Back to Exodus with a couple of chapters on the garments of the priests. Here are a few observations:

You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. You shall speak to all those wise at heart whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to set him apart as holy, in order for him to minister as priest to Me. Exodus 28.2, 3, LSB

The garments were to be made by those “wise at heart…filled with the spirit of wisdom.” I have noted before that the phrase “filled with the Spirit of God” was first used to describe Bezalel to build the Tabernacle. But here in chapter 28, a similar gift is for making the priestly garments.

Another observation: the garments were “for glory and for beauty.” It’s in verse 2, above, and also in verse 40. God is an extravagant artist!

For Aaron’s sons you shall make coats and sashes and caps. You shall make them for glory and beauty. (Exodus 28.40, ESV)

God is an artist, and we are his artwork!

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2.10, NIV)

There is also the concept of remembrance:

There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes…So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before the LORD. (Exodus 28.21, 29, ESV)

And there’s one more observation. Tim Keller taught that we should look for Jesus in the Bible. For example, in the parable of the two sons in Luke 15, Tim said that Jesus is the true “older brother” who did seek and save the lost. Who is our priest? Who carries our names before the Father? Jesus does!

This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant. The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. (Hebrews 7.22 – 25, ESV)