What a blessed, blessed revelation
of grace. The Son of God loved me and gave
himself for me. Let's open our Bibles tonight
to Numbers chapter six. Numbers chapter six. And we'll
read together the law of the Nazarite. Numbers chapter six. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,
When either a man or woman shall separate themselves to a vow
of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord, he shall separate
himself from wine and strong drink. and shall drink no vinegar
of wine or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink
any liquor of grapes nor eat moist grapes or dried. All the
days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of
the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. All the days
of the vow of his separation, there shall no razor come upon
his head until the days be fulfilled into which he separated himself
unto the Lord. He shall be holy and shall let
the locks of the hair of his head grow. All the days that
he separated himself unto the Lord, he shall come in no dead
body. He shall not make himself unclean.
for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister. When they die, he shall not make
himself unclean for the dearest relatives, because the consecration
of his God is upon him." Verse 8. All the days of his separation,
he is holy unto the Lord. And if any man die very suddenly
by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration, then
he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. On the
seventh day he shall shave it. And on the eighth day shall bring
two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation. And the priest shall offer the
one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And
shall make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the day,
by the dead, or shall hallow his head that same day. Verse
12. And he shall consecrate unto
the Lord the days of his separation. And shall bring a lamb of the
first year for a trespass offering. but the days that were before
shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. In other words,
if he had separated himself from the Lord for a year, made a vow
for a year to live as a devoted and consecrated Nazirite to God,
and he got through 364 days and defiled himself, suddenly his
wife standing beside him, or his father standing beside him
drops dead, and he's defiled. He starts all over again. He's
got to make up for the whole thing. All right, read on. Verse 13. And this is the law
of the Nazirite. When the days of his separation
are fulfilled, he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation. And he shall offer his offering
unto the Lord, one he lamb of the first year without blemish
for a burnt offering, and one you lamb of the first year without
blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for a
peace offering, and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of
fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread
anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink
offerings, And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and
shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering. And he
shall offer the ram for sacrifice, a peace offering unto the Lord,
with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer
also his meat offering and his drink offering. And the Nazarite
shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of
his separation and put it in fire, the fire which is under
the sacrifice of the peace offering. And the priest shall take the
sodden shoulder of the ram, and one of the unleavened cake out
of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon
the hands of the Nazirite, after the hair of the separation is
shaven. and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering
before the Lord. This is holy for the priest with
the wave breast and the heave shoulder, and after that the
Nazirite may drink wine. This is the law of the Nazirite.
who hath vowed of his offering unto the Lord for his separation.
Beside that, that his hand shall get according to the vow which
he vowed. So he must do after the law of
his separation. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto Aaron and to his son, saying, On this wise
ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The
Lord bless thee. and keep thee. The Lord make
his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee. The Lord
lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace. And
they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will
bless them. What a strange, strange law.
We read of it here in Numbers chapter six, and it is never
mentioned again. until you get to Judges chapter
13, where it's connected with Samson, the marvelous type and
picture of our Lord Jesus Christ. The law of the Nazarite and the
vow of the Nazarite obviously pointed to something specific,
something distinct, something that's unusual. But what? What's the significance? Turn
to the second chapter of Matthew, Matthew chapter 2. The law of the Nazarite speaks
of consecration, devotion to God. Utter consecration, complete
devotion to God. And as such, it speaks of one
who is Jehovah's righteous servant, who magnified the law and made
it honorable on our behalf, our Lord Jesus Christ, our great
substitute. Here in Matthew chapter two,
verse 23, we read, and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets. He
shall be called a Nazarene. In God's wise and good providence,
our Savior was brought to Nazareth as a baby by his father, by his
legal father Joseph, that it might be, might fulfill the Old
Testament prophecy given here in number six. We know that this
is spoken of here because he came here, the Spirit of God
tells us, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken in the prophets.
