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. We can
now clearly see 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. 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 oil, olive, 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 unto 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 profaned 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 begins the 133rd
Psalm extolling the glory and pleasantness 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, even 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 the 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 the
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, an 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 and 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 may be one. When is it 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. Do you love the
brethren of the Lord and do you seek out their fellowship?