The outer covering of badger skin
Guarded the tent against the wilderness,
Protecting priests and furnishings within.
A practical and watchful holiness
Is needed to protect what God finds dear,
Done in a way that's ostentationless.
Death is entailed; if priests are to draw near,
Death must apply - and love will cast out fear.
The entrance of the tent of meeting was
The place of offering; there they ate ram and bread
Of consecration to take up God's laws.
Christ is the point of access; we are led
To Him, and thus engage in joyful praise
Since He has died and risen from the dead.
And we have strength and life throughout our days
To honour in accordance with God's ways.
Pentland Hills walk
Only the priesthood whom the Lord appointed
May go beyond the altar, fitly dressed
For glory and adornment, and anointed.
You must become a priest. You have been blessed;
Associated with the heavenly Man
Let God desires in manhood be expressed.
The Spirit gives us grace so that we can
Answer God's thoughts before the world began.
