Exodus 28:36-38 KJV
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
The High Priest wore the Mitre and those words "HOLINESS TO THE LORD” that, according to the Word, "...he might bear the iniquity of the holy things..." This intrigued me so I stopped to consider it. These are the words of John Gill on the subject,
"...there is sin in the best performances of the saints; there is not a just man that does good, but he sins in doing that good; the best righteousness of men is imperfect, and attended with sin; and this cannot be borne, or taken away by themselves; if God should mark such sins as these, they could not stand before him; now Christ, their High Priest, bears and takes away these, along with all others, which are laid upon him, and borne by him"
The best men sin and it is so true that we even sin in the performance of good. We are so prone to and so carried about with sin that even when doing God service, we so easily slip into the flesh.
Thank the Lord that He has made provision for even that sin in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. All true holiness is the holiness of the Lord.
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
The High Priest wore the Mitre and those words "HOLINESS TO THE LORD” that, according to the Word, "...he might bear the iniquity of the holy things..." This intrigued me so I stopped to consider it. These are the words of John Gill on the subject,
"...there is sin in the best performances of the saints; there is not a just man that does good, but he sins in doing that good; the best righteousness of men is imperfect, and attended with sin; and this cannot be borne, or taken away by themselves; if God should mark such sins as these, they could not stand before him; now Christ, their High Priest, bears and takes away these, along with all others, which are laid upon him, and borne by him"
The best men sin and it is so true that we even sin in the performance of good. We are so prone to and so carried about with sin that even when doing God service, we so easily slip into the flesh.
Thank the Lord that He has made provision for even that sin in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. All true holiness is the holiness of the Lord.
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