READY SET AND GO PART TWO

Let us look at Leviticus 8:14-28 it speaks of a bull, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread. The bull was the sin offering, the first ram was for the burnt offering, the second ram and the bread were for the consecration offering.

Only one who is saved can be consecrated. This is our sin offering.

The first ram makes us acceptable to God. Jesus bore our sins on the cross, and the veil was torn from top to bottom bringing us into the Holy of Holies. The sin offering and the burnt offering start at the same place but have different destinations. Both start with the sinner, one washes of us sins, the other leads us through Christ into the Holy of Holies making us acceptable to God.

The second ram was the blood offering used to touch the right ear of Aaron, and his sons, the thumb of their right hands and upon the big toe of their right foot. Because of the redemption of Christ our ears should now hear for God, our hands should now work for God, and our feet should now walk for God.

We need to remember that the blood of Jesus is a mark of possession, it is also a symbol of love. Blood, love and possession, our being is not our own. Because of the blood that was shed for us we should acknowledge the claim that the Lord has on us. Because He gave Himself for us, we should give our entire self to Him.

After the second ram was slain and the blood put on Aaron and his family there was a wave offering. The blood was sprinkled, the fat and right shoulder taken, from the basket an unleavened cake, a cake of oiled bread, and a wafer. These signify the two aspects of Jesus. The shoulder is the strong part, the divine aspect . Fat is rich, God's glory. Bread is the vegetable of life, His highest humanity. Jesus is the perfect man, unleavened, unblemished. Full of the Holy Spirit, He is full of anointing oil. The wafer fine, tender, and fragile, being full of feeling and compassion this is our Lord.

All these were placed into Aarons hands, who took them and waved them before the Lord, he was filled with the Lord and he became consecrated. Empty hands no consecration. Full hands that can hold nothing else except the Lord, that is consecration.

To serve the Lord Aaron first had to have his sins removed, then be accepted in Christ. His hands had to be full of Christ. He had to have nothing but Christ, only then is there consecration.

Read Romans 12:1 This simply put is consecration. "I exhort you therefore, brothers, through the compassion's of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service."

So at this time let us renew that which we have already done. Lord we come to You today asking forgiveness for our sins. Lord I am Yours. I have been bought by You. In the past I have been under the table, eating of the crumbs, but from this day forward I want to serve You. Today I choose to serve You. Be merciful to me so I can have a part in Your service, use me Lord as You would. Fill up both my hands with You Lord.
　
God Bless Indeed
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