Aaron in his priesthood the type of Jesus.
I. IN HIS APPOINTMENT (Exodus 28:1).
1. He is chosen of God (Hebrews 5:4), and therefore our accepted intercessor.
2. He is taken from among his brethren; "from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me." The priest who ministers before God for us must go up with a brother's heart and with experience of human infirmity (Hebrews 4:15).
II. IN HIS ARRAY. The holy garments were "for glory and for beauty," the symbol of the perfect humanity of Jesus; "holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners.'
III. IN HIS SYMPATHY.
1. The names of the tribes were engraved upon and identified with the choicest jewels. Christ not only remembers, us; we are loved, honoured, treasured by him.
2. The name of each tribe was engraved upon a separate, and different kind of jewel. We are not grasped by our high priest in a mass; we are individually known, loved, cared for.
3. The names were borne upon Aaron's heart whenever he went into the holy place (Exodus 28:29), for a memorial before the Lord con-tin,ally. We are held in perpetual remembrance before God.
IV. IN HIS VICARIOUSNESS.
1. That remembrance was burden-bearing; he went in for them, his heart was bowed before God in the consciousness of their sin and need. For us in our sin and need Christ's entreaties ascend day and night.
2. In his zeal for holiness (Exodus 28:36-38). Christ, sin's sacrifice, shall also be sifts destruction.—U.