But it's nowhere spoken of in the prophets. There's no place
in the Bible that says Christ should be called a Nazarene,
except here in this law where our Lord Jesus is portrayed,
and here it is clearly stated. Our Lord Jesus is the one of
whom the Nazarite vow speaks, and that makes it particularly
distinct for us. The word Nazarene or Nazarite
means separated, consecrated, devoted. It comes from the word
netzer. A Nazarene or a Nazirite is a
person separated to God, devoted to God. But in the scriptures,
we see men who are separated to God, devoted to God, women
separated and devoted to God, who might be called Nazarites
in a sense, but none perfectly so, none completely so. Our Lord
Jesus Christ and he alone is that man who says, I sanctify
myself. I set myself apart unto God. He was called of his Father to
be his servant, and he separated himself to be Jehovah's servant
that he might save his people from their sins. Thus he is called
the Nazarene. Like the word Trinity, it is
nowhere used in the Scripture, but everywhere taught in the
Scripture. Substitution is nowhere used in Scripture, but it's everywhere
taught in Scripture. And divine sovereignty is nowhere
stated in Scripture, but it's everywhere taught in Scripture.
And this thing of our Lord being the devoted righteous servant
of Jehovah as our representative is stated throughout the Scripture,
though nowhere is it said he is called the Nazarene. Everything
regarding the law of the Nazarite, as well as the whole volume of
the Old Testament, declares that he who is the Christ is that
one who is preeminently the separated one. Separated under God, separated
to the glory of God, separated to the will of God, separated
to the people of God, separated to the work of God. The Jews
contemptuously referred to our Redeemer as the Nazarite or Nazarene,
spitting on the ground. They would hiss out his name
almost as if they were cursing. And yet the blessed Nazarene,
triumphant and glorious, Jesus of Nazareth, he is that one who
is God our Savior. His name, the greatest name on
earth. Neither is there any other name
given under heaven whereby men must be saved. Jesus Christ the
Nazarene, the Nazirite. Blind Bartimaeus understood this
over in Mark chapter 10. He heard that the Lord Jesus
was passing by, that one who's called the Nazarene. And when
he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by, he cried for
the son of David to have mercy on him. And the Lord Jesus gave
him his sight. We, being God's children, look
upon Christ the God-man, our devoted Savior, and rejoice that
he became one of us, but became one of us in utter devotion to
God, living in utter devotion to the triune God in righteousness,
in true holiness, that he might bring in everlasting righteousness
for us. Paul spoke of him this way, he
being found in passion as a man, humbled himself and became obedient
unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also
hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above
every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow
of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the
earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Dishonored by his foes,
Our Savior is adored among his friends. While others deride
him as the Nazarene, we adore and acknowledge Christ the Nazarene,
Jehovah Jesus, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. This title,
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, was always designed of God as the
highest, strongest testimony to the peculiar, distinct character
of our Savior as that one great Nazarite of God. What do the
scriptures tell us about it? Let's look at several passages.
Turn back to Genesis chapter 49. Genesis chapter 49, verse
one. The whole body of Old Testament
Scripture, when telling us about this gospel age and the glorious
accomplishments of Christ in redemption, the accomplishments
of Christ in grace, in the saving of our souls, speak of him as
that one who is called the Nazarene. Here in Genesis 49 verse 1, Jacob
gives prophecy concerning his son Joseph. who was the imminent
type of the Lord Jesus. He declared he shall be called
a Nazarene. Jacob called unto his sons and
said, gather yourselves together that I may tell you that which
shall befall you in the last days. Down in verse 26. And the
blessing of thy father hath prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors
unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall
be on the head of Joseph and on the crown of the head of him
that was separate from his brethren. The word separate referring to
the Nazarene. In Deuteronomy chapter 33, Deuteronomy
33, Moses is again speaking concerning the blessing of God. The word
separate, remember, is netzer. Netzer, Nazarene or Nazirite.
