Leviticus 8:25 says, And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder: Verse twenty-six adds, And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder: Moses was combining some of the ingredients of the sacrifices into one. Jesus Christ is our complete sacrifice today. Verse twenty-seven continues, And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD. Moses then put these combined sacrifices on the hands of Aaron and his sons aa a wave offering to the LORD. Verse twenty- eight states, And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Moses then took the things that had been put on the hands of Aaron and his sons back off their hands and offered it as a burnt offering to God. I believe that this would have signified the transfer and removal or their sins. Verse twenty-nine adds, And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’s part; as the LORD commanded Moses. Moses then offered the breast as a wave offering. Verse thirty continues, And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him. Moses then sprinkled the oil and blood on Aaron and his sons, sanctifying them. We today are sanctified by the blood of Jesus, though we do not need to have any real blood sprinkled on us. Verse thirty-one declares, And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. Moses then instructed Aaron and his sons to boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle and eat it with the bread in the basket of consecrations. Moses had been doing everything related to their consecration for them, but now they were to take a more active role. People may do everything possible to lead us to a right relationship with God, but ultimately each person must accept the sacrifice of Christ for his or her sins individually. We cannot be saved by proxy. Vere thirty-two adds, And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. Anything left over was to be burned. It couldn't be saved for later, but was to all be consumed or burned at that time. Salvation today is not something that we can save for later, but we must come when God calls us, and even though we can share the good news of salvation and are even told that we must, we cannot share our individual salvation with others. Verse thirty-three continues, And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. Aaron and his sons were to remain in the tabernacle for seven days until their consecration was complete. Today, our consecration is complete once we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. No waiting is necessary before we can go and tell the world about Him. Verse thirty-four states, As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. Moses said this was done under God's direction to make an atonement for Aaron and his sons, just as the death of Christ was done to make atonement for the sins of everyone. Of course, we have to personally come to Him in faith for the sacrifice, already made, to have an effect in our life. Verse thirty-five adds, Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. This was a warning against not following through on the command of God that they stay at the door of the tabernacle day and night for seven days and keep the charge, or command, of the LORD. This was not the command of Moses, but the command of God that Moses had received. We today are to follow through on our accepting Christ as our Savior and Lord and do the things that He then calls us to do. Verse thirty-six concludes, So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. Aaron and his sons did as Moses told them to do, just as we today must do the things that God calls us to do once we have accepted the free gift of salvation. Salvation does not free us to do anything we desire to do but calls us to live daily under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
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