DAILY READINGS: Ezra 1-2; Daniel 4; 3 John and Jude
They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon. Numbers 4:13
The brazen altar, when transported, was the only piece of furniture to be covered with purple (a royal colour). But before the blood sacrifice unto God could begin, the purple would be taken off. When the sacrifice was finished, the purple would be put back on. Physically, this happened to Jesus, “And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him… and led him out to crucify him” (Mk. 15:20). It happened spiritually too. He veiled His glory and left heaven to die as a man on the cross. But after death God highly exalted Him and He put on the purple again. — R. P. A
I have been at the altar and witnessed the Lamb burnt wholly to ashes for me;
And watched its sweet savour ascending on high, accepted O Father, by Thee.—A. H.