- On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, 2 and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. Leviticus 9:1-2 – The process for Aaron and his sons to be ready in God’s eyes to begin working as the priests for the people of Israel was a long process. We have Aaron and his sons going through a very detailed order of getting dressed and a list of sacrifices that had to be made in certain ways. We also see that these men who were being prepared for the priesthood had to stay an entire week in the area of the Tent of Meeting eating the holy foods of the sacrifices. If anyone was to be able to appear before the Lord as holy, we’d think it was these guys! Yet what do we see on day eight was supposed to be done, the day the consecration process was to end? Aaron was to take a bull and sacrifice it to cover all the sins that he had done even during the week of the consecration process. Even in the holy attire, even after eating all the holy foods, and even after staying in the holy entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron still had more sin to cover. This reveals to us how desperately we needed a better sacrifice than that of bulls and lambs. We don’t need just a covering of sins to get us through until we sin again, then we get those covered with another sacrifice. We need a perfect sacrifice to cover all our sins for all time. Thankfully we have the in Jesus. We are not in a place of needing a new sacrifice today to cover the sins of yesterday. Jesus covered all sin for eternity. That’s just how perfect His sacrifice was. Move freely then today into the holy presence of the Lord knowing that because of Jesus you have been made clean. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3211
- Leviticus 9 Daily DEVO And say to the people of Israel, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering, and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with oil, for today the Lord will appear to you.’ Leviticus 9:3-4 – Why do you give? It can be tempting to hear verses like these and understand that as a result of their giving God was then obligated to show up. Our giving though should never be about bribing God into doing something or showing up. He’s already done something and already showed up. Your giving should be out of gratitude for what He’s already done. That’s why they gave in our passage. God was coming and they wanted to give thanks for what He was already doing. Make sure your reasoning behind your giving is correct. It’s all about saying thank you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 891
- And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. Leviticus 9:24 – Sometimes when we read passages like this we are amazed at how mightily God moved. We see fire coming out from before the Lord and consuming the offerings and the people were terrified. Yet don’t neglect noticing when this happened. After the offering for Aaron and his sons, after the offering for the people, and after the peace offering. After the people did what God had told them to do, God moved mightily. Please know I’m not saying to treat God like a vending machine where you do something God said to do and God must the move for you as a result. Yet many of us are seeking God to move in mighty ways in our story when we haven’t moved at all towards Him. A message to take away from this passage is God is faithful to respond to our faithfulness. Begin following Him like He says to and have confidence He’ll move how you need Him to in your story. Pray like He says to, study His word like He says to, serve like He says to, share the gospel like He says to. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1932
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