Leviticus 8:31–36
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We moderns, particularly we modern evangelicals, have a terribly sentimental view of God's presence. We speak of it as though it were a warm, fuzzy feeling, a spiritual comfort blanket we can pull out whenever we are feeling down. But the book of Leviticus will not let us get away with such trivialities. Here, the presence of God is not sentimental; it is seismic. It is glorious, yes, but it is also terrifyingly dangerous. The same sun that gives life can also give you a fatal case of sunstroke. The God who is a consuming fire is not a tame deity to be trifled with. It is the grammar of holiness, the syntax of atonement. And here in chapter 8, we are at the very heart of it: the consecration of the priests. For God to dwell with His people, there must be mediators.