And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense and made an atonement for the people. – Numbers 16:46-47
You will see the love and kindness of Aaron, if you look again. Aaron might have said, “But the Lord will surely destroy me also with the people, if I go where the shafts of death are flying, they will reach me.” He never thinks of it, he exposes his own person in the very forefront of the destroying one. There comes the angel of death, smiting all before him, and here stands Aaron in his very path, as much as to say, “Get you back! Get you back! I will wave my incense in your face, destroyer of men, you cannot pass the censer of God’s high priest.”
Oh, You glorious High Priest of our profession, You might not only have feared this which Aaron might have dreaded, but You did actually endure the plague of God, for when You did come among the people to save them from JEHOVAH’s wrath, JEHOVAH’s wrath fell upon You. You were forsaken of Your Father. The plague which Jesus kept from us slew Him, “The LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” The sheep escaped, but “His life and blood the Shepherd pays, a ransom for the flock.”
Oh, You lover of Your church, immortal honors be unto You! Aaron deserves to be beloved by the tribes of Israel, because he stood in the gap and exposed himself for their sins, but You, most mighty Savior, You shall have eternal songs, because, forgetful of Yourself, You did bleed and die, that man might be saved! ~ C.H. Spurgeon
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