Title Priest (Leviticus 2)
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In the Old Testament, there are unique officers wearing unique clothes. That is the priest (Exodus 28-39). Many priests, centering on the high priest, came only from the tribe of Levi.
The first priest in Israel's history was Moses' older brother, Aaron. (Moses and Aaron were of the tribe of Levi).
Aaron was appointed high priest, and his sons were appointed priests.
The priests were to follow God's holy procedures from their ordination ceremony. Soon, you will have time to learn the holiness of God and sanctify yourself in the 7-day ceremony. Moses took the anointing oil and the blood of the altar, sprinkled it on Aaron's clothes and the clothes of his sons, and sanctified the girdle, and stayed in the tent of meeting and ate in it.
Restrictions on priest's clothing and food are measures to separate life and make it worthy to stand before a holy God. In particular, the priest becomes sanctified through the ceremony of sprinkling anointing oil (Exodus 30) and blood on their clothes, which symbolizes the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.
Our clothes are cleansed with the blood of Jesus (Revelation 7:14). The clean white robe we wear is the robe that covers our sins, and it means we are qualified to come to God.
And now all the saints have become priests (1 Peter 2:9). Today's all priests pray to God for this age and offer them up to be sacrificed. After discovering his mission, Paul said he was “a priest of the gospel” (Romans 15:16).
Between the priests of the Old Testament and the priests of today, Jesus Christ, the eternal High Priest, is at the center. If the priests of the Old Testament typified Jesus Christ, today's priests are those who imitate the work of Jesus Christ. This shows us a pattern of God's redemptive work.
Now we have to go out with the blood-stained gospel and carry out the work of purifying our souls in this world.