seated. Well, good morning. Again, it is warm. I see the fans and the bulletins flapping.
Just so you can know, there are fan zones. If you are not in a fan zone and you are feeling like you
are dying, go ahead and get up now and move to a fan zone so that you can feel the breeze and stay
awake and stay alert for the next few minutes. If you need to get up and take a glass of water or
the water fountain out by the bathroom in the back, please feel free to do that in the middle
of my sermon. I promise I won't be offended. And please know that as well, there's downstairs,
I think, is still a little cooler. Alex, is that right? Yes? A little bit. Not a lot, but a little
bit. So if you just need a different space to get up, you may go downstairs and there's speakers down
there and you'll be able to hear the sermon well from there. So in the next little while, we want
you to be as comfortable as possible so that you can listen to God's Word. Because this is,
as we gather, the central thing in many ways about what we do is to listen to what God has
to say to us. So let me encourage you to take those steps as we get started this morning.
We are in a series in the book of Exodus. And if you would like to turn there, you may turn there
with me. Page 68 is in the Pew Bibles. As you're turning there, I want to ask you a question.
If you could walk into God's throne room, what would be your default understanding of God?
We often, I think, fall into one of two camps. And for those kids in the room, I'm going to teach you
two really big words right now. The first one, the first camp is that we focus on God's transcendence.
What does transcendence mean? My God is so big, so strong, and so mighty. It means that God is high
and exalted and beyond us in His greatness and in His glory. He's untouchable and unreachable. That's
transcendence. And often I think we focus on this, His majesty and His power, His sovereignty and His
creator role that is other than the creation in which we live. His holiness, His moral purity and His
judgment make a transcendent God unapproachable and terrifying. But some of us perhaps think of God by
focusing on His imminence. Imminence means that He is close by or approachable or near to us.
We focus on the fact that God has made Himself known, that God is with us. You know the old
Bible song, Jesus is a friend, is a friend next to you. Jesus is a friend, is a friend. La la. Nope.
Okay. I just dated myself, didn't I? So if you haven't heard that one, you need to sign up for a
vacation Bible school or go off to Christian camp somewhere so you can pick it up. This sense that
Jesus, that God is familiar to us, that He is close to us, that He is a friend and that in doing so,
and that God in His mercy and grace is approachable and accepting.
And I think the reality is that most of us have a default of one or the other.
If I looked at our broad church culture, generally I think we lean towards the second.
God is very familiar and approachable to us, and we lack a valuing of His holiness.
But for each of us, because of your own story, because of your own background, both in church
and in your own family, you may be on either side of this spectrum.
But I want you to think about it because as you consider this, our default view of how God is
then affects how we think we can or cannot approach Him, and how we worship Him, and how we serve Him.
And we tend towards one or the other, and yet what we see in the Bible and what we have seen already
in the book of Exodus is that the Bible affirms both. God is both a transcendent, high, exalted,
holy God, and a God who has come down to be with His people, to be known, and to know, and to be amongst them.
We've seen it. His transcendence is shown in things like His power in the ten plagues when He judged Egypt
and showed His great judgment against sin and His great power over the created order.
How He traveled with His people in a pillar of smoke and fire that was terrifying and unapproachable.
How when Moses went up to the top of the mountain, the glory descended, and it was like lightning and thunder
and a storm beyond, and the people shrank back in fear and said,
we can't go up there. Moses, you go for us.
Moses. And yet, this same story of Exodus has also had God meeting with Moses at the burning bush.
We've seen God meeting with Moses on the mountain face to face.
And we've seen back in chapter 19 the incredible promise that God will take this people
and having delivered them from Egypt, make them His people.
And He will be their God and He will dwell in their midst.
This high and exalted, transcendent God will actually live among the people of God.
And as we've been just recently talking about, if you were here last week,
in chapters 25 through 31, we have the picture of the tabernacle,
which is this portable worship center, basically, for God's people to worship Him.
And the very picture that Nick painted of this is that this tabernacle had the amazing good news
that God would actually, His glory would come and dwell in the midst of His people.
And yet, that dwelling had curtains and layers and all these barriers
because a holy God cannot be casually addressed, cannot be casually walked up into.
Why is this?
Try to make it through.
Because God is a holy God.
The Bible describes Him as being an unapproachable light
or having a purity that is white as snow,
having the purity of a clean water.
