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THE HIGH PRIEST & HIS GARMENTS
EXODUS 28
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• CORRECT VIEW – VIEW AS GOD SEES US• WRONG VIEW – VIEW US AS WE SEE OURSELVES• ROMANS 7 – ‘I’, ‘I’, ‘I’ focus• AM I ACCEPTABLE TO GOD? • AM I PLEASING TO GOD?• IN CHRIST VS I AM A WORTHLESS WORM
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DOING VS BEHOLDING
• JC SON OF GOD – SON OF MAN – SONS OF MAN – SONS OF GOD
• JC ON THE CROSS BECAME WHAT WE WERE – TO MAKE US WHAT HE IS
• AS WE LOOK AT JC – MORE STABILITY – ‘REST’ • WE WILL NOT ‘DO’ BUT WE WILL ‘SEE’
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‘IN’ CHRIST
• MARTHA DID WHAT WE WOULD DO IN INDIA- a good hostess !
• MARY SAW, TOOK IN PERSON & TEACHING OF JC.
• IT IS IN MY INTEREST TO KNOW HOW JC LOOKS TODAY SINCE GOD SEES ME “IN CHRIST”
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UNLIKE A PRIEST
IN ANYRELIGION
-A SHADOW
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HEB 4:14-16. JESUS CHRIST THE TRUE
HIGH PRIEST
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PERFECT, ETERNAL & UNCHANGING HIGH PRIEST
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• CREATION DETAILS – ONLY 1 CHAPTER IN GENESIS• REDEMPTION STORY & HIS SON JC IN EXODUS – 10
CHAPTERS.• 2 /10 CHAPTERS ABOUT
HIGH PRIEST’S GARMENTS• EXO 28:1 – HIGH PRIEST INTRODUCED• IN OLD COVENANT – REGARDLESS OF ISRAEL’S SPIRITUAL OR
MORAL OR ETHICAL STATUS, IF HP is GOOD = NATION BLESSED. HP is BAD = NATION SUFFERED.
• BUT PRIESTHOOD – INSECURE – LIMITED TIME & NO GUARANTEE OF FAITHFUL SUCCESSOR.
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• CAME FROM HEAVEN AS GOD – RETURNED AS ‘PERFECT MAN’ INTO HEAVEN, ‘THOUGH HE IS GOD’.
• HENCE, IN TIMES OF OUR NEED WE ARE ABLE TO APPROACH THE THRONE OF GRACE FOR GRACE & FAVOUR (Heb 4:16)
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MOUNT SINAIDETAILED INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES
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DRESS
• IDENTITY OF PERSON WHOM HE REPRESENTS.• EX 28:2 – DRESS OF HP – DIGNITY & GLORY,
HONOUR & SPLENDOUR.• ANNAS TORE THE ROBE – LEVITICAL
PRIESTHOOD CAME TO AN END.• MELCHIZEDEK PRIESTHOOD COMMENCED.• GOD DESIGNED THE GARMENTS.• GOD DESCRIBED THE COLOURS WITH A
PURPOSE.June / 23 / 2013 – Elim Assembly, Golden Rock, Trichy
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HIGH PRIEST REPRESENTS US
• EXO 28:3 – REPRESENTATIVE OF MEN TO SERVE GOD- ‘MEDIATOR’.
• PROPHET REPRESENTS GOD TO MEN.• JESUS AS AN APOSTLE FROM GOD CAME TO US. • AS A PROPHET OF GOD SPOKE WITH MEN• AS A HIGHT PRIEST HE REPRESENTS US TO GOD.
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NOT JUST GARMENTS
• 10 COMMANDMENTS DO NOT NEED 40 DAYS TO EXPLAIN
• GOD DESCRIBES HIS SON IN DETAIL IN THE PICTURE OF TABERNACLE, THE ‘TYPE’.
• EXO 28:2-3 – ‘FOR’ THE PEOPLE TO MINISTER TO GOD.
