Numbers 4: Duties of the Kohathites --- 2019/06/10
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Rev. Darrin Sheek, pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Anaheim, California, joins host Rev. AJ Espinosa to study Numbers 4.
So what exactly did the Levites do, anyway? Numbers chapter 4 lays it out in detail, because lives are on the line. Only the priests can handle and look upon the most holy things; if a Levite touches or looks at something he shouldn’t, he will die.
This is the paradox of the Tabernacle: because of our sinful condition, we need God’s holy presence to have life. Yet because of our sinful condition, coming into God’s holy presence would result in a swift death. God’s detailed instructions (service beginning at age 30, wrapping the articles in red, blue, and purple cloths, etc.) show His great care and compassion to preserve His people. They also point ahead to the ultimate high priest and tabernacle, the Lord Jesus Himself, whose body and blood perfectly mediate God’s holy presence for us sinners.