Saturday 11 August 2012

Numbers 6:22-27


“So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
{Numbers 7:27} (NIV1984)

We could be careless and miss the truth about the nature of God in this benediction. The Holy Trinity is revealed in this blessing. Three times the priests bless the Israelites with YHWH’s name. Three times, YHWH’s name is “put” on His people. In Isaiah’s vision, the cherubim cry Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD Almighty. Our risen Lord Jesus commands us to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The LORD is One (Dt 6:4). One Name for three Persons. The Name of the LORD is a strong tower, it is a place of refuge, it is a seal of ownership, it is above every name, and every knee shall bow before this Name. Oh friend, It is the only name given under heaven given to men by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12) and everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved (Rom 10:13).  

Friend, this is not superstition! This is the truth of blessing. When we pray that the Lord would bless someone, keep them, be gracious to them and turn His face towards them, giving them peace, we are praying for their salvation. Our Lord taught us to pray, so that we might be blessed by God. This prayer of Aaron achieves the same result of being blessed by the LORD Almighty! Oh friend, whom will we bless today?

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