Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. It was revealed unto the
Old Testament prophets that they were yet in the dark concerning
their prophesying, awaiting the coming of those who would see
the mystery of God revealed in the clearest manner, of which
salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who
prophesied of the grace that should come unto you, unto whom
it was revealed that not unto themselves, but unto us they
did minister. We can now see clearly that the
Lord has sent his only begotten son into the world to die for
sinners in order to bring glory to his name, which is above every
name. Thus we see that all of the details
of the law, which included every jot and tittle of the design
of the tabernacle, its accessories, its services, and its ministers,
were given to manifest the glory of Christ. We cannot read these
things and not see Jesus Christ and Him crucified, bringing life
and immortality to light in His declaration, and lifting His
children from the dunghill of sin, setting their feet upon
a solid rock, and causing them to love one another. One of those
precious details is seen as the Lord commanded Moses to make
a holy anointing oil. Take thou also unto thee principal
spices of pure myrrh, five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon,
half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet
calamus, two hundred and fifty shekels, and of cassia, five
hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive
oil, and hen, and thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment,
an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary. It shall
be a holy anointing oil. Can anyone doubt that this anointing
oil is Christ? This is an ointment which is
of a sweet smell, whose fragrance filled the tabernacle as the
Lord commanded Moses to anoint all of the furnishings and instruments
of the tabernacle with it. Most importantly, he was to use
it to anoint those who were the priests of God, most notably
Aaron, the high priest. It is interesting to point out
that this oil was reserved under this use. Upon man's flesh shall
it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it. After
the composition of it, it is holy, and it shall be holy unto
you. It was not to be profane nor
copied, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of
the will of man, but of God. So then it is not of him that
willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves.
It is the gift of God. The psalmist extols the glory
of the unity of the brethren. Behold how good and how pleasant
it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. This glorious unity
only occurs in the light of that which Paul declared. There is
one body and one spirit as you are called in one hope of your
calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism. Just as the precious
ointment was poured out upon Aaron's head, so that it ran
down his beard and soaked his garments, so too do the sons
of God love one another, as that holy ointment of Christ is poured
out upon their heads. The Lord told his disciples that
this is the evidence of their sonship. A new commandment I
give unto you, that ye love one another, as I have loved you,
that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that
ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. Is this
not the very legacy that the Lord would leave with His church
until He comes to receive that bride which He purchased with
His own blood? Can we say that we love the Lord
if we do not love those upon whose head He has poured forth
this sweet-smelling savor which lends its fragrance all around?
Do not the sons of God rejoice to hear their brethren extolling
the name and finished work of their Savior? Those whom the
Lord calls by His grace, He also makes kings and priests. But
ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, and holy nation,
a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of Him
who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Those
so anointed with this precious ointment are unable to bring
the sacrifice of praise unto the Lord. Ye also, as lively
stones, will build up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to
offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. And he shall sit as a refiner
and purifier of silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi,
and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the
Lord an offering in righteousness. That offering is Christ, who
manifests himself in the unity of the brethren, even as he prayed
that they all may be one. When is it that Christians all
agree and let distinctions fall, when nothing in themselves they
see, that Christ is all in all? But strife and difference will
subsist, while men will something seem. Let them but singly look
to Christ, and all are one in Him. For a free CD containing
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