AARONIC COVENANT
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) A covenant is a legally binding obligation (promise). Throughout history God has made covenants with his people - he would keep his side if they would keep theirs.
b) Here is one of the 7 covenants found in the Bible.
1. Name: "Aaronic Covenant"
a) Reference text: Numbers 25:10-13
i) 10 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 11 “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My zeal. 12 Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace; 13 and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’” (Numbers 25:10-13 NKJV)
2. God's promise
a) Aaron's descendants would be priest forever.
3. Sign
a) The Aaronic priesthood.
4. What is the text all about?
a) It is clear from Phinehas's story that some anger is proper and justified. Phinehas was angry because of his zeal for the Lord. But how can we know when our anger is appropriate and when it should be restrained? Ask these questions when you become angry:
@1. Why am I angry?
@2. Whose rights are being violated (mine or another's)?
@3. Is the truth (a principle of God) being violated?
b) If your rights are at stake, it may be wiser to keep angry feelings under control. But if the truth is at stake, anger is often justified, although violence and retaliation are usually the wrong way to express it (Phinehas's case was unique). If we are becoming more and more like God, we should be angered by sin.
c) Phinehas's act made atonement for the nation of Israel; in effect, what he did averted God's judgment. Because of this, his descendants would become the high priests of Israel. They continued so throughout the history of the tabernacle and the temple.
The End ...
0. Introductiona) A covenant is a legally binding obligation (promise). Throughout history God has made covenants with his people - he would keep his side if they would keep theirs.
b) Here is one of the 7 covenants found in the Bible.
1. Name: "Aaronic Covenant"
a) Reference text: Numbers 25:10-13
i) 10 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 11 “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My zeal. 12 Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace; 13 and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’” (Numbers 25:10-13 NKJV)
2. God's promise
a) Aaron's descendants would be priest forever.
3. Sign
a) The Aaronic priesthood.
4. What is the text all about?
a) It is clear from Phinehas's story that some anger is proper and justified. Phinehas was angry because of his zeal for the Lord. But how can we know when our anger is appropriate and when it should be restrained? Ask these questions when you become angry:
@1. Why am I angry?
@2. Whose rights are being violated (mine or another's)?
@3. Is the truth (a principle of God) being violated?
b) If your rights are at stake, it may be wiser to keep angry feelings under control. But if the truth is at stake, anger is often justified, although violence and retaliation are usually the wrong way to express it (Phinehas's case was unique). If we are becoming more and more like God, we should be angered by sin.
c) Phinehas's act made atonement for the nation of Israel; in effect, what he did averted God's judgment. Because of this, his descendants would become the high priests of Israel. They continued so throughout the history of the tabernacle and the temple.
The End ...
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