Moses uses that same word here in Deuteronomy 33 16 when he
pronounces God's blessings upon Joseph for generations to come
when he spoke of him Referred to him as the goodwill of him
that dwelt in the bush Deuteronomy 33 for the precious things of
the earth and the fullness thereof And for the goodwill of him that
dwelt in the bush, let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph,
and upon the top of the head of him that was separated, Netzer,
the Nazarite, from his brethren. Remember, Moses is referring
here now to the first revelation given to him of the incarnate
God. when he saw him in the bush that
was not consumed with the fire that burned it. So both Jacob
and Moses declare by type that Joseph, the great antitype of
Joseph, is Jesus Christ the Nazarite. Back here in number six again.
This Nazarite law speaks of our Savior. When God gave his law
to Israel by the hand of Moses, One of the most thoroughly expounded
laws given is this law of the Nazirite. Here, these 27 verses
are taken up with this one law. This one law, talking about the
Nazirite, his shaving his head, his diet, his life, his dedication
to God. It's all taken up with just this
one thing. Now, there are many things about
the law of the Nazirite, obviously, that cannot be applied to our
Savior. He both touched dead bodies and
drank wine, though he was never made unclean by them. And yet,
strictly speaking, as that one who is wholly devoted to God,
totally separated to God, he can refer to no one but our Savior,
Jesus Christ the Lord. Now, these things are evident.
The law is never mentioned again, as I said before, till we get
to Judges chapter 13. We'll look at that in just a
minute, if you want me to be turning there, where he speaks of Samson, that great
picture of our Savior. There's also a prohibition to
the use of wine or any other intoxicating beverage. Obviously,
that refers to personal use of alcoholic drinks for personal
gratification. Otherwise, those who were Nazarites
could not keep the feast of the Passover, which involved drinking
wine. Our Lord Jesus was solemnly set
apart to the triune Jehovah, set apart to his will. He said,
lo, I come to do thy will, O my God. Set apart from eternity,
sanctified, consecrated to God for the saving of our souls.
Our Savior fulfills the picture gloriously. The church is described
as having her hair like a flock of goats in the Song of Solomon.
Like the hairs on the head, the vast multitude grow up in Christ
and upon him. A vast multitude that no man
can number. No razor shall ever separate
us from the Lord Jesus. Like the hairs on the head, we
live upon Christ, depend upon Christ, draw life from Christ,
and strength from him. Because we're part of him and
can never be separated from him. Brother Niger and I were talking
yesterday, I think it was, maybe the day before yesterday, about
this matter of our eternal union with Christ. Oh, what a marvelous
thing. The hairs of our head are usually
separated from us, but this church is like a flock of hair, like
a flock of goats' hair on the head of our king. We're never
separated from our Redeemer, not from everlasting and not
to everlasting. From old eternity, we were one
with him. One with Him through the ages
of time. One with Him before ever we were
born. One with Him though we were in
rebellion against Him. One with Him when He brought
us to life and faith in Him. One with Him now and one with
Him forever. And our Lord Jesus will never
allow any razor to take us from Him. Our Savior fulfills the
type gloriously, I tell you. Like Samson's strength was in
his hair, so our Savior's strength and glory is in his church. That's
where it's revealed, in the saving of his people. Therefore it may
be said of every member of Christ's church, as we read in Lamentations
4, her Nazarites were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body
than rubies. Their polishing was of sapphire. We, God's people, being one with
Christ, united to Christ, are utterly devoted redeemer, purer than snow, polished like
rubies, precious jewels, and pure before God. Christ was made
sin for us, and yet he knew no sin. Neither was guile found
in his mouth. He was wholly harmless, undefiled,
and separate from sinners. When he died, we died in him,
and still he was not polluted by us. When he was made sin,
he was made sin for us. And the day of his grace and
perfection and completion, he is made righteousness, and we're
made righteousness in him. Though he had no sin of his own,
though he touched our dead bodies, when our sin was made his sin. He became guilty for us. Our guilt made His guilt. Our
defilement, His defilement. And He seated on the right hand
of God without sin is our righteousness. Perfectly one we are with Him.
