CONSECRATION by John Nevins Andrews

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 30, 1869

CONSECRATION.

By John Nevins Andrews

When God in the law directed Moses to put the blood of consecration upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and his sons, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet, it was no idle, unmeaning ceremony. It denoted the consecration of the men in these bodily organs to the service of God.

The ear was consecrated to God by the blood of the slain victim. It implies that the priest must stand in the counsel of God, and hear every word that he should speak to him.

The right hand being thus consecrated by blood denoted that his acts should be all such as God could approve.

His right foot being in like manner touched with this blood of consecration, was a testimony to him that his feet should run in the way of God's commandments, and never be found in the path of sin. See the consecration, Ex. xxix; Lev. viii.

And can we, as Christians, be neglectful of the great truths there shadowed forth? Our whole body is to be a living sacrifice to God. Who of us are Christians after such a fashion as this?

J. N. ANDREWS.