"Say to Aaron: For the generations to come none of your decendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed."
Leviticus 21:16-18
When struggling to understand God's view of our disability; it didn't matter when you read the above verse. We really don't understand it. But then in our struggle we kept searching for answer the true meaning behind these verse. Leviticus 21 is a strict list of dos and don'ts for men entering the priedthood of Aaron. A priest had to be pure, with no physical defects, because he was a physical symbol of a future spiritual reality an important type of the coming Messiah. God was looking for physically perfect man as a priest to represent the spiritually perfect man of the Lord Jesus. This passage speaks us you, whether you're disabled or not. As part of a "royal priesthood" (1Peter2:9), God welcomes you into His presence, accepting you no matter what your limitations. But when you come before Him in worship, make certain that you are not harboring a blemish of pride or defect of impurity. You may be tied to strict dos and don'ts, but if God wanted Old Testament people to be pure when they came before Him, surely He expect the same of us. Let us run the race in due time we become a conqueror. In Him.
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