A SHINING BLESSING
Even though many Christians freely quote "Aaron's blessing", few understand the true meaning of the words they are saying:
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, 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 shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." (Numbers 6:22-26)
When we are requesting that the Lord "make His Face shine upon" someone (v25), what are we really saying? As we have seen before, beholding God's Face leads to death because His Face emanates God's righteous nature. Therefore, as you stand before the splendor of His righteousness, you are automatically bombarded by His judgments.
The Sun of Righteousness is a Consuming Fire who absolutely devours all temporality and unrighteousness that stands before Him.
Thus, when you are requesting that the Lord "make His Face to shine upon" someone, you are requesting for that person to be bombarded by the rays of God's judgments, the way a person is bombarded by the sun's rays as the sun rises over him or her.
You are requesting that that person be placed in the sometimes unpleasant oven of God's purifying judgments. You are praying for that person to be processed unto perfection so that he or she may become all that God planned for him or her to be.
"Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ"
(1 Peter 1:6-7)
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