Exodus 28:38 It [a seal marked: holy to the Lord] will be on Aaron's forehead, and he will bear the guilt involved in the sacred gifts the Israelites consecrate, whatever their gifts may be. It will be on Aaron's forehead continually so that they will be acceptable to the Lord. (In still yet another picture of Christ Who bore the guilt for our sins, Aaron as the people's representative will bear the sins of the people before the Lord and their atonement through the sacrifices they bring to God's altar so they are able to be acceptable to the Lord. Today, because of Christ, we, too, are borne by Him before the Lord and are declared holy and acceptable in God's sight through His purity and recompense of Christ's sacrifice. God is showing us here that He doesn't look on our sinful state, even on the place where all sin begins in us, in our minds, but only looks on the seal that Christ bears that declares He and, by representation, we are holy and chosen and set apart unto the Lord. The seal reminds us that our minds and thoughts have been redeemed and are holy by virtue of God imputing His holiness even over our thoughts. We rest in Christ under His holy and pure thoughts. We are assured here that when God looks on us, when He examines us, He is really looking on and examining His Son Who is and Whose thoughts are always completely pure and holy. Because of who we are, if God were examining us, we would always fall short, but He examines, instead, His Son Who remains holy and acceptable in God's holy presence.)
