Numbed Out

[Albert Finch]

Leviticus 10:8-10 ^{8The LORD then spoke to Aaron, saying, 9"Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die—it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations— 10and so as to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean,}

^{The wine symbolizes the numbing effects of the world. The wine here speaks of anything of the world that would numb us of the voice and presence of God, and therefore hinder heaven’s flow in.}



^{Exodus 27:20-21 20"You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually. 21"In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout their generations for the sons of Israel.}

^{Leviticus 6:12-13 12‘The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it, and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings on it. 13‘Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it is not to go out.}

^{Every morning the priests were to put fresh wood on the alter to ensure that the flame did not weaken in any way but continued to burn bright. They were to keep the lamp burning continually and never let it go out. We are supposed to be tending our lamp and stoking our fire i.e. stirring it up and supplying it with fuel, every morning and throughout the day.}

^{Psalm 71:1,3 - " In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: ......for thou are my rock and my fortress."}



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