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Exodus chapter 28 verse 35 and it shall be on Aaron when he ministers and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the

holy place before the Lord and when he comes out so that he does not die.

Oh you got to get so that he does not die.

Oh, you gotta get this picture.

This is talking about a golden bell that will be on the hem of Aaron, the priest's robe when he ministers so that when he goes

into the holy place, the holy of holies, he will be moving around and people outside will be able to hear him.

And they will know that if that bell stops making a noise, that means Aaron has stopped, which means they will need to pull him out.

And there's actually a way so that when he goes into the most holy place they would be able to if

Aaron was struck down in the presence of God he would be able to be pulled out so just

imagine the intensity of that scene.

When this person goes into the most holy presence of God and everybody around is just listening to make sure that

bell is still making a noise because everybody's in silent awe of the fact that there's a person

meeting with God and their life is at stake in that.

When I read this verse, I just am reminded

of the seriousness, in a sense, certainly here in the Old Testament, but even in the New Testament under the

new covenant through Jesus, the seriousness involved in coming before God and I'm convicted in my own life.

So there's a sense in which like pray without ceasing so I want to pray before God as my father. I have access to his presence all the time so I want to speak to him all the time.

At the same time, I never want to forget the reality of whose presence

I'm in. And I find myself doing that. I don't know about you, but sometimes when I'm

praying I can just bow my head like before a meal or even in the church like I can

bow ahead pray dear God and I can just start to talk and I'm not even thinking about who I'm talking to

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