6. Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name. Though not ordained to the typical priesthood,
Moses was a true priest. God has ever had a priesthood beside and above that of
the law. The three holy men here mentioned all stood in his courts, and saw his
holiness, each one after his own order. Moses saw the Lord in flaming fire
revealing his perfect law, Aaron often watched the sacred fire devour the
sin-offering, and Samuel witnessed the judgment of the Lord on Eli’s house,
because of the error of his way. These each one stood in the gap when the wrath
of God broke forth, because his holiness had been insulted; and acting as
intercessors, they screened the nation from the great and terrible God, who
otherwise would in a dreadful manner have executed judgment in Jacob. Let these
men, or such as these, lead us in our worship, and let us approach the Lord at
the mercy-seat as they did, for he is as accessible to us as to them. They made
it their life’s business to call upon him in prayer, and by so doing brought
down innumerable blessings upon themselves and others. Does not the Lord call
us also to come up into the mount with Moses, and to enter the most holy place
with Aaron? Do we not hear him call us by our name as he did Samuel? And do we
not answer, “Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth”? They called upon the Lord, and he answered them. Being a holy God he was true to his promises, and
hearkened to them from off the mercy-seat. Here is reason for praise, for
answers to the petitions of some are proofs of God’s readiness to hear others.
These three men asked large things, they pleaded for a whole nation, and they
stayed great plagues and turned away fiery wrath; who would not exercise
himself in adoring so great and merciful a God?
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