“Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination); take one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord; and put all of them in the hands of Aaron and his sons and present them as a presentation offering before the Lord. Take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offerings; as a pleasing aroma before the Lord; it is a food offering to the Lord. Take the breast from the ram of Aaron’s ordination and present it as a presentation offering before the Lord; it is to be your portion. Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the presentation offering that is presented and the thigh of the contribution that is lifted up from the ram of ordination. This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is a contribution. It will be the Israelites contribution from their fellowship sacrifices, their contribution to the Lord.” (CSB – Read the chapter)
One of the things that is so vital to understand about the Old Testament is that all of it points to Jesus. That’s its real value. That’s its real purpose. It doesn’t tell us how to live our lives. It doesn’t tell us what we should or shouldn’t be doing. It helps us see and understand the way God worked through history in order to bring about the means of our salvation in Christ. If we understand it through any other lens, it’s not going to make the kind of sense it should. WIth this lens in mind, let’s take a look at the next part of the priestly ordination ceremony, and talk about the kind of commitment God wants us to make with Him as well as what He offers us when we do.
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