Be holy and remember God, to worship HIM
unerringly, at the utmost.
In Leviticus 21 to 25, God gave further
commands on being holy and pure, on things acceptable and things not, on the
feasts to participate.
Regulations for Conduct of Priests:
Priests must be holy and follow specific rules.
They shouldn’t be defiled by the self or by other people, dead or alive. Their family
must avoid defilement lest they may die.
Among their descendants, whoever has a
defect couldn’t be the priest. He should not come to offer the bread of HIS God
and profane HIS sanctuaries. Kinship will never be a pardon for breaking the
rules and offending God.
There are restrictions on who can eat the
holy offerings and under what conditions. Offenders will receive punishments
accordingly.
Some offerings are unacceptable, for
example, having a defect, not offering with a free will. Kill the related
animals exactly to God’s requirements. Also, eat the offerings before the deadline.
Priests must be holy and pure as God is the
one consecrated them and HE is holy, otherwise corruption will spread like
cancer, contaminating the whole assembly.
Feasts of the LORD:
Priests have the responsibility for proclaiming
and arranging various feasts of the LORD (holy convocations). They must teach
HIS people the things to prepare and what to do for each feast as below:
1)
Sabbath
2)
The Passover and Unleavened
Bread
3)
The Feast of Firstfruits
4)
The Feast of Weeks
5)
The Feast of Trumpets
6)
The Day of Atonement
7)
The Feast of Tabernacles
People should not do customary work, but
should devote all their time, mind and energy in worshiping the LORD in the
feasts. Nowadays, we have the latest list of feasts to celebrate wholeheartedly.
The spirit of putting God first and worshiping HIM with rites never changes and
is absolutely necessary. Don’t let worldly things distract us from singing our
praise to God, offering thanksgiving to HIM, repenting and making atonement to
reconcile with HIM.
Other statutes from God:
Priests should heed statues below and
remind people of stern observance at times.
1)
Care of the Tabernacle Lamps
2)
The Bread of the Tabernacle
3)
The Penalty for Blasphemy
4)
The Sabbath of the Seventh Year
5)
The Year of Jubilee
6)
Provisions for the Seventh Year
7)
Redemption of Property
8)
Lending to the Poor
9)
The Law Concerning Slavery
Keeping God’s statues, children of Israel
would remember HIM and resist forgetfulness, which could turn them to lawless
and sin against HIM easily. The LORD owns everything, not men. HE found redemption,
help and mercy to work among HIS people. HIS laws are full of loving-kindness
and aim at the best concern to men.
Let’s pray to God:
Our Heavenly Father, glory to You. Thanks
for teaching us how to attain well-being and worship You properly, including
the participation in different feasts and rites. Please help us pour out
praises to You and render Your magnificent love at the very best. Amen.
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