Read Leviticus 8 here or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraphs:
8:1-36 {s} Consecration of the tabernacle and priesthood
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. It reveals an extension to the Chiastic Structure we saw yesterday:
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.
What does the Tabernacle tell us? God desires to dwell with us, however, sin keeps us separated from Him.
What do the sacrifices tell us? God will atone us for our sins.
What does the priesthood tell us? Atonement comes through the mediation of the priest.
Messiah Yeshua is our Tabernacle (our dwelling place, Immanuel), our Atoning Sacrifice, and our High Priest; 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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