And when in our sinfulness,
in our imperfection, both morally and personally,
we try to interact with this purity,
all we do is besmirch such holiness.
We soil His purity.
We ruin His perfection.
And so, sin is this defilement of a holy God.
It is incompatible with God.
And it results in judgment.
Like approaching a fire too closely,
you get burned.
So, in our sinfulness,
as we approach the fire of God's holiness,
we find that judgment is the appropriate response
for our imperfection.
And so, this then leaves us with a great dilemma, doesn't it?
And this is what God is answering
in this section on the tabernacle
and indeed in this greater story in Exodus
of God calling His people to be His people
is how is it that God,
the Holy Transcendent One,
can have communion or fellowship
or be with a sinful people like us?
How is it possible
that we could approach God
and that He could dwell in our midst?
And this brings us to our text this morning.
Chapters 28 and 29.
Again, Nick mentioned last…
or Nick preached last week
on the tabernacle,
the building in which all of this happened.
But what we see is that
in the midst of the building,
God has provided something else
for us to understand.
No, I'm good, thanks.
God has given us something else
so that we can understand
how it is that His people
may interact with Him,
a holy God,
and that is the priesthood.
God has provided one
to stand in the gap
between a holy God
and sinful people
to be a priesthood for us.
So we're going to look at
the nature of the priesthood today.
We're going to look at
what these two chapters
tell us about it
and we're going to think about
what it means for us.
So if you want to follow along with me,
I'm going to read three sections.
I'm not going to read
the whole two chapters.
I promise, good heavens,
we'd be here till noon.
We're going to read two sections,
the beginning of chapter 28,
the beginning of chapter 29,
and the very end of chapter 29,
just so you can get the shape
of what it is.
Broadly, chapter 28
is about the garments
that the priest would wear
and chapter 29
is about the process
of the consecration
or the setting apart
of Aaron and his sons
to actually be the priesthood.
So broadly,
that's what these two chapters
are about.
Let me read
and then we'll pray
and then we'll dive in
and see what this has to teach us.
So Exodus 28, chapter 1.
Then bring near to you
Aaron, your brother,
and his sons with him
from among the people of Israel
to serve me as priests,
Aaron and Aaron's sons,
Nadab and Abihu,
Eleazar and Ithamar.
And you shall make holy garments
for Aaron, your brother,
for glory and for beauty.
You shall speak
to all the skillful
whom I have filled
with a spirit of skill
that they make Aaron's garment
to consecrate him
for my priesthood.
These are the garments
that they shall make,
a breast piece,
an ephod,
a robe,
a coat of checker work,
a turban,
and a sash.
They shall make holy garments
for Aaron, your brother,
and his sons
to serve me as priests.
They shall receive gold,
blue and purple
and scarlet yarns
and fine twisted linen.
And flip with me
to the beginning of chapter 29
and the consecration.
Now this is what you shall do
to them,
to consecrate them,
that they may serve me
as priests.
Take one bull of the herd
and two rams
without blemish,
an unleavened bread,
unleavened cake
mixed with oil
and unleavened wafers
smeared with oil.
You shall make them
of fine wheat flour.
You shall put them
in one basket
and bring them
in the basket
and you shall bring
the bull and the two rams.
You shall bring Aaron
and his sons
to the entrance
of the tent of meeting
and wash them with water.
Then you shall take
the garments
and put on Aaron
the coat and the robe
and the ephod
and the breast piece
and gird him
with the skillfully woven
band of the ephod.
And you shall set
the turban on his head
and you put the holy crown
on the turban.
You shall take
the anointing oil
and pour it on his head
and anoint him.
Then you shall bring
his sons
and put coats on them
and you shall gird Aaron
and his sons
with sashes
and bind caps on them.
And the priesthood
shall be theirs
by a statute forever.
Thus you shall ordain
Aaron and his sons.
And then flip to me
to the very end.
God restates his purpose
in doing all this.
Starting in verse 44
of chapter 29.
I will consecrate
the tent of meeting
and the altar.
Aaron also
and his sons
I will consecrate
to serve me as priests.
I will dwell
among the people of Israel
and will be their God
and they shall know
that I am the Lord
their God
who brought them
out of the land of Egypt
that I might dwell
among them.
I am the Lord
their God.
Please pray with me.
Lord as we look
into your word
this morning
we pray you help us
on this hot day
to listen well
to your word
and to learn of you.
Lord I pray
for your help.
