In today’s passage we read about Aaron’s first day in office.  The assembly of Israel has been waiting in great anticipation for Aaron and his sons to emerge from the tent of meeting after the required period of ordination (8: 35).  To say that Aaron’s first day was a ‘baptism of fire’ would be a slight understatement!  Moses, Aaron and the congregation are informed that ‘today, the Lord will appear to you’ (v.4).  How much do we seek an encounter with God in our worship, and our obedience?  The Israelites were to prepare to encounter their God, the object of their worship, not from a distance, but among them.  They were to learn this day how holy and how gracious the presence of God among them was.  God consumed their offerings in holy fire among them, demonstrating his acceptance of their offering and His dwelling among them.  Their response was complete submission.  The holiness and grace of God has appeared to us more fully in the person of Jesus Christ.  In John 1: 14 we read “The word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth”.  In this series on ‘Holy Living’, I pray that a deeper understanding of His holiness, helps you to further comprehend His grace, as he dwells in our hearts daily.