It Really Is a Privilege!

It Really Is a Privilege!


"This is the procedure for Aaron when he enters the Holy Place: He will bring a young bull for an Absolution-Offering and a ram for a Whole-Burnt-Offering; he will put on the holy linen tunic and the linen underwear, tie the linen sash around him, and put on the linen turban. These are the sacred vestments so he must bathe himself with water before he puts them on. Then from the Israelite community he will bring two male goats for an Absolution-Offering and a Whole-Burnt-Offering.
Leviticus 16: 3 THE MESSAGE (read 3-25 for the whole procedure)


Before the imparted kinship, friendship and priesthood we have in Jesus (2 Cor. 5:19), there was a procedure that must be followed before coming into the presence of God. Take a look at Aaron, in Leviticus 16. Aaron had to do these things, before coming into the presence of God (into the presence of the Holy of Holies):

Take a bath.
Put on his holy attire that consisted of (I am kind of joking, but not really) putting on holy -underwear, tunic, sash, a holy turban and the rest of the holy clothes
Bring an Absolution offering and a Whole burnt offering for sin in general
Cast lots (to see which goat is the scapegoat)
Start an open flame, add incense and burning coals
Sprinkle blood (3 times)
Pray
Smear more blood, and pray for himself and the camp.

In addition to all of that, if you were planning on coming directly to God, you had better be a man and had better be a Levite. If you veered from the process and rules, you could be struck dead.
Now, Because of Jesus, we can come to God anytime we want. You don’t have to be a Levite, gender is irrelevant, good or bad, Jew or Goy, we can all come to Him (Galatians 3:26-29).
Next time you pray, remember the privileged position you have in Jesus and thank God for that! It’s no small thing.