Lord that your word
might be clear
and that together
we might marvel
in the greatness
of not only
your holiness
but also
of the grace
that you have shown
giving us means
that we might
have fellowship
with you.
We pray this
in Jesus name.
Amen.
What do we learn?
As we're looking
at this
I just want to point out
to you that in the bulletin
if you haven't looked
through it yet
there is this lovely picture
for those of you
who have
reading glasses
I'm sorry
the type
is really small
it's what we could get
so
I apologize
for that not being
as useful
but what this does
is it gives you
a picture
of everything
that's talked about
in chapter 28
and I just want
to point it out now
because I'm not going
to be reading
through the sections
but I'm going
to be referring
to verses
and aspects
of the priestly garments
as part of
what I want to do
is look at the nature
of the priesthood
both in terms
of its garments
and in terms
of its
their consecration
so that we can learn
a little bit
about what it means
for these priests
to play a mediating role
between a holy God
and a sinful man
how is it that they
take up this role
and how is it that
they are a blessing
to God's people
so let's look at that
there are four things
I want to point out
this morning
about the priesthood
the first thing
I want you to see
and you see this
in verses
1 through 4
of chapter 28
is that
the priesthood
was God's plan
remember Moses
has gone back up
onto the mountain
and God is now
giving him further
instruction
on how they are
to live as God's people
and he's instructed them
on this building
they're supposed to make
this movable tent
and then in verse 28
he just launches
into it
remember that the priesthood
is not man's idea
it was not Moses
thinking hey
I think there's a problem
here God
and I've got a solution
God was the one
who set aside
Aaron and his sons
and here's a remarkable thing
Moses
after the tabernacle
was put together
and consecrated
Moses couldn't go in
that wasn't his place anymore
Moses was actually
he had a different role
to meet with God
at the tent of meeting
but he couldn't go in
to the holy of holies
his job was not
as a priest
in the same way
it's a fascinating
recognition
that when God
ordained this
he actually brought
Aaron in
and his tribe
to take this place
and to play this role
and what you see
look at verse 41
of chapter 28
nope
yep
verse 41
of chapter 28
and you shall put
them on Aaron
your brother
and on his sons
and you shall
anoint them
and ordain them
and consecrate them
anoint them
means that they are
marked with God
but with oil
and for a special role
to ordain them
is to commission them
to a particular
place of service
and to consecrate them
is to set them apart
these priests
now have a role
that is distinct
from all the other
peoples
within God's
within God's people
they have now
a special
a special role
that God has
called them to
to be fully devoted
to this service
of the Lord
and to serve
in the temple
and it's a remarkable
thing that God
has said
now I want
this chunk
of you
to be set apart
for just this
and nothing else
and we see that
as it plays out
the Levites
don't have a land
because they serve
in the temple
and they have cities
and they're provided
for by the other tribes
and there are all sorts
of ways in which
God has allowed them
and set them apart
to have a focus
on this one role
and then on top of that
look at 28
verse 36
for a minute
as God is instructing
them of the turban
there is a crown
there
and that crown
has emblazoned on it
holy to the Lord
is that what it says
in the ESV
holy to the Lord
which means
that the priest
himself
is being set apart
again holiness
really means set apart
it has a moral component
because God
in his moral perfection
is set apart
from us
but it's a broader
concept
to simply be set apart
for God
and the priest
the high priest here
Aaron is set apart
and when he puts
that thing on
he is set apart
for God
to play this role
and to do nothing else
but to play that role
friends
what good news it is
that God
has ordained
this role
and this thing
that he has created
this priesthood
that he has graciously
seen the problem
that we have
of a sinful people
approaching a holy God
and he has set apart
people to play
a role of mediation
between us
we should know
that we cannot
approach God
casually
or on our own
we ought to be
reinforced
in our understanding
that we may not
choose God
simply on our own
but that God
calls
and God
invites
and God
draws
and God
makes us
his people
and what good news
that is
