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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Numbers 17:1-13
By consuming the two hundred and fifty rebels, the LORD has shown whom He had marked out to exercise the priesthood. Aaron alone has been accepted with his censer. Another test, this time speaking of life, is to confirm the divine selection. From among the twelve rods brought by the princes, one only, that of Aaron, gives an extraordinary proof of vitality: in one night, it produces buds, blossom and fruit. Admirable picture of the resurrection of Christ, "assurance unto all men" of the glory of Jesus and of the efficacy of His work! (Acts 17:31). Many imposters have claimed to have a divine mission. But they are dead and not one has ever risen again. Christ is the only man to have passed through death in "the power of an endless life" (Hebrews 7:16), and He now exercises on high His holy priesthood on the behalf of His own. More than that: the fruit produced in each one of those who belong to Him constitutes at present – we could say out of season – the visible witness of a Saviour who is living although still hidden from view.
Aaron’s rod is afterwards placed in the ark (v. 10; Hebrews 9:4), so as to remind us while crossing the wilderness that the source of life is found in Christ alone.
