'Rightly Dividing the Word'
Into the Holy Place
Lev 10:3 And Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord spoke, saying: 'By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; and before all the people I must be glorified.' " So Aaron held his peace.
Every priest who ministered inside the tabernacle must be holy for He is holy, and they must be without sins. God will kill any priest if they entered the Holy Place to sin or with sins (e.g. Aaron's sons Nadah and Abihu in Lev 10:1-3)
Exo 28:43 They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place, that they do not incur iniquity and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and his descendants after him.
Priests gone Astray
Eze 44:10,13-14 "And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity... And they shall not come near Me to minister to Me as priest, nor come near any of My holy things, nor into the Most Holy Place; but they shall bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed. Nevertheless I will make them keep charge of the temple, for all its work, and for all that has to be done in it.
Since misled priests were not allowed to enter the tabernacle to minister to Him, similarly, depraved Christian leaders will not be able to come before God's presence.
Without God's revelations and the truth in His word, these depraved pastors can only preach worldly wisdom, wrong doctrines and even heresies (prosperity gospel, positive confession, hyper-grace, secret rapture, etc.)
So beware of carnal, worldly and covetous pastors and televangelists, who, for financial gain, may lead you to damnation, for they preach distorted truth and heresies to entice your itching ears.
Atonement for the Priest
Lev 9:6,8 Then Moses said, "This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to do, and the glory of the Lord will appear to you.".. Aaron therefore went to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
To go before God's presence, the priests must first sacrifice a bull as a burnt offering for the atonement of their own sins, before they could enter the holy Place in the tabernacle.
In the same way, every Christian coming before God's presence must atone his sins by confessing them, otherwise God will not listen to his prayer, thanksgiving, praise and worship.
A Good Shepherd
Lev 9:15; 10:17 Then he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and killed it and offered it for sin, like the first one... "Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a holy place, since it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?
The priest must sacrifice a goat for the sins of the people and then eat the meat inside the Holy place as a sign of bearing their guilt.
Similarly, every anointed pastor must bear the guilt of the congregation before the Lord by sharing their weaknesses and transgressions.
God is always faithful to His word and He will guide His humble servant into the truth and teach Him the best solution.
He must teach the truth of the word, and the good works that Christians are saved to perform. He must expose the hypocrisy of the wicked congregation for justifying their covetousness, carnality and worldliness with their wrong doctrines and heresies.
With God's guidance, the pastor will have to chastise or judge the misled sheep in accordance to His word without fear or favour (e.g 1 Cor 5) in order to bring the congregation back to His favour.
Lev 10:10-11 that you may distinguish between holy (truth and sound doctrines) and unholy (lies and heresy), and between unclean (wicked ways) and clean (righteous works), and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken.
