Leviticus 8:23-2923And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 25And 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: 26And 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: 27And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord. 28And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savor: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 29And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the Lord commanded Moses. (Leviticus 8:23‑29)
THE SECOND ram — the ram of consecration — was slain. “And Moses took of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.” And this he did to each of Aaron’s sons also. He then sprinkled the blood on the altar round about.
What a wonderful truth is set forth here. Christ, as seen in Aaron, has by His own blood entered once for all into the holiest, having obtained eternal redemption (Heb.
9:12). Otherwise He would have rained alone. But He was the corn of wheat which fell into the ground and died, and now brings forth much fruit (John 12: 24); for He is now Son over His own house, whose house are we. Not only does He love us and has washed us from our sins in His own blood, but He has made us kings and priests unto God and His Father.
So glorified was God in the death of His Son that He has set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly glory, and to us who believe He gives this same place of nearness and blessing now. One day He shall bring us into that same glory. For, “as He is so are we in this world"; and soon He will come to fetch us so that where He is, there we may be also.
The blood put upon Aaron’s sons — the priestly company — means the value of the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus consecrating them for all they heard (the ear), for all they did (the thumb), and for all their walk (their great toe). Not only has the blood of Christ atoned for our sins, but by virtue of that blood He claims our all for Himself. “Ye are not your own. For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Cor. 6:2020For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6:20).
This sprinkling of the blood of the ram of consecration on Aaron and his sons speaks of the Lord Jesus’ consecration even unto death, and of how that same devotedness should characterize our lives. Furthermore, all our life ought to be lived in the power of that death to God.
Then came the wave offering which Moses put into the hands of Aaron and his sons. All speaks of the excellencies of Christ, waved before the Lord, and so in worship, how we delight to present Christ to God in all the excellence of His Person and His work. We as Christians now are “a holy priesthood,” called “to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ” (1 Pet. 2:55Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:5)). More than that, as Peter tells us, we are “a royal priesthood,” that we “should show forth the excellencies of Him who hath called [us] out of darkness into His marvelous light.” v. 9.
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