The day of resurrection life, a new life on the new day of
beginning with new creatures in Christ Jesus. Old things passed
away and behold all things are become new. We must never overlook
the fact that in all his offerings for sin, there shatters forth
a great sacrifice. All of these offerings given
in the Old Testament, all of them, point us to that one great
sacrifice, Jesus Christ our Lord. He who is God's darling. He who is God's son. He who is
God is a sacrifice for us. The only sacrifice by which we
can draw near to God. The only sacrifice that would
satisfy divine justice. The only sacrifice that would
magnify God's law and make it honorable. Turn to Mark chapter
14. Mark 14, verse 24. Our Savior here speaks of his
work as the Nazarene, and he speaks of it as being fulfilled.
He said, this is the blood of the New Testament, which he shed
for many. Verily I say unto you, I will
drink no more of the fruit of this vine until that day that
I drink it new in the kingdom of God. Our Savior takes the
bread just like we do here As we remember him in the Lord's
Supper, and he takes the wine, and he says, this, this is the
blood of the new covenant. I shed this blood for many. I
drink this wine now, and I won't drink it again until I'm raised
from the dead in the kingdom of God and make all things new.
Oh, what a great, great redeemer he is. Numbers chapter 6 the
blessing of God comes upon his people in direct connection with
this Nazarite The last verses of the chapter We find the basis
of the Nazarites obedience the basis of the Nazarites sacrifice
is that by which God commends his blessing to his people and
I often read this passage, and every time I think of it, I try
to picture Lindsay Aaron on the Day of Atonement. He's gone in
with blood and sacrifice. He made atonement for the children
of Israel. And he pulls off his linen garments, now covered with
blood. And he puts on his gorgeous priestly
garments again. And he comes out on the basis
of the sacrifice made. and he lifts up his hands over
the congregation and says, the Lord bless thee and keep thee. The Lord make his face to shine
upon thee and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance
upon thee and give thee peace. Because of what Christ has done,
because of what Christ has done, the Lord bless you. The Lord
lift up his face upon you. The Lord keep you. The Lord grant
you peace. All because of what Christ has
done. And the Lord God says, so I will
bless them. All right, let's look at Judges
chapter 13 for a minute. Judges 13. The law of the Nazarite was given
back in number six. It's never mentioned again until
we get right here to Judges 13. Here it's used to describe Samson,
another great type of our Savior like Joseph was. As Joseph was
a picture of our Savior in many ways, particularly in his consecration
to God. Samson, in his consecration to
God from his mother's womb, was a Nazirite portraying our Savior. Judges 13 verse 5. Lo thou shalt
conceive and bear a son, and no razor shall come on his head.
For the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb, and shall
begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
Verse seven, but he said unto me, behold, thou shalt conceive
and bear a son, and now drink no wine nor stone drink, neither
eat any unclean thing. For the child shall be a Nazarite
to God from the womb to the day of his death. In Samson's case,
the Nazarite vow was a vow made for him by his mother. He was devoted to God from his
mother's womb by his mother. So it was with our blessed savior
from his conception in the womb, in the womb of the Virgin Mary,
until his last breath upon the cursed tree. He always did those
things that pleased and honored his father. But there's a great,
great difference between Samson and Christ. Samson had the vow
put upon him. The Lord Jesus took the vow upon
himself. He volunteered, he voluntarily
stepped forward as our surety. He volunteered to become our
mediator. Volunteered to stand as our redeemer. Volunteered to obey God for us.
Volunteered to bear our sins in his body on the tree. Volunteered
to be made sin for us. Volunteered to take the bitter
cup of God's wrath and drink it dry on our behalf. Manoah's
wife, Samson's mother, was barren at the time Samson was promised
to her. As if to show us that the birth
of this child, though not miraculous, was certainly extraordinary.
Samson's birth, like the birth of our Redeemer, was announced
by the angel of the Lord. And the message the angel brought
to Manoah's wife and to the Virgin Mary were very much the same.
