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February 3 - Evening
"Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests. Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron, to give him dignity and honor. Tell all the skilled men to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration,
so he may serve me as priest."
- Exodus 28:1-5 |
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| Preparation of the Priests |
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The role of the priest was primary to Israel’s national identity, detailed in its daily function and comprehensive concerning its wide range of responsibilities. Among many other things the priests were to communicate the law of the covenant to the people and teach them the ways of the Lord. The priests were responsible to intercede for the people before God and to, likewise, the priest were to represent the Lord to the people. The priest would oversee and officiate all of the rituals involved with worship and they would oversee the maintenance of the Tabernacle. The details of these assignments spiraled deep into Israelite culture and the daily life of the people.
Aaron, the elder brother of Moses from the line of Levi, was chosen to serve in as the priest along with his four sons: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. This would be the first and second generation of a long line of priests from the line of Aaron, who was from the tribe of Levi.
Men from Israel would use their spiritually anointed skill of craftsmanship to make the garments for the Aaron and his sons. The details of these garments are describe in Exodus 28 and include the use of red, blue, purple thread along with thread made from pure gold. The high priest’s garments include a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban and a sash and more. All of these things were to be made by the skilled craftsman the Lord had set among the people in Israel. |
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"“He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.”
- C.S. Lewis |
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8 out 10 Americans identify themselves as Christian (79.5%). Islam and Judaism, the two other major religions in America, make up less than 3% of adult Americans when the two are added together. (Statistic details here.) |
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Prosphiles (Gr) – Lovely Eng) - prosphiles is compound Greek word that is used one time in the Greek New Testament in Philippians 4:8. Prosphiles is made of pros which means “to,” “towards” and the phileo meaning “love,” “esteem,” and “tender affection.” So, pros-philes implies something that is “towards-love,” or “to-esteem.” Prosphiles is translated “lovely” in the NIV, ESV, NAS, etc. |
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Philip from the book of Acts 6:5; 8:5; 8:26; 8:40 and 21:8-9 is recorded by Polycrates (130-196), the bishop of Ephesus, as being buried in Hierapolis. Philip’s tomb was been found in Hierapolis in in 2011. (See details here and here. See photos here and here.) |
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Do I allow God to work through me as a priest who intercedes for others?
Today I will intercede for another person before the presence of God.
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"Trust in the Lord with all
your heart
and lean not on your
own understanding."
- Proverbs 3:5 |
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| Reps & Sets is a daily Bible devotional for Christians from Generation Word Bible Teaching used each morning and evening. |
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