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February 23, 2018 Friday

““And you shall say to them, ‘This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: two male lambs in their first year without blemish, day by day, as a regular burnt offering. ‘The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, the other lamb you shall offer in the evening, ‘and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil. ‘It is a regular burnt offering which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. ‘And its drink offering shall be one-fourth of a hin for each lamb; in a holy place you shall pour out the drink to the LORD as an offering. ‘The other lamb you shall offer in the evening; as the morning grain offering and its drink offering, you shall offer it as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.” (Numbers 28:3-8 NKJV)



            Reading this passage to many may seem like just another in the list of sacrifices where many animals were killed to please God.  It is always easy to blame God for our sin but the death of animals was a foretelling of how God would deal with sin and death.

            We see the daily offering was two lambs a grain offering of flour and oil and some wine.  What does this mean?

The two lambs foretell Jesus as the Lamb of God!  The two lambs prophecy Jesus would be 100% human and 100& God.

The grain offering foretells the bread of the Last Supper which is the Body of Jesus.

The wine offering foretells the wine of the Last Supper which is the Blood of Jesus.

The fire reminds us that when we receive salvation through Jesus God burns the dross of sin from our life.

            The two lambs are also a reminder of the presence of God as everyday one is offered in the morning and one in the evening.  Here we can see the presence of Jesus in our live, families, communities and nation throughout every day.

            When we acknowledge God’s presence and celebrate the offering of His Son Jesus we no longer offer mere animals but the greater offering of our love and praise.  Then as we are purified by the fire of God in our life we become “a sweet aroma to the LORD.”



            With the new CPAP machine I am sleeping better and have been able to do more.  The problem is my mind is still not clear so even as I try to do things I often mess them up.  It is so frustrating at times because I cannot seem to remember the correct order to do something.  But feeling a little better helped me get the cards out, helped me spend more time in the Bible and have a better prayer time.

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