“The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or else he will die. For I will appear in the cloud over the atonement cover.” (Lev. 16:2 NIV)

My Thoughts

Aaron’s sons recklessly; maybe selfishly, attempted to approach God’s presence when they wanted and it resulted in their deaths. The Israelites were having to learn; as we do, Who God really is and who we really are. God is Almighty and All-knowing and thee creator of all things. He is to be obeyed and revered; not treated as a sub-ordinate. God is God; we are His created children. He chose us! In that time, the Israelites were learning about God and God was establishing the boundaries for His children. It must have been difficult to go from total slavery in Egypt to total freedom in the desert. God’s people were having to retrain their brains and learn God’s laws and where He drew the lines.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, Thank You for establishing boundaries with Your children. It seems that people; in general, have lost sight of Who You really are and Who’s we really are. People have an identity crisis going on, to the extreme; also ignoring Who You are! You are Thee Creator of all things! You are to be revered, honored, and glorified. We must have our eyes opened to Who You are and Who/Who’s we are for this world to change. You have set us free from bondage of sin but we are choosing to stay in that bondage; those chains. We have to retrain our brains to live free within the boundaries that You have set for us. Please God show us the way to retrain our brains. Please open our eyes to see you more clearly; open our hearts to receive Your love more openly; and open our ears to hear from you. In Jesus Name! Amen!