Fri.’s Devo - The Sanctification of the Priests

Read: Leviticus 7:28-9:6; Mark 3:31-4:25; Psalm 37:12-29; Provers 10:5 The peace offering was brought by the person offering it and he was to wave the fat and the breast before the Lord. Then the priest was to burn the fat on the altar and Aaron and his sons could eat the breast. The right thigh was given to the priest who offered the blood and the fat. This concluded the instructions for the different offerings. Aaron and his sons where to bring their sacred garments and anoint the priests and their clothes with oil. A special offering was made for them. Aaron was to be washed with water then dressed in his special high priest garments. Moses anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything in it. This made them holy. He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times and anointed all the utensils and furmiture. Aaron’s head was anointed. The anointing oil stands for the Holy Spirit that we are sealed with when we come to Christ and present ourselves to him. Moses offered an offering and sprinkled with altar with blood making the altar holy. Then Moses presented the ram for Aaron and his sons. They placed their hands on the ram transferring their sins to its head. Then it was sacrificed to take their sins away. The blood of the ram was applied to their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands and the big toes of their right feet. Then the rest was splattered agains all the sides of the altar. The fat, the rump, and all the fat around the internal organs, the liver and the kidneys with the right thigh was offered with unleavened bread upon the altar. Moses burnt the pieces of the ram but lifted up the bread as a wave offering. The burnt offering stood for Jesus’ death and the raising of the bread showed his resurrection. The last thing Moses did was to take anointing oil and blood and sprinkle them on Aaron and his garments and his sons and their garments. The blood and ht oil made them holy. The rest of the meat was to be boiled at the entrance of the Tabernacle. Any meat or bread that was left over had to be burned. They were to stay their seven days. and then their ordination was completed. This ceremony for Aaron and the priest is the same ceremony we go through as followers of Christ. We have to come to the cross, accept Jesus sacrifice on the cross and present ourselves as a living sacrifice. Then we are sprinkled with Jesus’ blood and his Holy Spirit. We stay at the entrance of his Tabernacle all the days of our lives (seven days). We see this same pattern in Mark. Jesus was inside the house and Mary and his brothers were standing at the entrance. They asked for Jesus to come out and talk to them. Jesus came out and talked to all of them because Jesus doesn’t have favorites. We are all special to him. He taught the parable about the seed and the sower which all the parables rest on. If you don’t get this one, you will not be able to get the rest of them. The crowd heard the parable but the disciples asked him when they were alone. He told them that he would tell them the secret because they were children of the kingdom and this parable was how to enter that kingdom. It was not meant for those who were not meant to enter. The farmer stands for God. The seed he scatters is the Word. Satan is the stealer of the seed. The future of the seed is determined by the soil which is the heart of man. The seed is successful when it falls upon hearts that listen with their hearts and accept God’s word. They will produce a harvest of thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was planted. Lord, may our hearts be tender and our ears be attentive to your voice.