Feb 23

There sure is a lot of offerings! Those priests must have been very busy. Unbelievable really! I am sure they had some sort of system and there were plenty of them to do the job. There is one thing about the priest’s ministry that struck me, finally. After all of the offerings and priestly duties, I finally got what they were doing. I do understand that they were ministering to the Lord, however in Lev. 5:18 I finally realized what my job (our ministry) is in relationship to all of these offerings (to the people).

Leviticus 5:17-18 (NIV)
17 “If a person sins and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD’s commands, even though he does not know it, he is guilty and will be held responsible. 18 He is to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the wrong he has committed unintentionally, and he will be forgiven.

I am an agent of ministering forgiveness! I am to help appropriate the blood of Jesus to people’s lives so they will realize their forgiveness. It only makes sense since Paul tells us that we are “ministers of reconciliation”. It is all coming together in my head. We aren’t to condemn the world and tell them how bad they are, we are to concern ourselves, as priests, to reconcile people to God and minister the forgiveness that comes through Jesus Christ. Part of my Father’s business – alleviated the guilt of those who are guilty but are coming to Jesus for forgiveness.