not only
is the priesthood
then set apart
by God
but the priesthood
is characterized
by beauty
and glory
you see this
in chapter 28
verse 2
which I read
earlier
and again
in chapter 28
verse 40
you shall make them
for glory
and for beauty
now when we
unpack this
we see all sorts
of things
the colors
purple
gold
blue
are the colors
of the tabernacle
these are colors
of royalty
and colors
of richness
and both the tabernacle
and the priestly garments
are meant to reflect
the richness
and the beauty
of God himself
precious metals
are used
over and over again
in the making
of this garment
for them
gold in particular
is throughout
precious stones
are put
on the breastplate
we see
that God
uses
God
takes
the most precious
things
that the Israelites
have
to clothe
the priest
to clothe
the one
who will be
this representative
because it is
fitting
for one
who approaches
a holy God
to have clothing
that reflects
his beauty
and his glory
and his majesty
and interestingly
too
even something
as mundane
as the undergarments
okay
I don't know
if you picked this
we didn't read this
so in verses 42
and following
of chapter 28
it talks about
the undergarments
of the priest
which is a little awkward
but here's
here's the amazing
thing about it
in all of the nations
around
in Canaanite ritual
one of the major
ways in which
gods were worshipped
in the cultures
had to do
with sex
there was temple
prostitution
you would go in
those who served
in the temple
would be available
so that the worshipper
could come
and by having sex
with them
would actually
then
claim
some sort of right
or at least
make a case
for God
to respond
to them
in a particular way
and friends
it's so
far
from what we do
here at church
that it's
it's sort of
unthinkable
but recognize
how radical
it was
because the God
of the Bible
says
no that is not
what that is for
and that is not
what it means
to worship me
and so I will
clothe my priest
with undergarments
so that
it is clear
to all
that this is not
a part of worshipping
me
you worship me
in spirit and truth
you worship me
through the offering
of sacrifices
and the washing
of your hands
you worship me
through the lighting
of candle
because all of these
have images
of light
and truth
and purity
that reflect
who I am
but not that
now in the old days
the church used to get
dressed up for church
used to wear
a coat and tie
some of you still do
praise the Lord
because there's a
right recognition
that in that culture
there was a sense of
I want to bring
my best to church
and there's a good
heart behind that
but on the other hand
what we do see
is that it's easy
for us to
just as in the old testament
to get caught up
in externalism
and to think
if I look good
on the outside
isn't that great
and what God
really wants
is for us
to clothe ourselves
in beauty
and glory
not with our
external
merely
thankfully we have
great freedom
in this church
and may it go on
forever
you can wear
what you have
to come to church
but what God
really wants
is for us
to worship Him
in the splendor
of holiness
Psalm 96
says this
ascribe to the Lord
the glory
due to His name
bring an offering
and come into His courts
worship the Lord
in the splendor
of holiness
tremble before Him
all the earth
say among the nations
the Lord reigns
worship the Lord
in the splendor
of holiness
is not His holiness
it's ours
we are to bring
the splendor
of who He is
and what He's done
in us
and for us
to bear
and we are to bring
a goodness
a character
an internal
reality
that our life
is set apart
for God
and that is a beautiful
God that we serve
so God has ordained
the priests
and God has made them
beautiful
and full of glory
to reflect Him
and to rightly
approach Him
the third thing
we see is that
the priest represents
the people
and turn with me
to chapter 28
verse 9
in the middle
of the ephod
which is this tunic
or piece of clothing
that they wear
there are clasps
on the top
and on those clasps
there are onyx stones
onyx is a black
gemstone
and on those stones
then are written
in filigree of gold
the names of the tribes
of the people of Israel
and then on top of that
is put the breast piece
which some translations
have breast plate
which makes it feel
like a medieval
set of armor
it's not that
it's a piece of cloth
but on that piece of cloth
it has stones
twelve of them in fact
and on each stone
is written
again
the names
of the twelve tribes
of Israel
because
the priest stands
as he goes in
and serves
in the tabernacle
because he represents
the people of God
he stands
for
