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This morning I want you to know our time in Leviticus will be intentionally brief. In fact, the few verses we’re going to re-examine at the close of chapter 9 will simply act as a kind of portal through which we’ll travel back in time to gain a greater understanding of what God was really seeking to accomplish in the things we’ve been looking at in Leviticus.

As I mentioned in our introduction so many of the ideas you encounter in Leviticus is God’s way of kicking the ball back to re-establish the appropriate way forward. In soccer the act of kicking the ball backwards is not only acceptable, but strategic. The ball is kicked back to a place where you can then progress the ball upfield in a more successful fashion.

A great illustration of this is presented for us in Leviticus 9. After finishing the creation of the “tabernacle of meeting” at the end of Exodus, the establishing of the sacrificial system in Leviticus 1-7, and the ordaining of “Aaron and his sons” to be priests, chapter 8 closes with these men spending “seven days” in the tabernacle in order to complete their consecration.

As we saw last Sunday, Leviticus 9 then fast-forwards to the “eighth day” with “Aaron and his sons” coming forth officially occupying their role as the priests and the tabernacle being officially opened for business. The High Priest Aaron makes the necessary sacrifices for himself before then making a myriad of offerings on behalf of the congregation of Israel.

With these offerings sitting upon the Bronze Altar as the Lord had instructed and the entire multitude of the people attentively looking on to see what would happen next, we read… Leviticus 9:23-24, “And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out and blessed the congregation. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people, and fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.”

What a scene this would have been! Moses and Aaron come out of the tent and begin to pronounce “blessings on the congregation.” As this is happening “the glory of the Lord appears to all the people.” It’s likely “the glory” physically manifested in the cloud of smoke descending from on high, filling the Holy of Holies, before resting on the Mercy Seat atop the Ark. What was it like to then see “fire come out from before the Lord” and “consume the burnt offering on the altar?” What did it sound like? Could you feel the rush of air? The smell?

Again, we mentioned last Sunday this word “shouted” was not a scream of terror. They weren’t frightened by what they’d just seen. Instead, they were overwhelmed with jubilee. This entire system of offerings had been founded on a core promise that God “would accept the sacrifice of their behalf to make atonement for sin.” The fire indicated He indeed had!

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