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Exodus chapter 28 verse 29. So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel

in the breast piece of judgment on his heart when he goes into the holy place

to bring them to regular remembrance before the Lord.

I love this picture. So this whole chapter is talking about the priest garments. So

Aaron is the priest going in to the most holy place on behalf of the people and part of the

picture here, much of the picture here revolves around the priest's role as intercessor,

as the priest who goes before God on behalf of the people and represents God to the people.

So this picture of intercessor go between and here in verse 29. So now let me read it again.

Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breast piece of judgment on his heart when

he goes into the holy place to bring them to regular remembrance before the Lord.

The whole picture of an intercessor is to bring people before the Lord.

When we think about intercessory prayer, what are we praying for? We're praying on behalf of others.

We are bringing others before God, laying their lives before God, laying these people's

situation before God and saying, God, please help this person in that way. God, please comfort

this person in that way. God, please heal this person. God, please strengthen this person.

God, please embolden this person. God, please and on and on and on and on. We're praying on behalf

of others. And this is such an important role. So one, ultimately, that Jesus plays for us.

Jesus is our intercessor. He is ultimately the one that goes to God the Father on our behalf

that provides the sacrifice to cover for our sins. We've prayed through that and we will continually

pray. We'll continually praise Jesus for that for all of eternity. And at the same time,

Hebrews says, Jesus lives to intercede for us. Like day in and day out to provide for what we need

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