The Consecration of the Ministry
For service
The Torah instructs us that the
priesthood like the Five-Fold ministry was a very special institution in
Yisrael, the redeemed community. There is A special meaning attached to the
most mundane task, to the most delightful. The most important event surrounding
The Mighty Hand of YAHVEH, which set it apart is in the dedication,
installation, and inauguration service of the Ministry.
The instruction given to Moses on
the Mountain, pertaining to the priesthood, the Cohanim is valid for
ministry today. This was the teaching that Adonai gave to Moses Leviticus
chapter 8:
There were seven main steps to the
full consecration of the Mishkan and the priests.
§ The scripture says
that Moses washed them in water. Most Jewish commentators assume that complete
immersion is the intended meaning, as was the custom in the Second Temple
§ The ministry
should be clothed in white garments, as symbolic to his purity.
§ It seems clear
that the anointing by oil was a symbol of the Spirit of YAHVEH coming upon the
priests to empower them for service. The Hebrew root word for anoint is from
the same word we get Messiyah. Meaning to be endowed with the Spirit of YAHVEH
to be His eternal High priest.
§ A critical part of
the inauguration ceremony was the offering of a bull for a hatal (sin) offering. This was done for two reasons: first, because
it demonstrated the fact that the priests were people too. They sinned like
anyone else. In order to approach YAHVEH, especially for the work he is called
to do, their sin had to be atoned for. The second, the offering of a bull, the
most expensive of the sacrificial animals, showed the dignity and importance of
the office of the priesthood.
§ The next step was
to sprinkle Aaron and his sons with blood. This signified consecration. When
this sprinkling was finished Moses sprinkled them a second time with both oil
and blood together. This was the crowning point of the consecration ceremony,
the double sprinkling or sanctifying. The priests and their garments, typified
the two main duties of the priesthood. To disperse the light of YAHVEHliness,
and proclaim the truth that YAHVEH grants atonement for human sins.
§ The next step is
the wave offering, where parts of the various sacrifices are placed in the
hands of the priesthood, reminding them of their trust on behalf of the people
for the service of the Altar, and of their sacred obligation to discharge their
trusted duty. They would then waved it up and down, symbolizing that as every
offering goes up; it is returned by a blessing of YAHVEH coming closer to us.
§ The last part of
the consecration service was for Aaron and his sons not to leave the entrance
of the Tent of meeting for seven days. The text seems to indicate that the same
consecration service was repeated for seven days. The new priests were to
remain on the job for the initial seven-day period doing the required
sacrifices. This period of time may have been for training.
It is fun to speculate what Aaron and his sons may have
talked about while together in such an unusual setting for the seven-day
period. I believe that, it allowed the prospective ministry to have a serious
look at themselves and come to a conclusion; do I really want to do this? If
today’s ordination service would only last two days instead of seven days, a
significant portion of those in ministry would not even be concerned with it,
much less seven days! The position of today’s churches would be in a better
position spiritual if we should go back to the foundation of our faith and do
what YAHVEH ordained in the Torah.
The time of Consecration.
Yahushua rose from the dead 3 days after Passover, he spent
40 days teaching His disciple, 7 days in heaven being consecrated as our High
Priest according to the Law.
Yahushua’s
ascension Pentecost
Passover Feast of first
fruits To
Heaven Holy Spirit
The disciples also
had to remain in the upper room until the spirit came on the 70 day on the day
of Pentecost.
Pentecost
Crossing
the Moses The Ten
What Yahushua did during those 50 days is opposite to what
Yisrael did. Where Yisrael failed, Yahushua succeeded. Yisrael consecrated
themselves for 3 days before going up the Mountain, but they did not do it.
Resulting in YAHVEH executing His secondary plan, instead of a race of a royal
priesthood, YAHVEH had to find among them a holy people in the Levites.
Therefore the Levites became a holy people inside a chosen people. Those who
want to go further and are zealous for the things of Adonai, will be given the
opportunity to advance as far as their faith will take them.
The giving of the law and the sending of the Holy Spirit is
bases on the same biblical pattern, of YAH’S appointed time. Therefore the
seven-day consecration of the Priesthood, Five-Fold ministry or The Mighty Hand
of YAHVEH, is valid even for today.
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