The robe of the ephod is now our lesson. It was all blue, so as to bring before us the heavenly character of the high priest, and also mark him as suitable to go into the presence of God.
As a type of the Lord Jesus, who is the Great High Priest for all who believe in Him, we may readily see how suitable this blue robe was; for the Lord Jesus was the heavenly man, and therefore was holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners, and He is made higher than the heavens.
There was a hole in the top of this robe, so that it could be slipped over the priest’s, head, but the edge was bound in such a way that it could not be torn. Thus it was a beautiful type of the Lord Jesus. who could not commit sin, for there was no weak place in His character.
At the bottom of the robe were a number of pomegranates made of blue. purple and scarlet, any between each one was a golden all around the hem. These bring before us fruit and sound. As typical of the Lord Jesus, we may see they point to the fact that He entered into heaven with abundance of fruit, which was the result of His death; and I am sure each believer who reads these lines, can respond, and say,
“I am the fruit of His toil on Calvary’s cross.”
How suitable this particular fruit was as a symbol of all the redeemed people, for this fruit is full of seed, and each seed could be counted as an individual believer, and thus we have a picture of the vast number that will be presented to God, as having been redeemed with the precious blood of Christ.
The golden bells gave the sound when the high priest went into the holy, and when he came out. So when the Lord Jesus went into heaven, the Holy Spirit came out as the sound of a mighty rushing wind, and was a proof that the Lord Jesus was accepted in God’s presence. That divine sound shall be heard again, in the ears of all the redeemed ones when He comes out of heaven. What joy it will be for every believer when the Lord comes to take His own; and when He comes to reign over this earth. Judgment shall fall upon all those who have rejected Him now in this the day of His grace.
How will it be with you, dear reader? Will it be joy to you to go to be with the Lord Jesus? If to be left behind, it will mean that you shall share in the judgment which shall fall noon all those who reject Christ.
ML 07/16/1922