Indeed, the angel of the Lord who brought good news of Samson's
birth appears to have had in his mind, in his heart, the much
greater good news he would announce in years to come when he come
to speak to Mary about the birth of our Savior, who would come
and for the joy set before him would endure the cross, despising
the shame. What a word. What a word. For the joy that
was set before Him. He endured the cross, despising
the shame. What joy! What joy was set before
Him. There's nothing joyful about
it. Nothing joyful about his trials. Nothing joyful about
his temptations. Nothing joyful about Gethsemane.
Nothing joyful about the judgment hall. Nothing joyful about his
arrest. Nothing joyful about his death.
What's the joy set before him? The joy of redeeming my soul. the joy of having you with him
in glory, the joy of our everlasting salvation. For that joy, he endured
the cross, despising the shame. Above all else, just as the angel
concerning Samson declared that he should be a Nazarite to God
from the womb, and should begin to deliver Israel out of the
hand of the Philistines. So the angel said to Mary, he
shall save his people from their sins. All right, turn to the
book of Isaiah, Isaiah chapter 11. I told you that throughout
the scriptures, the scriptures speak of Christ as the Nazarite.
Isaiah used this very word Netzer, a Nazirite, speaking of Christ
coming to save us by the sacrifice of himself. Isaiah 11 verse 1,
and there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse. And
the branch, Netzer, Nazarite, shall grow out of his loins.
Verse 10. And in that day there shall be
a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an instant of the people.
To it shall the Gentiles seek, and his rest shall be glorious. Again, he is that Netzer, that
Nazarite, the branch, who comes out of Jesse. Now turn to Luke
chapter one. Luke chapter one. Though our Savior was born at
Bethlehem, in fulfillment of Micah chapter two, that fact
tells us that he was at the time of his conception in the virgin's
womb of Nazarene. Look at Luke chapter one, verse
26. And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God
unto the city of Galilee named Nazareth. Our Lord Jesus the
Nazarite, that one who was brought to Nazareth by his father, whose
name was Joseph, because his wife was now found pregnant with
a child. And Joseph comes in Mary to visit
with Elizabeth and Zachariah, verse 31. shall call his name
Jesus. Verse 32, he shall be great and
shall be called the son of the highest. And the Lord God shall
give unto him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign
over the house of Jacob forever. And of his kingdom there shall
be no end. That holy thing conceived in
the virgin's womb by the Holy Ghost. That holy thing, the man
of the anointing, as the Christ of God, is Jesus Christ the Nazarene,
our Savior, the virgin-born Son of God. He is the man of God's
anointing. That holy thing conceived in
the virgin's womb by God the Holy Ghost, miraculously conceived,
made of a woman, made the woman seen without the aid of a man.
He is the King of Kings. He is the Prince of Peace. In
all these things, our Savior, the Lord Jesus, Christ the Nazarene,
is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth. Having
fulfilled all the law of God, having obeyed every command,
having done all the will of God, having accomplished all the purpose
of God, our Savior then gave up his life and said, it is finished. And the work was done, and Christ
is the end. He's the finishing. He's the
period. He's the stopping point of the
law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Let me show you
something else. Give me just a minute. I want
you to see the overruling of providence of God. Our Lord God
overrules things to accomplish His purpose and will in the saving
of His people. I stress this because I want
to stress it in my own mind and I want to stress it in yours.
God graciously, wisely, sovereignly overrules things. He just turns
things around from the way we think they ought to be. He turns
things upside down and inside out to accomplish the saving
of his people. We see this clearly with regard
to his darling son called Nazarene, that the scriptures might be
fulfilled. It was Herod's determination to murder the infant king. that
forced Joseph to flee with him and marry down to Egypt, that
he might be called out of Egypt, as the scriptures declared he
would be. When Joseph heard that Herod
was dead, he started back to Judea. But then he heard that
Herod's son, Archelaus, who was just as vile as his father, reigned
in his stead. So Joseph, rather than going
back to Judea, turned and went down to Nazareth, where the Lord
Jesus came out of Nazareth. It was the demons of hell. The
demons of hell themselves who were first compelled to call
our Savior by this blessed name. In Mark 1, verse 24, the devils
said, let us alone. What have we to do with thee,
thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us?
