Leviticus 8

“Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water…Do not leave the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, for your ordination will last seven days.”  vv.6,33

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This chapter describes the ordination of Aaron and his sons.  Aaron and his sons who were all to become the high priest are washed with water to signify the cleansing and purification of sins to minister before the Lord, just was we are washed by the blood of Jesus to draw near to Him (Hebrews 10:22).   This ordination lasted seven days and the offerings were to be done each of the seven days.  There were not to leave the Tent of Meeting during this time to go about other work or rest but fully devoted to this position and consecration they were taking on.  Just like some feasts lasted a week so this ordination.  This wasn't seven times to be complete but a continual building to that completion through the week to be ordained.  Just like Philippians 1:6 "being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ," where Christ began a good work in us and at the commemoration of the day of Jesus when He returns to make us complete, so the Lord made sure the full work was done to Aaron and his four sons at the commemoration of them as priest to minister to the people.  

Have you let Christ blood wash you that you may go directly to Him?  Has the good work begun in you?  What completion in yourself do you wait and long for?