A WORD IN SEASON TO THE WEARY

January 27🌷🌷

“And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron… for glory and for beauty” (Exodus 28:2)

The garments designed by God for the high priest are able to show forth God’s glory and beauty which He desires to share with us. That is why these garments of the high priest in the Old Testament are called ‘Garments of Glory and Beauty’. On the one hand God was showing that nobody was worthy to go into the Holy of Holies. All had sinned and so nobody could go there. Only the high priest had the privilege to go behind the veil once a year to make atonements. On the other hand God was showing through the garments of glory and beauty of the high priest, that He wants us also to become glorious and beautiful, although we have been ruined completely by sin, and have to say like Paul, “(in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing” (Rom. 7:18). Really, none of us is worthy to enjoy the presence of God in the Holy place. The high priest could go into the Most Holy Place and commune with God only once a year. Through these garments God was showing how our joy and our love can be full, how our nakedness caused by sin can be covered completely and how we can become glorious in the presence of God.Those who saw the high priest walking up and down in the tabernacle or the temple were being spoken to by God. “Oh My people, who are away from me, I want you to be near Me and enjoy My fullness”. We have to learn the same secret of enjoying fully our share in God’s fullness and not to be satisfied just by having our sins forgiven and obtaining some corner im heaven. We have to learn it by faith. The Lord Jesus Christ is my garment of glory and beauty. In Him we can see all these seven garments and thus we can be filled more and more with His fullness.