the people of God
just as Moses
did
in some way
on the mountain
as Moses went up
and the people said
no, no, no
we don't want to go
you go for us
so God
graciously accommodates
and recognizes this
and says
okay
I'm going to
there is a priesthood
that I have ordained
to represent you
before me
and they wear these clothes
so that they might do it
and friends
this is good news
that one might stand
for us
we often think
in our
individualism
and maybe
in our pride
and self-confidence
that we can approach
God on our own
and be okay
but I hope
that as we've reflected
a little bit
on God's holiness
this morning
we realize
it's a fearsome thing
and that there is a place
where it is a valuable thing
to have someone
mediate
or someone stand
between us
and those
who rule over us
and judge us
though God
is a good God
it does
remind me of
there's this great story
that I read
called
The Miracle
on the River Kwai
about a guy
named Ernest Gordon
who was a
prisoner
in Southeast Asia
in World War II
and how he
saw God
at work
in the midst
of the most
dismal
abominable
and cruel
circumstances
and one of the things
that happened
in those
in those camps
is that the officers
would often
stand in the place
of their men
when a man
would find himself
on the wrong side
of a guard's attention
where he'd done
something wrong
or maybe he hadn't
done anything wrong
and the guard
had started
to just abuse him
which was common
in this place
the officers
often would step in
and stand in the place
of their soldiers
to mediate
and sometimes
that just
simply relieved
the pressure
and the punishment
did not happen
and sometimes
the punishment
was turned
on the officer
friends
those soldiers
were glad
to have one
stand
in their place
now our God
is not a cruel
taskmaster
but he is a holy God
and for us
to have one
to stand
in our place
and to bear
our names
is a beautiful thing
so finally
God ordains them
God dresses them
in beauty
and glory
God calls them
to bear
the role
of a representative
and finally
we see
that this priesthood
must be
without sin
this is what
chapter 29
in some ways
is all about
as Aaron
and his sons
are set apart
there is a
recognition
that they
may not
approach
a holy God
on their own
righteousness
either
that they too
are sinful
that they too
must have
sacrifices
shed for them
in verses
10 through 25
of chapter 29
it's about
three sacrifices
a bull
for a sin offering
to atone
for their sin
the first
ram
offered
as a
burnt offering
to express
their devotion
to God
and then the
third one
a wave offering
or a food offering
to express
their communion
with God
having had
the covering
of the first
two sacrifices
already
and when you
look throughout
you see
the blood
of these sacrifices
is sprinkled
everywhere
it's on the
altars
it's on the
clothing of the
priests
it's on the
priests themselves
their ear
and their nose
and their toe
signifying everything
that they do
these priests
needed
a sacrifice
to cover
their sin
as well
so that they
might not die
and you see
this actually
mentioned twice
in verse 28
or in chapter 28
verse 35
you see
this made
clear
right
they're wearing
these bells
and the hem
of their robe
is a particular
thing
when he comes
out
so that
the very end
of the verse
is so that
he does not
die
and then again
on verse 43
and then when
Aaron and his
sons
when they go
into the tent
of meeting
or when they
come near the
altar to minister
in the holy
place
lest they
bear guilt
and die
so built
into this
whole picture
there's a
recognition
that it
is a
fearsome
thing
to approach
a holy
God
and as we'll
see in just
a few more
chapters
as Aaron
and the people
rebel against
God with the
incident of the
holy calf
God breaks
out against
them
and he even
says I
can't go
with you
anymore
because my
holiness is so
hot and your
sinfulness is so
great I will
merely destroy
you
this is the
assumption
that God
is so
holy
and yet
what we see
here is that
even these
priests
who are
ordained
and called
by God
to represent
the people
and to stand
between
sinful people
and a
holy God
as they do
their office
they too
must offer
up
sacrifices
so what do
we see
that the
tension
of how
a sinful
people
may
approach
a holy
God
is relieved
God
has provided
a mediator
God
has provided
someone
to serve
in the
temple
and to
play this
role
so that
we don't
have to
be afraid
as the
people
of God
and as
the people
of Israel
of old
and yet
the tension
is also
ratcheted up
because we
see that
even the
priest
that was
provided
wasn't
enough
it wasn't
perfect
enough
it didn't
actually
