DAILY READINGS: Deut. 28:38-68; Amos 5-6; Luke 14:25 to 15:10
His hands full of sweet incense beaten small, within the vail…that he die not. Leviticus 16:12-13
Before the blood went into the holiest, there must first be “the cloud of the incense.” Failure on Aaron’s part to obey would result in instant death! This is a beautiful picture of the fragrance of Christ, rising as worship from burning hearts for the delight of God first. One cannot help but wonder if the same judgement were applied today for empty hands, cold hearts, and human alternatives at the Lord’s Supper, how many of us would survive the day? —J. Boyd Nicholson
Much incense is ascending,
Before the eternal throne;
God graciously is bending,
To hear each feeble groan. —M. Peters