A week went by after the events of the 8th chapter, and on the eighth day (a type of the Millennium, or one thousand years of the Lord’s reign on this earth (Rev. 20:44And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4)), which has not yet begun (2 Thess. 1:77And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, (2 Thessalonians 1:7)), all that this chapter tells about, happened.
Both for Aaron and the children of Israel, there were sin offerings and burnt offerings; for the Israelites also there was a peace offering and a meat (or food) offering. We can understand why, not Aaron, but the others could present a peace or thanksgiving offering. It was (in type) the people giving thanks to God for Jesus.
The sin offering and the burnt offering are at the foundation of your salvation. for they tell of the Lord Jesus making atonement. The meat offering told of His devotedness all through His life; His perfect, sinless, human nature. We have talked of these before this, just recently.
In chapter 8:5, and in this chapter 9:6, notice that Moses could say, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded.” It was not what some one. or somebody of the people decided what would be the best thing to do, but what God said. He had told them, through Moses, all that they were to do, and left nothing for them to decide. This is God’s way, and it ought to be good enough for God’s children to follow what He has said. But today, so many are going on with what they think is best, or what they like, in a religious way, instead of abiding in God’s way, following what His Word tells, and nothing more.
The answer to Moses’ and Aaron’s obedience, was assured in verses 4 and 6, and was given in the verse 23, “The glory of the Lord appeared.”
In the New Testament, we may find a similar word, “Where two or three are gathered together in (or unto) My Name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matt. 18:2020For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matthew 18:20).
It is the Lord Jesus who speaks these words, and many of God’s dear children have felt the fulfillment of them many times when gathered by the Holy Spirit’s power unto the Lord’s name.
O, my dear reader, young or old, do be satisfied with nothing less than full obedience to the written Word of God, and you will realize, by faith, the presence of the Lord.