The Mediator

DAY 156

Chinese Gen Hospital

TEXT: Numbers 16-19

Rhema Verse: Numbers 16:46 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put incense in it, along with burning coals from the altar, and hurry to the assembly to make atonement for them. Wrath has come out from the Lord; the plague has started.”

MESSAGE: The Levites were bickering about the priesthood, they were not happy being the subordinates, and that they must serve Aaron and his household as high priests. They formed grumblers and was questioning Moses' leadership, not realizing it was God who ordained everything. Because of what they did the plague started at lahat ng daanan nun instant-death! Realizing that God's anger will wipe-out all the Israelites because of their rebellion, Moses told Aaron to take his censer and stand between the living and the dead (14,700 died instantly). And as soon as Aaron did that, the death by plaque stopped instantly, because Aaron ATONED (atonement-reconcile with God) them from their sins.

And it made me wonder, how did Aaron made a peace for the whole Israel by just waving his censer to a doomed-to-death people? Who is Aaron? How did he became the high priest? Is it because he was holy? Certainly not, he even made a golden calf for the Israelite and serve as priest for the calf god. Is it because he was Moses brother? Moses is not moved by politics or by his own decisions but God'. And then the Holy Spirit led me to this Numbers 18:7b God made Aaron the high priest as a GIFT! And the Levites were also a gift made to assist Aaron the high priest and his family (18:2). And this lasting-ordinance gift was not originally made for Aaron, it was because of Aaron's grandson in Num 25:1-13.       

If Aaron could cover the whole Israelites fault or sin as the high priest in the Old Testament, how much more the Son of the Most High God, the Lord Jesus Christ? (Hebrews 5:1-10)

Promise: if we believe and receive the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the most high priest, the gift of salvation and atonement for our sin we will be saved.

PROMISE: Jesus is my righteousness!

COMMAND: Believe and receive

WARNING: if we see ourselves attaining salvation by our works, and not by the gift of grace and Jesus's sacrifice, it is doomed to fail.

APPLICATION: I thank you Lord Jesus for letting me embrace your gift of grace.. Because the Holy Spirit works freely for those who receives freely from You. Thank you so much for Your sacrifice that enables me to stand holy before the LORD. I love you Lord, knowing how much you loved me makes me love you even more, that is why I want to know You and live for You more. Thank you Lord Jesus, for nothing can separate me from Your love, for we are more than conquerors because You loved me.