resolve
the tension
because they
were men
just like
we
they were
human beings
in our
sinful
condition
just like
we are
and it
is
awesomely
good
that God
would choose
them to
play this
role
but it
is
awesomely
terrifying
because God
cannot tolerate
sin
because only
a sinless
one
could truly
represent
and bear
the sins
of another
friends
this is
the good
news
is that
this whole
priestly
system
as much
as it
graciously
provided a
way for
God's
people to
interact
with him
and for
a holy
God to
dwell in
their midst
it also
pointed
ahead
it expressed
an incompleteness
a lack
of total
resolution
of the
problem
and it
pointed
ahead
and so
the
saints
of the
Old
Testament
looked
ahead
longing
to see
how
God
would
do
this
how
it
is
that
the
priesthood
would
be
finally
fulfilled
how
it
is
that
their
sins
could
finally
be
atoned
for
how
it
is
that
they
could
finally
dwell
with
God
and
he
with
them
in
perfection
and friends
this leads
us to
the passage
that was
read
earlier
and I
want to
look at
it
again
we're
not
going to
spend
a lot
of
time
here
but
in
Hebrews
chapter
7
verses
23
through
27
let me
just
read
this
the
former
priests
were
many
in
number
because
they
were
prevented
by
death
from
continuing
in
office
but
he
that
is
Jesus
holds
his
priesthood
permanently
because
he
continues
forever
consequently
he
is
able
to
save
to
the
uttermost
those
who
draw
near
to
God
through
him
since
he
always
lives
to
make
intercession
for
them
now
listen
to
this
because
this
should
have
echoes
of
everything
we've
just
read
for
it
is
indeed
fitting
that
we
should
have
such
a
high
priest
holy
innocent
unstained
separate
from
sinners
and
exalted
above
the
heavens
he
has
no
need
like
those
high
priests
to
offer
sacrifices
daily
first
for
his
own
sins
and
then
for
those
of
the
people
since
he
did
this
once
for
all
when
he
offered
up
himself
for
the
law
appoints
men
in
their
weakness
as
high
priests
but
the
word
of
the
oath
which
came
later
than
the
law
appoints
a
son
who
has
been
made
perfect
forever
friends
do you
see
this
God
has
chosen
Jesus
and
anointed
him
and
consecrated
him
and
ordained
him
to
be
ultimately
our
high
priest
and
he
has
clothed
him
with
beauty
and
with
glory
that
is
unmatched
that
actually
reflects
the
fullness
of
the
glory
of
God
and
friends
Jesus
as
he
took
on
human
flesh
he
took
on
the
name
of
humanity
and
he
identified
with
us
so
that
he
might
bear
before
God
our
names
and
represent
us
completely
fully
as a
man
as a
human
being
and
finally
he
came
in
the
wonder
of
God's
plan
he
came
not only
as the
high
priest
who
needed
no
sacrifice
for
himself
but
he
came
as
the
sacrifice
as
well
he
as
the
high
priest
offered
up
himself
as
the
perfect
sacrifice
because
he
the
sinless
one
could
die
for
us
to
atone
for
our
sin
he
the
sinless
one
could
walk
into
the
holy
of
holies
and
not
die
and
not
be
burned
up
and
so
he
walks
into
the
heavenly
holy
of
holies
and
he
lays
his
own
blood
and
his
own
life
on
that
mercy
seat
to
cover
his
people
so
that
all
who
are
in
Christ
may
approach
God
and
friends
we've
read
this
and
we
have
to
keep
reading
it
because
it's
the
right
way
to
close
this
section
of
Ephesians
in
Hebrews
chapter
10
listen
to
what
the
benefit
of
Christ
as
our
high
priest
is
for
us
therefore
sisters
and
brothers
since
we
have
confidence
to
enter
the
holy
places
by
the
blood
of
Jesus
by
the
new
and
living
way
he
opened
for
us
through
the
curtain
that
is
through
his
flesh
and
since
we
have
a
great
priest
over
the
house
of
God
let
us
draw
near
with
a
true
heart
in
full
assurance
of
faith
with
our
hearts
sprinkled
clean
from
an
evil
conscience
in
our
bodies
washed
with
pure
water
let
us
hold
fast
the
confession
of
our
hope
without
wavering
for
he
who
promised
is
faithful
and
let
us
consider
how
to
stir
up
one
another
to
love
and
good
works
not
neglecting
to
meet
together
as
the
habit
of
son
but
encouraging
one
another
and
all
the
more
as
you
see
the
day
dawning
friends
because
of
Jesus
we
as
sinful
people
can
know
a
holy
God
and
in
fact
he
comes
and
he
says
I
will
dwell
not
amongst
my
people
but
in
my
people
as
his
Holy
Spirit
comes
into
the
heart
of
all
who
place
their
faith
in
Jesus
Christ
and
are
made
alive
in
Christ
God
dwells
with
us
because
of
Jesus
our
great
high
priest
let us
not
neglect
such
a
great
salvation
and
let
us
draw
near
to
God
let's
pray
Lord
thank
you
for
the
provision
of
Jesus
our
high
priest
and
Lord
thank
you
for
the
glory
that
he
had
and
Lord
thank
you
that
by
his
work
we
may
draw
near
to
you
we
pray
this
in
Jesus
name
amen