J. Vernon McGee says: Now God confirms his priesthood in a most
remarkable manner. God had the prince of each of the twelve tribes bring a
rod. These rods were picked up out on
the desert—probably whittled out and decorated by carvings—but they were dead
wood. Then these rods were placed before
the Lord in the tabernacle. Aaron’s rod
was there among the others, and his rod was as dead as all the others. But what happened?
“And it came to pass, that
on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod
of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed
blossoms, and yielded almonds” (Numbers 17:8).
This is life out of
death. Aaron’s priesthood was confirmed
by resurrection. Aaron’s rod brought
forth buds, and blossoms, and fruit! Life
out of death. Resurrection. In the springtime the blooming of plants
which have been dormant all winter does not illustrate life out of death. Neither does the egg. There is a germ of life in the egg. The perfect illustration of the resurrection
of Christ is Aaron’s rod that budded.
The priesthood of the Lord
Jesus Christ rests upon the fact of His resurrection. We are told very frankly in the seventh
chapter of Hebrews that if He were here on earth, He would not be a priest. He did not come from the priestly tribe of
Levi. His resurrection made Him a priest. Then it tells us that not every man becomes a
priest. “And no man taketh this honour
unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron” (Hebrews 5:4). Aaron was God’s called priest. The evidence was the budded rod—the
resurrection.
The Lord Jesus Christ was
raised from the dead and He became our High Priest. He has an unchangeable priesthood and so “…
he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing
he ever liveth to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25).
Amen & amen!!
What to do:
Remember that we still serve the same God now that the witnesses of Numbers 17:7 worshipped.
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