Saturday, November 30, 2019

Exodus 28:23  says, And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.  This is further details about the breast plate.  Verse twenty-four adds, And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.  This was the golden chain described in verse twenty-two.  Verse twenty-five continues, And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.   The golden chains were to be attached to the breast plate at one end and to ephod at the other.  Verse twenty-six says, And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.  There were to be two golden rings on the ends of the breast plate.  Then verse twenty-seven adds, And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.  There were to be two more golden rings on the two sides of the ephod, underneath to serve as a coupling for the curious girdle.  Verse twenty-eight states, And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.  The breast plate and the ephod were to be bound together with piece of blue lace running between the golden rings.  God gave Moses specific details for the wardrobe of Aaron.  The only specific requirement we have in order to come before God today is that we come by the way of the cross.  We don't have to be dressed a specific way and are not limited in our access to God.  Verse twenty-nine declares, And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.  The names of the children of Israel would be close to Aaron's heart when he went into the holy place.  As followers of Christ, wherever we go, the Holy Spirit goes with us to keep us close to the heart of God.

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