

7

Then you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

Key Message

The anointing of the Holy Spirit is God's act of establishing and empowering his ministers.

▸The anointing ritual symbolizes God's Spirit coming upon that person, bestowing power and authority for a special office.

18

And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD. It is a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.

Key Message

An offering of complete devotion is a delight to God, and Christ's perfect sacrifice was the fragrant offering that appeased God's wrath.

▸The burnt offering involves burning the entire sacrifice to God, symbolizing complete devotion and self-renunciation.

38

Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day regularly.

Key Message

Daily worship teaches that our relationship with God must be ordinary and continual, and prefigures the eternal sacrifice of Christ.

▸The continual burnt offering (tamid) is offered daily morning and evening, forming the basic rhythm of Israelite worship.

43

There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory.

Key Message

Where God's glory dwells becomes holy, and in Christ we are made holy by God's presence.

▸The ultimate purpose of the tabernacle was to be the place where God meets the people of Israel.

45

I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God.

Key Message

God's dwelling among his people is the highest promise and goal of God running through all of Scripture.

▸This verse contains the core covenant formula running through all of Scripture: 'I will be your God and you will be my people.