PRINCIPLES OF GOD
CONCERNING THE TEMPLE
In the design of the temple and
practice, several principles a had to be
adhered to. The temple was designed
to offer sacrifice to God , a King, a
great King. His people may have
shortcomings, but the offerings had to
be have to be without blemish. This is
what is worshiping in the beauty of
holiness. These principles of holiness
were hidden with the instructions of
the ways of offering that made up the
mosaic law. We shall examine these
principles as presented in the law, and
see what they foreshadowed in our
temples, the new temple of the Holy
Spirit.
For all offering, there was a specified
time within which the portion of the
priests had to be eaten(Lev 7:17),
three days. It was assumed that within
these three days, the offering, now
food, would still be safe to ingest. This
was especially so for the vow and
voluntary offering, among other animal
offerings that the priests or the
offerers were given a portion(Lev
7:33). This is the principle of the
incorruptibility of the offering. As
corrupt offering are not received by
God(Ps 15: Remember that Christ
died for three days, and in those days
the bible says; He (God) would not let
His anointed see corruption. So three
days the time set to assure the purity
of the sacrifice, and Christ was a
Sacrifice in place of the sin offering
for humanity. As far as the offering
of fellowship goes, corruption of this
offering comes in the mixing of
darkness and light, for what fellowship
do these have with each other? it is
written.
The person eating the sacrifice should
not be unclean(Lev 7:20).
Jesus expressed this in other words:
When going to offer a sacrifice, and
you remember of a grudge you have
with your brother, leave the sacrifice
on the alter, and first go reconcile
with your brother, then you can offer
the sacrifice. The bible also talks of
giving joyfully (which is why I
discourage giving out of being scared
of impending doom,) or wholeheartedly.
The presence of any negative/wicked
emotions in our spirits would act as an
uncleanness, and really it is a lie, when
for example you are telling God how
you love Him, while at the same time
killing your enemy in your mind. Jesus
put it thus: How can you say you love
God who you cannot see, When you
cannot love your brother, who you can
see?
It is important to note that all the
fruits of the Spirit grow within us to a
fullness, and it is impossible for most
men to be overflowing with the same to
all men, but the perfection here comes
with letting go of the contradicting
emotions. With time, such
negativity stifles the flow of the
fruits of the Spirit and within some
time of this rebellion, one gets dry in
the spirit. The principle also refers to
the priesthood receiving the gift(Lev
7:33). They must be right with God.
From here comes the principle of laying
of hands, fellowship, and watching who
is laying hands on you. discernment of
the spirits of men here is important.
Drink from your own cistern. The
people can err, not because they were
not right with God, but because those
ministering on their behalf make an
abomination of their offering by
disgracing it(1 Samuel 2:12-17). We
are all priests now we give other people
the functionality of being our priests
when for example, we seek prayers, we
give or "plant seed"(which is a more
committal form of giving,) e.t.c.
Eating of any manner of fat was
forbidden(Lev 7:20). This refers to the
glory of the gift. It is not good to take
too much pride in ones gift or service
to God. Christ talked of the pharisees
who enlarged their phylacteries,
and choice the public places to pray so
that people could see how religious
they were. He said, they had gotten
their reward. Their reward was
the short lived glory and praise of the
people, and fleshly pride. It is either
God gets the glory and it becomes an
acceptable sacrifice, or you get the
glory and the sacrifice becomes an
abomination to God. When giving, let
not the right hand know what the left
is giving, and give as to God, not to
men.
Peace offerings were to be delivered
to the temple personally(Lev 7:29,30).
Then, these included vows,
and voluntary offerings. In our new
temple, herein falls all sacrifices after
one accepts Christ. It includes all the
gifts of God that we give back in
offerings(Like love, joy, fellowship,
etc). This principle calls for a close
relationship with God. Relationship
cannot be built through a proxy. It has
to be cultivated, with time as an
investment too.
We give what we were first given . This
was a principle in the old and now too
in the new testament. God plundered
Egypt on the passover, and gave Israel
gifts, which He later asked of for the
building of the temple. The temple is a
creation built by the gifts of God to
men and the gifts of men to God. When
God withholds, it is not to be a gift.
This was so in the Babylonian garment
and precious metal stolen by Achan in
the fall of Jericho when God had
specifically ordered that everything
had to be burnt down and the gold and
silver had to go through fire. This led
to the defeat of Israel by tiny Ai. The
same happened when Saul, the King
spared some cattle for "sacrifice" in a
city where all living things were to be
destroyed. This would have been an
abomination of offering . It resulted to
his rejection as a King of Israel by
God. God does not give wickedness, and
in return He does not receive
wickedness for an offering (Ps 15:.
When Israel made an idol in the desert
in place of God, they did
this. They were offering a wicked
sacrifice to A Holy God. God responded
with a plague and a separation of only
one tribe that would in future draw
near for His service. Now the principle
stands, worship God is spirit and in
truth, in the beauty of holiness. Our
idols can also be our fattened flesh or
lusts in rebellion to God.

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