Exodus 28: 1-5: “And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.”
It is good for us to understand that God deals with individuals and works through individuals. There are some people who say that this generation is in the best position to reach the world because of all our technology but this is not the case. The Lord uses people who are willing to be living sacrifices in His service. (Rom 12: 1, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”) However, the true mark of a living sacrifice is a person who is living a holy life. Aaron and his sons had to be dressed in garments that fit for the Lord’s glory and beautiful. If we want to serve the Lord then our lives must be beautiful and fit to give glory to the Lord. Aaron was the fist high priest but his sons were trained after him to take the role of high priest. Nadab and Abihu but became too impressed with their own position and failed to give the correct glory to the Lord. They may have been clothed in linen but they didn’t do the righteous deeds that were required. (See Lev 10: 1, 2, “And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.”
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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