I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. Christ the Nazarite,
I know you. the Holy One of God. We who believe on the Son of
God, we who trust Christ, believe that Jesus is the Christ. He really did do everything the
Scripture said the Christ would do, including the fulfillment
of this law. And then Philip used this name
to identify the Lord of Glory. Philip findeth in a fable and
saith unto him, we have found him of whom Moses in the law
and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. Where did Moses write about that?
Back in Numbers chapter six. Then the soldiers in John chapter
18. I want you to look at this. You're familiar with it, but
I want you to see it. The soldiers come to arrest the Savior in
the garden. And when they did, they gave him opportunity again
to use this name. Affording to our Savior opportunity
to show his power and his authority as our mighty Samson, our mighty
Nazarite, to deliver his Israel in the hour of his death. John
18, verse three. Judas then having received a
band of men and officers from the chief priest and Pharisees
cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons Jesus
therefore knowing that all things should come upon him went forth
and said unto them whom seek ye? the Lord Jesus Who was the
one they were looking for? takes the initiative He steps
after these soldiers and said, who you boys looking for? And
they answered and said unto him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith
unto them, I am. And Judas also which betrayed
him stood with them. As soon then as he said unto
them, I am, they went backward and fell to the ground. He declares himself to be the
great I am. And they fell to the ground as
dead men. And then he asked them again,
now who did you say you were looking for? Who's seeking you? They said Jesus of Nazareth.
And Jesus answered, I told you I am. I am. I am. If therefore you seek me,
let these go their way, that the same might be fulfilled which
he spake of them. Of them which thou gavest me,
I have lost nothing. Our Savior says to the law, to
the justice, to the commandments of God, you can take me, but
if you take me, you must let my people go. Here I am, the
Nazarite, the sacrifice, consecrated to God, even to death. Take me,
and these must go their way. Then Pilate, the Roman governor,
as if constrained by some mysterious force, constrained by some overruling
power, as if to give his own testimony to Christ and reverse
the ignominy he intended to put upon him, subscribed to his royal
authority and proclaimed him the Nazarite of God. He put a
plaque over his head. Jesus of Nazareth, the King of
the Jews. Puts a plaque over his head,
this man who orders his crucifixion. Puts a plaque over his head.
The Jew said, don't do that. Tell him he said that. And suddenly
Herod gets a little backbone. And he says, what I've written,
I've written. Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. After his
resurrection, the angels appeared and used the same name to speak
of the blessed Redeemer and said to those women, you see Jesus
of Nazareth, which was crucified, he's risen. Go your way. Go back to Galilee. Tell his
disciples and be sure you tell Peter that he will meet them
just like he said he would. That which Satan, the demons
of hell, and wicked men considered his greatest dishonor is truly
our Savior's greatest honor. He takes this name, Jesus of
Nazareth, to himself with great delight. because he was separated
under God. He sanctified himself as Jehovah's
righteous servant that he might both deliver us from our sins
and procure for us all the blessings of his grace. When Peter saw
the outpouring of God's Spirit upon his church, the blessing
of God upon his church, he said, this is the work of Jesus of
Nazareth. This is he of whom David spoke
when he spoke of his resurrection from the dead. And he and John,
when they healed the cripple at the temple's gate, said, this
is the work of Jesus of Nazareth. This is he by whom the blessing
of God comes upon his people. Our Savior said, for their sakes,
I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through
the truth. And now, our blessed Lord Jesus,
having accomplished our redemption by the sacrifice of himself,
as our great high priest, stands in heaven and spreads out his
hand of blessing and says, the Lord bless thee and keep thee. The Lord make his face to shine
upon thee and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance
upon thee and give thee peace. And he makes this promise. I will bless them. I will bless them. Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene,
the Nazarites, the devoted one of God, is devoted to our everlasting
blessedness. Devoted to our everlasting peace. Devoted to the saving of his
people. Devoted to our eternal good. Oh, may God make us as Nazarites
to Him, devoted to Him, to His glory, to His honor, and to His
will. Amen.