Numbers 15:13

Numbers 15:13 says, All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. All those born in the nation of Israel were to follow the rules for the sacrificial system.  Though Jesus Christ became the only acceptable sacrifice for our sins, those who are reborn into the kingdom of God through putting their faith in Him are still expected to follow God's laws today.  Verse fourteen adds, And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.  God said those who lived in or visited the land of Israel once they were established there who wanted to offer a sacrifice to Him could do so.  God never intended for those physically born into the nation of Israel to be the only ones who could be a part of His kingdom.  Salvation is still not limited to those born in a certain place or into a certain family.  Verse fifteen continues, One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.  God said there would be no difference in His laws between those born into the nation of Israel and those who came to live there from other nations, and there still isn't.  Verse sixteen concludes, One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.. God repeated the fact that there was but one Law for all who would follow Him.  The only way to salvation is through putting ones faith in Jesus Christ as ones personal Savior and Lord, and it doesn't matter where a person is born.  Then, those who accept Him are all under the authority of God's law.  Verse seventeen states, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Verse eighteen adds, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,  God then told Moses that He had instructions for the people of Israel once they came into the Promised Land.   We as Christians are looking forward to Hewven, our Promised Land, yet when we get there, we will certainly be under the authority of God, so why do we often not like to be today?  Verse nineteen continues, Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD. God told Moses to tell the people of Israel and all the strangers who chose to live with them there in the Promised Land when they ate bread that God had provided for them by giving them the land were to offer up an offering to Him.  As followers of Christ, God has promised us that He will always provide for our needs as long as we follow Christ faithfully, and we should offer up ourself as a sacrifice to God daily.  Verse twenty says, Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.  Verse twenty-one adds, Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.  The heave offering that they were to offer was to come from the first of their dough, and not the last or leftovers.  W need to give to God first out of what He blesses us with, no matter how little we may feel that to be.  Obeying  God must always be our first priority as followers of Christ.