"Commandment"
Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Jer. 7:21-8:3; 9:22-23; Mark 12:28-34
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1 ADONAI said to Moshe, 2 "Take Aharon and his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams and the basket of matzah; 3 and assemble the entire community at the entrance to the tent of meeting." As we read through this week's Parsha we come to the section of text which describes the anointing of Aaron as High Priest. Moses was commanded to not only anoint Aaron but to do so in front of the entire community. This group of scriptures relates to us as believers in Messiah Yeshua because in the Hebrew the word for Messiah is Mashiach, which means anointed one. In other words it is not enough for us to just choose to make Yeshua our Messiah but we must do so openly, in front of the entire community. We must place Him in front of everyone and make Him not only the High Priest of Israel but also of our Lives.
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This week’s Parsha begins with the mitzvah concerning the Olah or burnt offering. The name of the Parsha, Tzav, means command. When reading this commandment it is interesting to me that the offering was to be kept burning all night long. The fire was to be kept burning and the offering remained on the altar. This allows us to think about our offerings or prayers to G-D. How many times do we speak a pray to G-D in a hurry or say a few words and then just walk away. This kind of pray leaves much to be desired as an offering. There are times when we do pray a short prayer and move on to the next part of our lives, but there are also times when we need to spend some serious, real offering time with G-D praying like this offering all night long, continuing to keep the flames of our offering burning. It was this type of prayer that brought deliverance to Shimon (Peter) while he was in prison. It was the effectual, fervent prayer spoken of in Ya’akov that brings about much. This type of prayer changes lives, hearts and situations.