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In this video listen to Leviticus 21 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.
In Leviticus 21 we have a chapter with rules for high priests.
For example, in verse 5 they were not to shave their heads. This seems so odd. Some people think this is an example of how irrelevant Leviticus is, but this misses the point entirely. This was a rule for High Priests which teaches us something today. THey were not to copy the example of Egyptians who shaved their heads. They were not to be like others in the world around them. It still informs us now.
A High Priest also had to marry “among his own people.” This meant from the tribe of Levi because all High Priests had to have a genealogical history to be eligible to serve. Today this is impossible to recreate, and there would not be a pure tribe of Levi remaining. This is undoubtedly because the real High Priest Christ has now superseded these things, and done away with them. Although some would like to establish these things, it seems God has deliberately made it impossible.
Later in the chapter it lists twelve physical defects which rules out someone from serving as a High Priest. This isn’t discriminatory as it might first seem, but rather a picture and shadow of the perfection of Christ and how none other is able to do what He did. Listen as David explains more on this, and also talks about Hycanus II who had his ears chopped off to remove his eligibility as High Priest.
Apr 22, 2021 | Message by David Alley