• HE IS THERE AS OUR HP FOR OUR BENEFIT.June / 23 / 2013 – Elim Assembly, Golden Rock, Trichy
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GARMENTS- SIGNIFICANT
• AARON DID NOT DIE TILL HE REMOVED THE HP GARMENTS.
• JC’S ROBE – SEAMLESS, WOVEN BEAUTIFULLY- (MOST LIKELY SIMILAR TO THE INNER ROBE OF THE HIGH PRIEST)
HENCE, SOLDIERS GAMBLED FOR IT.
• GOD GIFTED WORKMEN TO MAKE THESE GARMENTS.
• JESUS DOES NOT WEAR THESE GARMENTS IN HEAVEN. THESE ARE VISUAL AIDS OF INTRINSIC TRUTHS ABOUT CHRIST.
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GARMENTS JESUS CHRIST
• THE PERSON OF JC IS BEHIND THE GARMENTS.
• WHITE ROBE – JC’S PURITY• BLUE ROBE – JC’S GRACE• GOLD BREASTPLATE – JC’S DIVINITY & ROYALTY • ALL SUPPORT ‘WHO I AM’ IN FRONT OF GOD.
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2 ONYX STONES ON SHOULDER
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I - TWO ONYX STONES ON SHOULDERS
• ENGRAVED NAMES OF 12 TRIBES.• OUR NAMES CANNOT BE ERASED.• HE BEARS US – CARRIES US.• HE IS OUR STRENGTH• SET IN GOLD –
WE ARE PRECIOUS IN GOD’S SIGHT.-------------------------------------
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II- EXO 28:13-20 BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
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BREASTPLATE OF JUDGEMENT
• MOST LUXURIOUS – MYSTERIOUS• B P OF JUDGEMENT – NOT TO JUDGE ‘ME’.
IT SHOWS HOW GOD SEES ME TODAY.• IT IS NOT JUDGING YOU. GOD
LOOKS AT JESUS TO JUDGE ME.• GOD ASSESSES ME IN THE LIGHT OF HIS SON.• I HAVE A RIGHT STANDING BEFORE GOD
BECAUSE JESUS IS PERFECT• JESUS IS THERE FOR ME /
FOR YOU / FOR OUR BENEFIT
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LOVE THROUGH JESUS
• JESUS THE ONLY SON OF GOD IS THE DELIGHT OF GOD THE FATHER
• GOD WHO IS LOVE WANTS US ALSO TO ENJOY HIS SON.
• SO AS PER HIS NATURE OF LOVE HE SHARES HIS SON WITH US.
• LOVE SHARES, BUT AT A GREAT PRICE. GOD PAID THE PRICE.
• SO BOTH GOD THE FATHER & WE THROUGH JESUS HAVE COMMON JOY
• AS HE IS, SO ARE ALSO WE IN THIS WORLD!
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JOHN 3:16
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THIS IS HOW WE APPEAR IN JC.
• OVER THE HEART – LOVE• WORKMANSHIP – GREEK ‘POEMA’- POEM !• PRECIOUS• LOVELY• VALUABLE• RIGHTEOUS• IMPORTANT• EACH UNIQUE, YET DIVERSE• EQUAL• INSEPARABLE FROM JC.June / 23 / 2013 – Elim Assembly, Golden Rock, Trichy High Priest & His Garments - Nirmal Nathan, Trichy
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• 9” X 9” SQUARE DOUBLE FOLD.• 4 ROWS OF 3 PRECIOUS STONES
SET IN GOLD.• GOLD CHAIN –
TYPIFIES THAT GOD TIES US AROUND HIS SON.
• NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD.
• THESE SET OF 12 NAMES – WE ARE ENGRAVED ‘ON THE HEART’ OF HIGH PRIEST.
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EPISTLE OF JOHN – GOD IS ‘LOVE – LIGHT’.
• BP STONES REFLECT THE GLORIOUS LIGHT OF GOD BACK TO GOD. HENCE, NO IMPERFECTION SEEN IN ME.
