Leave Not the Tabernacle

You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses. Leviticus 10:7

Something was going on outside. Aaron and his sons were given a stern instruction seen in our verse today. It seems so simple, and yet the first thing our rebellious nature would want to do is to go outside...and die. Note that this is the same command given to Adam and Eve - don't eat from this tree, or you shall surely die. Paul tells us the same thing when he writes that the wages of sin is death, and we are tempted right then to do the unlawful thing and get paid for it. We have examples all around us right now of those who do not want to lock down and mask up. The threat is overstated and overblown, they say, and they go outside the tabernacle in a manner of speaking. 

This latest threat may be overstated, I do not know, but what is this thing in us that immediately rebels against commands that would save us from death? Why do we need a savior so badly? Heh, that wasn't even subtle. What a blunt lead in! 

Yes, to all who have known his or her rebellion before the Lord's commands, we rejoice in the Savior our Lord God has sent to us. If the Lord were to send a message this morning that I was to not go outside the house upon pain of death, something in me would immediately want so very badly to go outside. Praise God for the atoning death of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Only in Him can this human nature be overcome and mortified. Only in the Christ is this inner rebellion forgiven before it even has a chance to rise up. Now, take up the sword of the Word, and quit letting that rebellious thing speak its piece! 

Have a grand day in our glorious Savior, Jesus the Christ,

Bucky