Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu . . . and worship ye afar off. And Moses alone shall come near the Lord.
Here we have a classic example of Old Testament worship. Moses could go near the Lord, the rest couldn’t. How would we feel if only one brother could go into a special room to take the loaf and the cup on Sunday mornings, but the rest of us had to sit in another room? We would feel very distant from the Lord. The wonder of Christianity, though, is that we can ALL come near to the Lord. We can ALL gather around Him and enjoy His presence as we remember His death at Calvary. This is a great privilege and one that we can enjoy until the Lord Jesus descends from heaven with a shout to call us to heaven.