• THIS LIGHT REFLECTS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS & DOES NOT EXPOSE OUR BLEMISHES
• REFLECTS ONLY THE PERFECTION OF THE WORK OF JC IN REMOVING OUR SINS
• WE ARE HOLY – PERFECTED IN JC. HENCE, WE CAN APPROACH GOD.
• WE DON’T PRESENT “OURSELVES” BUT CHRIST TO GOD. WE ARE (HIDDEN) ‘IN’ CHRIST.
• IT IS NOT AT ALL ABOUT US – IT IS ALL ABOUT JC AND WE ‘IN’ HIM.June / 23 / 2013 – Elim Assembly,
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HE MADE US PART OF ‘HIS’ BEAUTY
• SONG OF SOLOMON – HE GAVE HIS BEAUTY TO US & GOD MADE US PART OF HIS BEAUTY.
• HENCE, WE ARE CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE BEAUTY OF JC.• DEUT 28 OLD COVENANT – OBEDIENCE = BLESSINGS.
BUT NONE COULD OBEY. • NEW COVENANT – FAITH = BLESSINGS ARE OURS
SINCE JC OBEYED.• 2 COR 5:21 JC DID NOT SIN –
BUT HE WAS MADE SIN – HENCE, PUNISHED.• WE DID NOT DO RIGHTEOUS ACTS –
BUT WE ARE ‘MADE’ RIGHTEOUS – BLESSED.
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WHO BOUGHT THE TREASURE LAND ?
• PARABLE OF MAN SELLING RICHES TO BUY FIELD WITH TREASURE –
• THIS IS NOT WE – WE ARE PAUPERS. HOW CAN WE BUY ANYTHING PRECIOUS?
• THIS IS JC – HE IS THE ONE WITH RICHES WHO SEE US AS TREASURES IN DARK PLACES & PURCHASE US.
• WE RECEIVED DIGNITY.• HENCE, ISAIAH 54:14-17 “WE ARE ESTABLISHED IN GOD’S
RIGHTEOUSNESS” (NOT BY OURSELVES BUT BY HIS GRACE)
• HENCE, COVENANT PROTECTION IS FOR US.June / 23 / 2013 – Elim Assembly, Golden Rock, Trichy High Priest & His Garments - Nirmal Nathan, Trichy
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IIIEXO 28:31-35.
BLUE ROBE OF ‘EPHOD’
RITUAL VEST
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• BLUE= HEAVENLY MAN • ALL OF BLUE – JC FULL OF GRACE• NECK OPENING – WITH A WOVEN RING ON TOP
SO THAT THE GARMENT DOES NOT TEAR = GOD WANTS US TO HAVE SECURITY.
• JC’S PRIESTHOOD WILL NOT STOP. IT IS ETERNAL FOR US IN HEAVEN.
• HENCE, HUMAN HIGH PRIEST CANNOT TEAR THEIR HOLY GARMENTS (LEVITICUS PROHIBITS RENDING OF GARMENTS)
• GRIEVING ISRAELITES CAN REND BUT NOT AN HIGH PRIEST, EVEN WHEN AARON’S 2 SONS DIED.
HIS PERSONAL EMOTIONS CANNOT OVER RULE HIS MINISTRY REPRESENTING OTHER PEOPLE.June / 23 / 2013 – Elim Assembly,
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MINISTRY CALLING
• ROBE PUT ON FROM ABOVE• OFFICE & AUTHORITY IS ONLY FROM ABOVE. • NOT SELF APPOINTED. • JOHN THE BAPTIST, “UNLESS ONE IS GIVEN
FROM ABOVE, NO ONE CAN….”
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IV- BELLS & POMEGRANATES – ALTERNATE ALL AROUND THE ROBE
• ACTS 2:32-33 “HOLY SPIRIT POURED OUT THAT WHICH YOU NOW SEE (fruit) & HEAR (testimony)”
• THIS IS A SIGN THAT JESUS CHRIST HAS GONE INTO THE MOST OF HOLY PLACE OF HEAVENLY TABERNACLE.
