"The LORD spake unto Moses, saying… It shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom… Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels" (Number 17:1-10). "Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God… that ought to be feared" (Psalm 76:11). "The memory of the Just is blessed" (Proverbs 10:7). "The four and twenty elders fall down before Him that sat on the throne, and worship Him that liveth forever and ever" (Revelation 4:10).
When Aaron's rod had brought forth fruit
(A portrait of Christ's resurrection),
The choice of God was absolute
To show the priest of His selection.
The
rebels, seeing Aaron's rod,
Which
blossomed forth (unlike their own),
Were
in this way reproved by God
Who
made His choice concretely known.
These
portraits still instruct us now,
As
we recall our risen Savior,
Our
King to whom we rightly vow
To
show our love with our behavior.
Lord
Jesus, we remember You
Like
Aaron's rod in separation.
You
did what no one else could do:
You
died and rose for our salvation!
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