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| Aaron to the rescue | |
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| MarkStaneart | Jun 25 2011, 06:28 AM Post #1 |
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But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD. And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. (Numbers 16:41-48) Why Aaron? Why not Joshua or Eleazar, or Moses himself? Well, it couldn’t be Joshua because Joshua was not a priest, and God had just said that anyone who approached the holy things who wasn’t a priest must be killed. That certainly wouldn’t have been helpful. Eleazar is unmentioned in this story. Could he as much have been among the dissenters? We really don’t know where he and the rest of the Levites fall in this story. Remember that Korah was an uncle to these guys, probably well respected and trusted. There had to be doubt and confusion among the tribe. Why not Moses? Is not Moses the Type for our Messiah, interceding and standing between God’s wrath and our sin? But Moses’ place, as such is before the Throne, interceding to the Father on our behalf. No, it had to be Aaron. He was the only one available who could do the job. And, as High Priest, it was his job to make atonement before God for the people. Here we see probably one of the bravest acts in human history. A plague of death was sweeping through the population. People were literally dropping where they stood as the wrath of God swept from one side of the camp to the other. Aaron, against any better judgment of common sense, was running as fast as he could toward death with no time to have had explained to him what was to be the intended outcome. He just knew that if he didn’t do this, everyone would die. Sometimes we can put things together in our minds and figure out what God intends by the instruction He is giving us. Sometimes He clearly delivers to us the message and the meaning so that we are fully on board and are clued in on what is supposed to happen. Sometimes He just says go. We have to be tuned into the voice of God without being hindered by our own capacity to reason. We have to be confident of His voice when we hear Him speaking. When we hesitate people die. Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. (Numbers 16:49) |
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