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Gospel ordinances limited to righteous church members

Exodus 12:43-46,48

  • strangers cannot partake in the ordinance of the passover, but if they are converted, they may. I believe that in this case, that circumcision symbolizes that they have joined the church. "And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no bstranger eat thereof: But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.", "And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof."

Leviticus 22:10

  • strangers cannot partake of the items consecrated to God's servants "There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing."

Leviticus 22:12

  • marrying outside the covenant forfeits rights, "If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things."

Numbers 16:40

  • strangers cannot perform priesthood ordinances "To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord"

Deuteronomy 17:15

  • a holy nation has a ruler chosen of God "Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother."

Ezekiel 44:6

  • strangers cannot go into the temple, not just strangers though, but anyone whose heart is not right as well. "No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel."
gospel_ordinances_limited_to_righteous_church_members.1367972410.txt.gz · Last modified: 2013/05/07 18:20 by steve