{ILS} Redemption of important characters

• Sometimes the character in our movie fails - they choose themselves

• • Han Solo pictured here in star wars rescued princess lea for a reward

  • Risked his life, life that at risk bc of money he owed, now has money

  • Luke says we must destroy the death star - Han “nah, i have the $”

• At last second, when luke has no other options and might die - han returns

• • Failure - Separation - Return - Redemption

{MPT} God redeems the leaders - This was our opening image in November

• The image you see depicts the golden calf - where Aaron failed mightily

• • He defied his leader Moses and his God, by giving in to the crowd

  • But today Aaron and his sons are being blessed for leadership

  • • Blessed today and for generations to come

  • Redemption is possible for all of us

{MPT} Redemption can’t happen without the list

• Bull represents the sacrifice necessary to be restored - it’s not free

• Unleavened bread represents God’s path out

• Olive oil represents being blessed for service

• Priestly garment represents - the bridge & all 12 tribes - Levites set apart

• • Military separates units with different tasks - Levites lead worship

{MPT} Can The People Be Awestruck By A Tent?

• Bull and the bread and the olive oil and the tunics - Aaron and this sons

• • But we are in a….tent….in the wilderness

  • What is this? Who are we? Where are we going?

  • One reason they will build a temple and the reason Christians build beautiful structures is to place the individual human in awe of the space - to remind them

  • But the people in our story today learn a valuable lesson that would suit us as well.

• Remember what God has done and hope in what God will do - BINDS

• • Right now, SUMC sits between our memory and our hope

  • • We are in good company in the entirety of scripture

    • Our willingness can be bolstered by what we read today

{MPT} A Voluntary Sacrifice of a Perfect Being

• In the old testament we read “a lamb without defect” - Jesus in Gethsemane

• • Bless what I hear, Bless what I touch, Bless where I walk

  • B/C you God have the power to redeem me and make any tent holy