• ‘TONGUES’ IS THEREFORE A SIGN OF JESUS RECEIVING & POURING THE PROMISED GIFT OF HOLY SPIRIT. (BUT NOT THE ONLY SIGN- REF PR. DAVID PAWSON’S NORMAL CHRISTIAN BIRTH)
• TONGUES DECLARES THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD THROUGH HIS SON. June / 23 / 2013 – Elim Assembly,
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• 3+3+3 FOLD FRUIT= LOVE + JOY + PEACE (FOR MY BENEFIT- ENABLES ME TO DISCERN WHETHER THE THOUGHTS ARE FROM GOD OR NOT)
• LONGSUFFERING + KINDNESS + GOODNESS (FOR OTHERS- MY RELATIONSHIPS)
• FAITHFULNESS + MEEKNESS + SELF CONTROL (TOWARDS GOD) =
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• MENORA IN OLD TESTAMENT IS 7 FOLD
• MENORA IN NEW TESTAMENT IS 9 FOLD (GIFTS & FRUIT)
• FINE BALANCE OF ‘GIFTS & FRUIT’• BELL = GOOD NEWS = GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST!
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TESTIMONY & FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
• GIFTS OF THE & FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT• 9 GIFTS & 9 FOLD FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT• 9 PRINCIPAL WINGS ON
LEFT & RIGHT WINGS OF DOVE.• 3+3+3 GIFTS = • TONGUES, INTERPRETATION & PROPHECY (SPOKEN) +• WORD OF WISDOM (ABOUT FUTURE)+ WORD
OF KNOWLEDGE (ABOUT PRESENT)+ DISCERNING OF SPIRITS (THOUGHTS)+
• GIFT OF FAITH+ OF MIRACLES + OF HEALINGS (TO DO SOMETHING)
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V. POMEGRANATES & BELLS
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POMEGRANATES OF BLUE, PURPLE & SCARLET RED ALL AROUND.
• RED JUICY SEEDS.• SONG OF SOLOMON “YOUR FOREHEAD IS LIKE
POMEGRANATE”= OUR THOUGHTS ARE WASHED BY THE BLOOD OF JC - ABUNDANT GRACE BUT NOT CHEAP GRACE AS A LICENSE TO SIN WITH OUR THOUGHTS.
• GRACE GIFTS & LOVE TOGETHER (1 COR 13:1 – IF I DON’T HAVE LOVE...)
• EXO 28: 35 “THE SOUND OF THE BELLS SHALL BE HEARD WHEN HE GOES IN AND COMES OUT, LEST HE DIE” – TESTIMONY ESSENTIAL FOR A CHRISTIAN
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VI- 28:39 FINE WHITE LINEN ROBE
• NECK TO ANKLE & WRIST.• SEAM LESS WEAVE –
PRECIOUS & BEAUTIFUL.• JC – PERFECT MAN • SINLESS
RIGHTEOUSPURE = HENCE, PERFECTLY PERFECT !
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VII - GIRDLE – SASH
• WHITE LINEN + 3 COLOURS• TRUTH / INSTRUMENT OF SERVICE• JC ‘SERVED’ HIS APOSTLES• HE ‘SERVES’ US EVEN NOW• NOT MARTHA WHO SERVED
BUT MARY WHO WAS SERVED PLEASED JESUS.
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BLUE – SON OF GOD – GOSPEL: JOHN
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PURPLE – ROYALTY – GOSPEL: MATTHEW
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SCARLET RED- SUFFERING SERVANT – GOSPEL: MARK
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WHITE – SON OF MAN GOSPEL: LUKE
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VIII28:36-38 MITER- HOLY CROWN- HEAD COVERING
• PURE GOLD SETTING ON FOREHEAD – • GOLD – VERY HOLY - DIVINE RIGHTEOUSNESS• TYPIFIES THE HIGHEST & HOLIEST THINGS OF GOD• INSCRIPTION ON MITER “HOLY UNTO THE LORD”• HENCE, THE OFFERINGS OF SINFUL PEOPLE WERE
ACCEPTED.• WITHOUT ‘INSCRIPTION ON THE MITER’ THEY
WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED. BECAUSE OF THIS ON THE FOREHEAD OF HIGH PRIEST OUR OFFERINGS ARE ACCEPTED.
