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HEBREW PARAGRAPHS
8:1-36 {s} Consecration of the tabernacle and priesthood
CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
Lev 8:1-36 is the account of Moses establishing or setting up the Aaronic priesthood. The form and language of the chapter is very similar to the close of Exodus, when once the tabernacle furnishings were completed, Moses set them all up as he had been commanded.
When we add Lev 8:1-36 onto the back end of the Lev 1:1-7:38 Chiastic Structure, we find its matching element in Exo 40:1-38. Now something amazing is revealed. Moses did not establish either the Tabernacle, the offerings, or the priesthood because he had nothing else better to do. All of these things were done at the word of YHVH.
Yeshua said of Moses that “He wrote about Me,” (Joh 5:46). How? The design and function of the Tabernacle prophesies of Messiah. The sacrifices prophesy of Messiah. The priesthood prophesies of Messiah. These things teach us about our justification and sanctification in Messiah; they teach us about being in covenant and relationship with YHVH God.
The Tabernacle tells us that God desires to dwell with us, however, sin keeps us separated from Him.
The sacrifices tell us that God will atone us for our sins.
The priesthood tells us that atonement comes through the mediation of the priest.
Messiah Yeshua is our Tabernacle, our dwelling place, Immanuel, God With Us. He is our Atoning Sacrifice, and He is the High Priest of our confession. His work on the cross is finished. Sin is no longer separating us from the presence of YHVH God. Now all that is left to us, is to draw near in worship.
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