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In those days, only Aaron’s family were the priests, but the Bible tells us in Revelation 1:5,
“Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the
kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And
hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father.”
Revelation 5:10 says, “(He) hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on
the earth.”
Are we His priests? Did he change from the Old Testament? Back then, He didn’t want any
blemishes, diseases, or deformities in his priests, but now, has He changed, and He’s okay with
blemishes and deformities and diseases all through the priesthood? No, He did not change. He
has not changed. It is still His will that His priests be healed, clean, and whole. “Well, what if my
body is not that way?” Believe for it to become that way.
We will see more in our next point right here. In Leviticus 22:18-19, he is talking about the
offerings, and he was talking to Aaron and his sons. Priests offer sacrifices, and they bring
offerings. In verse 19, he told them, “Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of
the beefs, of the sheep, or of the goats. But whatsoever has a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for
it shall not be acceptable for you.”
He went on to say in the latter part of verse 21, “It shall be perfect to be accepted…” Accepted.
“There shall be no blemish therein. Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or
scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the L
ORD
, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the
altar unto the L
ORD
.” Verse 24 says, “Ye shall not offer unto the L
ORD
that which is bruised, or
crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. Neither from
a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is
in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.” It was not okay to bring
diseased animals for offerings and sacrifices. He said not to bring anything that is blemished,
diseased, damaged, or deformed.
In Malachi 1:7, it says, “Ye offer polluted bread on mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we
polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the L
ORD
is contemptible. And if ye offer the blind for
sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy
governor; will he be pleased with thee?” He said to give it to them, and see if they like it. Verse
11 says, “For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be
great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure
offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the L
ORD
of hosts. But ye have
profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the L
ORD
is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat,
is contemptible. Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the
L
ORD
of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought
an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the L
ORD
.” He already said in the other
scripture, “I will not accept it. It is not acceptable to Me.” We saw it about three times. What
made it unacceptable? He did receive lambs and goats and sheep and calves, didn’t He? It’s not
that He just didn’t want a calf or a lamb. What made it unacceptable? The disease, the deformity,
and the corruption made it unacceptable.