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BLUE + CRIMSON = PURPLE
• HEBREW ‘DHAM’ = BLOOD. ‘ADHAM’ = RED BLOODED MAN.
• JC CAME FROM HEAVEN TO BECOME RED BLOODED MAN
• BLUE + RED= PURPLE= JESUS WAS & IS A KING WITH ALL AUTHORITY ON EARTH.
• GOLD – RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD• WHEN WE RED BLOODED MEN RECEIVE CHRIST, WE ARE
ESTABLISHED IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD = ROYAL PRIESTHOOD.
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• BECAUSE OF AND THROUGH JC OUR (‘SO THAT THE INEQUITIES OF HOLY THINGS..’’ CONTRADICTING EACH OTHER) EX: WORSHIP / PRAYERS WITH DISTRACTED THOUGHTS / IMPERFECT SERVICE ARE ACCEPTED TODAY.
• HOLY THINGS DONE UNTO THE LORD – YET WITH OUR MIXED WITH OUR INEQUITIES.
• HIGH PRIEST BEARS THESE INEQUITIES IN HOLY THINGS• DOVE SACFRIFICE- WRING OFF THE NECK – KILL &
REMOVE FEATHERS- ADDS PERFUME = TO MAKE IT ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE.
HIGH PRIES JESUS REMOVES OUR INEQUITIES & MAKES OUR IMPERFECT OFFERINGS (PRAYER, PRAISES, MINISTRY) ACCEPTABLE.June / 23 / 2013 – Elim Assembly, Golden Rock, Trichy High Priest & His Garments - Nirmal Nathan, Trichy
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• BLUE CORD – HIS MIND IS OUR MIND. HIS THOUGHTS ARE FOR US.
• THIS SHALL “ALWAYS” BE ON HIS FOREHEAD- ETERNITY- SO THAT WE MAY BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THE LORD.
• GOD IS NOT LOOKING AT MY THOUGHTS TO JUDGE ME.• HE IS LOOKING AT THE THOUGHTS OF THE HIGH PRIEST
TO JUDGE ME.• GOD TAKES THE HOLY THOUGHTS OF JC &
IMPUTES ON US.• JC INTERCESSION IS ‘NOT ONLY PRAYERS’
BUT HIS VERY PRESENCE IN HEAVEN IS ALL FOR US.
• WHAT HE IS, IS WHAT WE ARE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.June / 23 / 2013 – Elim Assembly, Golden Rock, Trichy High Priest & His Garments - Nirmal Nathan, Trichy
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DO YOU HAVE ‘FAITH’?• DIFFICULT SITUATIONS - ‘FAITH’ IN PRAYER IS NOT FAITH ‘IN’
FAITH THAT “GOD WILL ANSWER MY PRAYER” NO! RATHER IT IS SEEING JESUS AS OUR HIGH PRIEST AS PERFECTING MY PRAYER BY HIS FINISHED WORK.
• ‘FAITH’ IS NOT OUR SAVIOUR. ‘JESUS’ IS OUR SAVIOUR.• WHEN WE LOOK AT JESUS
BIBLICAL FAITH IS BUILT INTO MY HEART.• REVELATION / UNDERSTANDING OF WHO JC
BUILDS BIBLICAL FAITH IN HIM. • HENCE, IT IS NOT HOW GOOD YOUR PRAYER IS,
BUT HOW GOOD MY HIGH PRIEST IS! • HENCE, BE FRANK & OPEN IN YOUR PRAYERS IN THE NAME
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• EVEN GROANS OF SLAVES REACHED HEAVEN & GOD SENT MOSES AS REDEEMER OF SLAVES.
