Ques. In what way does Exo. 28:33-35 apply to the Lord now? A. M.
EXO 28:33-35
Ans. Christ is our Great High Priest now in heaven. He was not a priest on earth. It does not seem that Aaron ever wore the garments of glory and beauty in the holiest of all. But Christ is crowned with glory and honor, and wears the priestly garments in the presence of God. He carries the names of His people on His shoulders: (the place of strength), set in gold-divine righteousness. He also bears each one on His breast-set in gold-divine righteousness. He loves each one by itself. The golden bells as they sound, tell He is living for us in the glory of God. This represents the Holy Spirit coming down at Pentecost. The many colored pomegranates are the fruit He bears before God. We, in our small measure, may also bear fruit for Him by the power of the Holy Spirit, occupying us with Christ. Then for us He wears the miter, where holiness shines bright. He bears the iniquity of the holy things, (Ver. 38) and presents that which is good to the Father.
Ques. Can you explain how in 1 Tim. 6:14- 16 it speaks of Him as the One whom "no one hath seen, nor can see," and in Rev. 22:4, "We shall see His face?" Is it because in one portion we see Him as the Man Christ Jesus, and the other the Eternal Son of God? W.
Ans. Yes, the perfect, faithful witness as a man is the great Ruler over all. He alone has power-the fountain of immortality, dwelling in inaccessible light. Absolute, infinite Deity. Angels and men are but creatures. They cannot comprehend God, nor can finite creatures ever comprehend the Infinite. "No man hath seen God at any time." (John 1.) But what wondrous grace. "The only Begotten Son, in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him." John 1: 11.
Mystery of mysteries, that He should die for me! yet, "In Him dwelleth all the fullness of the God-head bodily," and, "Ye are complete in Him." Col. 2:9, 10. "God manifest in the flesh," "Seen of angels." At last these glorious beings that wait on Him to do His will, hearkening to the voice of His word, saw the One they had so long obeyed: saw Him as the babe in the stable in Bethlehem, and it is in Him only that all which is known of God can be known, and so it will be for all eternity. The lamp of the glory is the Lamb. (Rev. 21:23.)
"The throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him: and they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads." Rev. 22:3, 4. And we, the Church, are associated with Him in all that glory.
"God and the Lamb shall there
The light and temple be,
And radiant hosts forever share
The unveiled mystery."