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Hebrews 2:16-18 “For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham. 17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.
God the Father appointed His Son Jesus to become a High Priest for us in glory. Indeed, Jesus is in glory right now — as both Man and God — on our behalf. He is arrayed in the garments of a High Priest — and He stands before the Father interceding for us, even as I write!”
No doubt the Father takes great pleasure in having His Son at His right hand. But the Bible does not say Jesus ascended for the sake of His Father. Nor does it say He ascended to regain His glory. No — Scripture says Christ ascended to heaven on our behalf — as a High Priest: “Christ…entered into heaven… now to appear in the presence of God… for us…” (Hebrews 9:24).
John caught a glimpse of Jesus in His ministry as our High Priest in glory. He writes that Jesus appeared in the midst of seven candlesticks (representing His church) and ministered among them wearing a particular garb: “…clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle” (Revelation 1:13).
This is the attire of a high priest! Jesus wore a robe down to His feet and a breastplate around His midsection. And that is the same attire He wears as He ministers on our behalf right now in glory!
You probably remember that the high priest in the Old Testament was a type and shadow of Christ. Two priesthoods are mentioned — an Aaronic priesthood and a Melchizedek priesthood. Aaron was most certainly a type of Christ. Indeed, God gave us an illustrated sermon in the Old Testament high priest. Everything he did illustrated the work and ministry of Jesus in glory!
Everything in the Temple Focused
on Jesus and His Ministry!
Every piece of furniture and every arrangement in the Old Testament tabernacle pointed to Jesus. If you want to know about Christ’s ministry to us in glory in these last days, study the tabernacle and the high priest. Exodus 30 gives us a wonderful picture of this ministry:
Between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle was a veil. And just before the entrance to the Holy of Holies stood an altar made of gold, three feet high and eighteen inches square. Incense was placed on this altar and burned at all times.
As high priest, Aaron was commanded to take care of the lamps and wicks. Every morning when he went into the Holy Place to light them, he put incense on the altar. The altar had to have coals of fire in it always, so the fire would never go out. Even at night Aaron was to go in and put sweet incense “beaten small” on the altar.
“And Aaron [the high priest] shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations” (Exodus 30:7-8).
For years, throughout all of Israel’s wilderness journeyings, the golden altar filled the Holy Place with a cloud of sweet incense. An incense was constantly rising to heaven!
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David Wilkerson was the Founding Pastor of Times Square Church in New York City. He was called to New York in 1958 to minister to gang members and drug addicts, as told in the best-selling book, The Cross and the Switchblade.
In 1987, David Wilkerson returned to “the crossroads of the world” to establish Times Square Church. As a pastor of the church, he faithfully led this congregation, delivering powerful biblical messages that encourage righteous living and complete reliance on God.
David Wilkerson had a strong burden to encourage and strengthen pastors throughout the world. From 1999 to 2008, he traveled around the globe holding conferences for Christian ministers.
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