he gave extremely specific instructions on building the tabernacle. aaron had to wear bells when he approached the holiest of holies so that God would be aware of him approaching. priests would have to wear ropes around their waists in case they died in the presence of God. what makes us think that if that was how He was to be approached then that we shouldn't be more serious about approaching him now? i throw up a prayer when i remember to. maybe i should be spending time on my knees in his holy presence.
when Jesus died, the veil was torn. we no longer need a priest to intercede for us, we can go straight to God. the Holy Spirit is now in us, not on us. but God is the same now as He was then. if we look at how Jesus prayed, He would generally seclude himself. He made time to spend with God. He spent forty days praying and fasting! i can't spend forty minutes.
think about death. what do we as humans think is worthy of death? the only crime that is ever punished with death is that of murder.
but God had people killed because they turned from him; they broke their covenant with him and instead worshiped a calf. that's pretty intense. turning from God deserves death.
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Great thoughts; good reminders.
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