Mon.’s Devo - The Priesthood

Read Ex. 6:14-22 It has been almost 300 years since Jacob birthed his 12 tribes so his sons and their sons have come and gone yet we have a list of some of their genealogies again. I can’t tell if God is speaking these names or whether Moses just added this when he wrote the book but either way is pretty impressive. After reading this several times I noticed that they only gave the genealogies of 3 tribes: Reuben, Simeon, and Levi. I explained earlier that the names of the tribes told the history of the earth so I think this is where they were in history. He breezed through Rueben and Simeon, but when it came to Levi he went into explicit detail because that was where they were in history. Moses came from that tribe. Notice that Levi and Amram lived exactly a hundred and thirty and seven years. This means that the fruit of their lives were tested and they conformed perfectly to the destiny the Lord had created them for. Kohath lived one hundred thirty and three years which means the fruit of his life was one of conformity to what his fathers had taught him. I wonder if his life wasn’t cut a few years short because he like his name was waiting for the fulfillment of God’s promise to come and didn’t see it in his life-time. Moses great-great grandfather was Levi which means “joined”. Moses’ grandfather’s name was Kohath which means “obedient and waiting”. Moses’ father’s name was Amram which means “high people” or “exalted”. Amram married his aunt, Jochebed whose name means “Jehovah-gloried”. The Levites were to be joined to God and be his priests to the people. They had to learn to be totally obedient to God and their job was to wait on God and serve him in his temple and to assist the people in their worship to God. They were to be an exalted people who didn’t pay taxes and were supported by the people and most of all by God. There was no temple yet and their were no sacrifices to be made but they were being prepared in their hearts none the less. Moses and Aaron’s lives were to be lives totally poured out to God and the people. They exemplified to all what priests should look like. I don’t have time or space to go through all the names and their meanings but they explain the path to the priesthood. Lord, we are all called to be sons and priests unto you. May we learn from Moses and Aaron what that looks like. Open our eyes to see.