• JESUS GROANED ON THE WAY TO THE TOMB OF LAZARUS. HE DID NOT PRAY BUT SAYS “FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT YOU HEARD MY PRAYER”
• HENCE, QUESTION IS NOT ‘WHETHER I AM ACCEPTED BEFORE GOD BUT IS CHRIST ACCEPTED BEFORE GOD’• HENCE, DON’T BE GUILTY OF YOUR IMPERFECT PRAYERS. • THEY ARE MADE PERFECT BY OUR HIGH PRIEST.• HENCE, JUST PRAY / PRAISE / SERVE GOD… TRUST JESUS
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IX - URIM & TUMMIM
• EXO 28:29-30• BREASTPLATE OF JUDGEMENT
(POSITIVE CONNOTATION)• GOD JUDGES US AS
RIGHTEOUS , PRECIOUS & BLAMELESS- IN OUR HP JC. • ‘URIM & TUMMIM SHALL BE OVER AARON’S HEART
WHEN HE GOES BEFORE THE LORD’. – UR- SINGULAR= LIGHT.– URIM- PLURAL= LIGHTS.– THUM –SINGULAR= PERFECT.– THUMMIM- PLURAL= PERFECTIONS.June / 23 / 2013 – Elim Assembly, Golden Rock, Trichy High Priest & His Garments - Nirmal Nathan, Trichy
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• TO DAY M A N Y C H R I ST I A N S C A N N OT EAT T H E M O ST H O LY T H I N G S O F G O D =
G I F T S O F H O LY S P I R I T, H E A L I N G S ( C H I L D R E N ’ S B R E A D - B O D Y, S O U L & S P I R I T – P H Y S I C A L & E M O T I O N A L ) , I N T I M A C Y W I T H G O D , L I S T E N TO T H E V O I C E O F G O D , R E V E L AT I O N A R Y L E A R N I N G F R O M G O D
• T H E Y C A N S E E T H E M I N T H E B I B L E , B U T T H E Y C A N N OT EAT I T A S T H E Y D O N T H AV E A H I G H P R I EST W I T H ‘ L I G H T S & P E R F EC T I O N S’.
• F RO M E Z R A’ S T I M E U N T I L J C C A M E , T H E R E WA S N O H I G H P R I EST W I T H U R I M & T H U M M I M .
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• WHEN JC DIED ON THE CROSS, SAYING ‘TETELESTAI- COMPLETED’, THE LIGHTS ABOUT OUR COMPLETENESS IN CHRIST HAS COME.
• LIGHTS- REVELATION ABOUT OUR PERFECT STANDING IN CHRIST CAME & SO WE CAN NOW EAT OF THE ‘MOST HOLY’ THINGS OF GOD.
• WE ARE THE NEW GENERATION OF PRIESTS ACCEPTED BY GOD.
• WE ARE NOW CAPABLE OF GIVING LIGHT TO THE PEOPLE OF THEIR PERFECT ACCEPTANCE BY GOD THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JC QUALIFYING THEM TO EAT OF THE MOST HOLY THINGS OF GOD.
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DECISION MAKING! GUIDANCE !
• (NUMBERS 27:21- JOSHUA TO BE GUIDED BY ELEAZAR THE PRIEST BEFORE THE BATTLE)
• EZRA 2:62-63. EXILE RETURNED PRIESTS COULD NOT PROVE THAT THEY WERE PRIESTS. HENCE, THE GOVERNOR DECLARED THAT THEY COULD NOT EAT OF ‘MOST HOLY’ THINGS UNTIL A PRIEST STANDS UP TO PROVE BY URIM & TUMMIM.
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THE HIGH PRIEST & HIS GARMENTSHENCE, THIS REFLATIONARY UNDERSTANDING GIVES ME
THE TRUE FAITH & TRUST “TO ENTER INTO
THE MOST HOLY PLACE IN THE
VERY PRESENCE OF GOD, NOT WITH FEAR & TREMBLING BUT WITH CONFIDENCE
FOR…….”HENCE, ‘TRUST JESUS CHRIST TOTALLY’ & NOT IN ANY THING ELSE OR ANY ONE ELSE, FOR HE IS GOD THE FATHER’S GIFT TO US &
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