Blended Reading Plan from Back to the Bible
Leviticus 8-10; Hebrews 9
King James Version with Web Encyclopedia links: Leviticus 8; Leviticus 9; Leviticus 10; Hebrews 9
Offerings from Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology
Aaron and his sons were chosen as priests in Leviticus 8. Considering the incident that occurred in Exodus 32 (February 11), where Aaron buckled under pressure and made the golden calf, built an altar for the golden calf, and encouraged the people to worship it. This is the same Aaron who is now the first High Priest of the Old Testament under Mosaic traditions. Notice in chapter 8, Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water, clothed them with the priestly robes (which was mentioned in Exodus 39), offered a sin offering for them, then a burnt offering for consecration, a grain offering, then finally a wave offering. It is GRACE and God's mercy that Aaron and his sons were chosen despite this awful sin of idolatry. How much so, we who are sinners, come to the Lord (1John 1.9) are forgiven of our sins and we can serve the Lord. Peter, in 1Per 1.9-10 stated we are a chosen people, a royal priesthood and a holy nation.
High Priest Page
In Leviticus 9, Aaron was inaugurated as Israel's first high priest. He began the ceremony by offering the sin offering and burnt offering for himself and the people. Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh of the ox and the ram before the Lord as a wave offering. For the meaning behind these offerings click here. Today these offerings are obsolete but are fulfilled instead by Jesus' death on the cross. We too, can approach God as boldly as Aaron did, because of faith in Jesus Christ and obedience to His Word, our sins can be forgiven, we can consecrate ourselves and have fellowship with God and with fellow believers.
In Leviticus 10, Nadab and Abihu, offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which was not prescribed. Fire came from the Presence of the Lord and struck them dead! Why is that? They wore the right clothes, had the right relations, had the right family, belonged to the right fellowship, had the right intentions in following instructions but they were still wrong and dead! The reason why they died was a clear warning even for us today, Lev 10.3 Guzik We tend to treat God with contempt, we forget he is a holy God and a righteous God. Familiarity breeds contempt as the old saying goes. We think that God is a God of love and tend to forget who he really is . Stedman-Strange fire What strange fire have you offered in your life to God. Do you do things your way or God's way? References to this event: Lev. 10:1,2; Num. 3:4; 26:60
An excellent book to read about Holiness is R.C. Sproul's "The Holiness of God"
Leviticus 8 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Leviticus 9 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Leviticus 10 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Other Links
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 8-10
Stedman on Lev 8:1-9
Stedman on Lev 8:10-36
Stedman on Lev. 9
Stedman on Lev. 10
Links to Commentaries and other References - Leviticus
Hebrews 9 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Hebrews 9
The earthly temple is described in some detail. Here is a good link for the tabernacle The Tabernacle Page.
In verses 6-7 the high priest can only come into the Holy of Holies once a year never with without blood, which he offered for himself on Yom Kuppir
The blood of Christ. verses 11-28. Christ entered a more greater tabernacle that is not man-made. he entered the Holy of Holies by His own blood, which is superior to goats and bulls. A verse that stood out was '..and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.'
LARGE PICTURE OF JESUS THE HIGH PRIEST
High Priest Page
Links to Commentaries and other References - Hebrews
Bible Study Tools
Jesus Saves
How to Become a Christian
This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.
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