02.01.2015 Old Testament: Exo 28.15–21

To read the Bible in a year, read Exodus 27–28 on February 1, In the year of our Lord 2015

By Don Ruhl

You may know that the high priests of Israel wore a breastplate as he did his work, but do you know the name of the breastplate? The Lord called it the Breastplate of Judgment. Now look at its beauty,

“You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it. It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: The first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row; the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings. And the stones shall have the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each one with its own name; they shall be according to the twelve tribes (Exodus 28.15–21). 

Can judgment be beautiful? Yes, especially when the judgment has been rendered in your favor!