Leviticus 8:1

Leviticus 8:1 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Then verse two adds, Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;  God was now giving Moses instructions on the cleansing of the priests and the things associated with them.  As followers of Christ, we are a priesthood of believers, and I believe that we bound to spiritually cleanse ourselves and everything associated with our lives by placing everything under God's control by our faith in Christ.  Verse three continues, And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  The whole congregation of Israel was to gathered together for this ceremony.  The tabernacle was ready, the laws had been given, and now it was time to set aside Aaron and his sons for the office of the priesthood.  When we come to Christ, everything is already in place to enable us to assume our calling as a part of the priesthood of God, and we must simply consecrate our self to fulfilling the role.  Verse four declares, And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  The first thing that had to happen was for Moses to do as God commanded, and he did.  The first thing we must do in every situation after we come to Christ as our Savior and Lord is to do what God tells us to do, as we must do in every situation after that, if we are to be successful in doing what God calls us to do.  Verse five adds, And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.  Moses first let the congregation know that this was God's instruction and not just his own plan.  We should always know that what we are doing is what God instructs us to do, and we should let others know that we are doing what God has instructed us to do.  If we all know that we are all doing what God calls us to do as His followers, then there should be little reason for dissension among us.  Verse six continues, And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.  Moses began the purification ceremony for Aaron and his sons, again done before the whole congregation.  There was nothing secretive about this.  We today cannot attempt to do things secretively that would somehow put us in a position of authority over other Christians.  Verse seven says, And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.  Moses then put the priestly garments on Aaron.  Verse eight adds, And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.  Moses then began to place the other items associated with the priesthood on Aaron.  Verse nine continues, And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.  Moses had now dressed Aaron in all the items associated with the priesthood.  Aaron did not just put these things on by himself, but they were put on him by Moses, God's representative to the people of Israel.  We today cannot just assume whatever position we may desire in the church, but we must be called and placed there by the Holy Spirit.  When we do come to Christ, we have all the armor of God that we should put on as we go out into the world to do God's bidding.  Verse ten states, And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.  Moses then anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it with the anointing oil.  Though Aaron and his sons were being anointed to the priesthood, all of the people of Israel were to be a part of this setting them aside for the priesthood.  I believe that we as Christians are all involved together with the carrying out God's purpose here on earth, and we should all support one another in whatever position God calls us to fill.  Verse eleven adds, And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. Verse twelve concludes, And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.  Moses then anointed Aaron with oil, thereby setting him aside for the priesthood.  Today, we should anoint, or set aside for God's use, all that we are or have.