Bible Questions Answered:
“I traveled to my brothers home in
Kansas, and went to a church there, different from my own. There one
could not tell the pastor from anyone else in the congregation. When
he stood up to speak, he wore a suit as any other man. What
scriptures do we have to say this should not be right, it is not so
in my home church for sure!”
Patrick/ St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
God gave instructions for the Priest,
Aaron, and his sons, to have (Exodus 28:1-5,31-43 KJV):
- Verse 2, Special clothing.
- Verse 2, Clothing that showed their separation to God.
- Verse 2, Their garments were to be beautiful.
- Verse 2, Garments that would display the dignity of their work.
- Verse 3, Aaron and his sons were to be “set apart,” from everyone else.
- Verse 8/31 Aaron and his sons were to have a robe, of ..Blue which spoke of heaven.Purple which spoke of service to The Living God, of all royalty.Scarlet which spoke of sacrifice.Gold which spoke of service to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
- Verse 42 Under garments were to be of linen-denoting coolness to the skin, not any wool, that could cause sweat. Thus denoting....Ephesians 2:8,9 KJV8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
- Verse 6 There was also an Ephod.
- Verse 40 Bonnets. (Holiness Unto The Lord.) Spoke of the Holiness of God, but also holiness of the Priest, which was an absolute must!
Scripture:
Exodus 28:1-5,31-43 KJV
1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy
brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel,
that he may minister unto Me in the priest's office, even Aaron,
Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
2 And thou shalt make holy garments
for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
3 And thou shalt speak unto all that
are wise hearted, whom I have filled with The Spirit Of Wisdom, that
they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may
minister unto Me in the priest's office.
4 And these are the garments which
they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a
broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy
garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister
unto Me in the priest's office.
5 And they shall take gold, and
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
31 And thou shalt make the robe of
the ephod all of blue.
32 And there shall be an hole in the
top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven
work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon,
that it be not rent.
33 And beneath upon the hem of it
thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet,
round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round
about:
34 A golden bell and a pomegranate,
a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round
about.
35 And it shall be upon Aaron to
minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy
place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
36 And thou shalt make a plate of
pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet,
Holiness To The Lord.
37 And thou shalt put it on a blue
lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre
it shall be.
38 And it shall be upon Aaron's
forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which
the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it
shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before
The Lord.
39 And thou shalt embroider the coat
of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou
shalt make the girdle of needlework.
40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt
make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt
thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
41 And thou shalt put them upon
Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and
consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto Me in
the priest's office.
42 And thou shalt make them linen
breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the
thighs they shall reach:
43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and
upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the
congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in
the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a
statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
Exodus 29:5,29 KJV
5 And thou shalt take the garments,
and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the
ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of
the ephod:
29 And the holy garments of Aaron
shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be
consecrated in them.
Exodus 31:10 KJV
And the cloths of service, and the
holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to
minister in the priest's office,
Exodus 39:1 KJV
1 And of the blue, and purple, and
scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy
place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as The Lord commanded
Moses.
22 And he made the robe of the ephod
of woven work, all of blue.
23 And there was an hole in the
midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round
about the hole, that it should not rend.
24 And they made upon the hems of
the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined
linen.
25 And they made bells of pure gold,
and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe,
round about between the pomegranates;
26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell
and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as
The Lord commanded Moses.
27 And they made coats of fine linen
of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
28 And a mitre of fine linen, and
goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined
linen,
29 And a girdle of fine twined
linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as The Lord
commanded Moses.
30 And they made the plate of the
holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the
engravings of a signet, Holiness To The Lord.
31 And they tied unto it a lace of
blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as The Lord commanded
Moses.
Leviticus 8:6,7 KJV
6 And Moses brought Aaron and his
sons, and washed them with water.
7 And he put upon him the coat, and
girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put
the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the
ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
Ezekiel 44:16-19 KJV
16 They shall enter into My
sanctuary, and they shall come near to My table, to minister unto Me,
and they shall keep My charge.
17 And it shall come to pass, that
when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be
clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles
they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
18 They shall have linen bonnets
upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins;
they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
19 And when they go forth into the
utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put
off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy
chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not
sanctify the people with their garments.
This not a study on
the Tabernacle, nor of the Priesthood of Aaron, and his sons, mention
here is made only to show that God did have something in mind for
His Priest Aaron, and it was to set him apart from all others.
This special
“setting apart,” was not to make Aaron holy, just the converse,
because he was a righteous man, and set apart to The Lord, God gave him special
garments.
A minister of
God, must be without spot, blameless before the world!
Stop here and read
The Word Of The Lord, concerning Pastors and Deacons.
Pastors: (Subject List:) Pastor
Deacons: (Bible Lessons:) Deacon
So, the question,
should Pastors, wear ecclesiastical garments?
According to God's
Word,........yes!
Special garments,
remind parishioner and Pastor, that the man of God is “set apart
unto The Lord,”
“Holy Unto The
Lord”.
As believers, "set apart unto The Lord," we
all have special robes, seen or not!
Isaiah 61:10 KJV
I will greatly rejoice in The Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He hath clothed me with the
garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh Himself with ornaments, and as
a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Revelation
3:5,18 KJV
5 He that over cometh, the same
shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name
out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before My
Father, and before His angels.
18 I counsel thee to buy of Me gold
tried in The Fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that
thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not
appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.
Revelation 4:4
KJV
And round about the throne were four
and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders
sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns
of gold.
Revelation 7:9
KJV
After this I beheld, and, lo, a
great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and
kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before The Throne, and
before The Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Revelation
19:7,8 KJV
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and
give honor to Him: for the marriage of The Lamb is come, and His wife
hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she
should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen
is the righteousness of saints.
