Why You Need a Representative | Torah | Numbers 20:14-29

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🗓️ 7 September 2022

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What is God’s view of you? Are you good enough to go before God? Should you care about the role of high priests in the Old Testament? In today’s episode, Jensen uses Numbers 20:14-29 to discuss the importance of having a good high priest. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Numbers 20:14-29

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:12.0	If me or my sister ever wanted something growing up, like a
0:17.2	trip to get ice cream or a movie night or anything that wasn't really part of the plan,
0:22.0	we needed our parents to get on board and because of that we'd be really strategic.
0:27.1	We'd pick whichever one of us was in the good graces of our parents to go and ask if we could do something fun.
0:33.2	Usually this meant Jessica, my sister, went to ask and not me.
0:37.8	I had a knack for getting in trouble.
0:40.5	She had a knack for being quiet, kind, and calm. So more often than not, Jessica would go to our parents and be the one to make our joint request, because we knew it had a better chance of getting a yes if it was her and not me asking.
0:56.5	Now I'll admit this is a very rudimentary way to think about the high priests of Israel. But I do think it helps us
1:05.6	conceptualize this role that is so foreign to our modern context. See the people of
1:11.5	Israel, they were a sinful people, people who complained, who worshipped idols, who neglected God's laws, and because God was holy, they needed someone who would go before them and be their representative.
1:24.6	When God created the tabernacle and the laws and the sacrificial system of the Old Testament,
1:30.0	he put in place a high priest. He gave Moses a vision of this high priest on Mount Sinai,
1:36.5	a man shining, wearing a sort of crown and beautiful garments of clothing. This high priest was to be a symbol for the people. The high priest was the one who would
1:47.0	represent the people to God. He would make sacrifices for their sin. He would declare them clean before God. He was the only one who could enter the holy of holies, the place where God's presence was, to make atonement for the people.
2:06.4	The high priest was a big deal and the very first high priest was Aaron, Moses's brother. But if you remember, Aaron was not perfect.
2:12.4	He aided the people in worshiping the golden calf. He stood
2:16.3	by while Moses disobeyed God and struck the rock. He was complicit in the failures of God's
2:22.3	people and its leaders.
2:24.7	And it's because of this that we learn Aaron will not enter the promised land.
2:29.4	And he will instead die in the wilderness.
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