The Lord God made three stipulations regarding those who
were to minister to Him and unto his people in the office of priest. They were to be anointed, consecrated and
sanctified.
At the time
of the Aaronic priesthood, the anointing was with holy oil, made according to
the specification of and in according to the direction of God. It signified the anointing of God’s Holy
Spirit, whereby the Spirit of God was on the anointed one. Today of course, there is no need for Holy
oil, the Spirit Himself entering upon and taking up residence in the anointed
one.
The second
requirement was that of consecration.
This was also part of the work of the Holy Spirit as the anointed one
was set apart, consecrated unto the work of a priest.
The third
element was that of being made sacred, again a work which can only be completed
by God’s Holy Spirit by which the chosen one was made a saint, anointed,
consecrated and set apart for the priestly office; in other words made a saint,
a pure, holy and sinless one.
Just as the
anointing was symbolized by an external element, namely the oil, so the
consecration was also symbolized by external elements, in this case a young bull
and two rams without blemish, unleavened bread, and cakes also unleavened and
tempered with oil, wafers also unleavened, but without oil, and all made of
wheaten flour.
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