• Download Video
• Download Audio
• Print
• Email
• Save As PDF

Text: Exodus 29: 35-37

MEDITATION

Exodus 29:35-37

35 “Thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Seven days you shall consecrate them.
36 And you shall offer a bull every day as a sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it.
37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. Seven days of consecration

a. The number “seven” was considered a perfect number.

b. It was meant to express:

i. Thoroughness

ii. Completeness

2. Sin offering as atonement

a. Consecration offerings:

i. One bull

ii. Two rams

b. Atonement for sin offerings.

i. One bull to be offered a day.

ii. Seven bulls would be offered as an atonement for sins.

c. The Altar

i. The altar is to be cleansed each time.

ii. It is then anointed with blood.

iii. It is then consecrated.

iv. This would take place with the consecration of the priests.

3. Important lessons

a. Sins must not be taken lightly.

b. Sins must be atoned for.

c. The ministry of the Lord is sacred (holy).

d. All serving God must seek to serve with holiness in mind.

e. The Lord is a most holy God.

经文：出埃及记 29：35-37

沉思

《出埃及记 29：35-37》
35“你要这样照我一切所吩咐的，向亚伦和他儿子行承接圣职的礼七天。
36每天要献公牛一只为赎罪祭。你洁净坛的时候，坛就洁净了，且要用膏抹坛，使坛成圣。

37要洁净坛七天，使坛成圣，坛就成为至圣。凡挨着坛的都成为圣。

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 承接圣职的礼要行七天

a. “七”这个数字在圣经中意味着完全

b. 这是用来表达：

i. 彻底

ii. 完全

2. 赎罪祭

a. 承接圣职献的祭

i. 一只公牛

ii. 两只公绵羊

b. 赎罪祭

i. 每天要献一只公牛

ii. 总共会献七只公牛为赎罪祭

c. 坛

i. 坛每次用后都必须洁净

ii. 要用血为膏抹坛

iii. 坛就能成圣

iv. 这将会在祭司承接圣职时同时进行

3. 重要的教训

a. 罪是不能轻视的

b. 因为有罪，我们需要赎罪祭

c. 上帝的事工是神圣的（圣洁）

d. 凡侍奉上帝的都必须带着圣洁的心

e. 上帝是至圣的