In Numbers 4 God tells Moses and Aaron how to divide up the Levites and what the responsibilities of each clan are. And the responsibilities are no joke. God wants the altar and the ark of the covenant protected and treated with the utmost respect and care... because these things are holy.
These things are holy indeed.
At Abiding Grace our altar is a lunch table on some risers with a cloth over it. It's not made of gold like the altar the Israelites had, but it's not the gold that makes it special, it's God that makes it special.
In the Old Testament God was present at the altar, but when Jesus died the curtain of the temple ripped in two and God ventured out... to everywhere. God comes to us right where we are. There are no longer a few priveleged Levites that get to be in the presence of God... we all do.
And yet God is still at the altar everytime we worship. God is there through the Word spoken, the bread broken, and the wine poured. Holy time for holy people.
Holy, because God is holy.
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