By Pastor Great Emmanuel Donatus.
STUBBORN BULLS AND GOATS Just recently,I finished killing three (3)
very big,strong and stubborn
Chickens,all in 10 to 15 minutes (Dont
ask me what for..lol). I was all sweaty
and a bit tired afterwards coz those
guys have really grown and strong,they had muscles!..lol And mehn!, it
quickly brought to mind
the Levitical priesthood of Israel. And I
was like, 'Boy,is this how the Priests
killed numerous bulls and goats for the
many sins of Israel everyday?!' I could
imagine! Israel, a stubborn people, around 1.3 million people, so
rebellious. And then, for every of their
sin, there was always a goat to
slaughter, and a bull to kill! Think of it! A GOAT, A BULL! Nobody
likes to be compared to a goat! You
know those animals are naturally
stubborn, very strongwilled and
strongheaded! I tried to travel back in
time to view what it looked like. I killed 3 strong Chickens in a short
space of
time, and I was all sweaty. Imagine
killing bulls and goats every blessed
day for about 40 years! Even if not for
40years,close to it! Not for one, not for
two, not for three persons! They must have killed at least a thousand
everyday since there were about 1.3
million people travelling to Canaan at
that time. 1000 might even be an
understatement! Maybe I want to be
merciful on them. Those Priests must have built so much
muscles doing that everyday!..lol. No
matter how enjoyable the job wij look
at first, after sometime, it will surely
bore them! They might be planning to
take a rest after killing say 200 at a time, and as they are about to sit,
another set of maybe liars, thieves and
adulterers will just throng to the
entrance again. And work begins. Maybe they even made a roster for the
'Killing Time of Bulls and Goats'..Maybe
they say, 'For thieves,come from the
6th to the 9th hour of the day. For
adulterers, so you wont feel too
ashamed, come in the 3rd watch of the night'..lol. Many permutations!
And I just kept
thinking and broadening my
imaginations to see various
possibilities. But bottomline, IT MUST
HAVE BEEN STRESSFUL! That made me cherish the Sacrifice of
my Jesus much more! It was a Once-
And-For-All payment for my Sins. "And every priest stands ministering
daily and offering repeatedly the same
sacrifices, which can never take away
sins. But this Man, after He had offered one
sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at
the right hand of God, from that time
waiting till His enemies are made His
footstool. For by one offering He has perfected
forever those who are being
sanctified." (Hebrews 10:11-14). No need to come back in the afternoon
or evening coz it's not yet Killing Time. No stress of resharpening the
axe,
knife, cutlass of whatever was used to
kill the bulls and goats every time. No need of cleaning the instruments
of
killing everytime after use! No need of looking for where to get
more bulls and goats since the ones in
my flock have been exhaused due to
my many sins! No need for worry about scarcity or
fee-hike of bulls and goats.
ALL GONE! ALL GONE!! ALL GONE!!! BECAUSE
OF THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS! It was STRESSFUL yet it was NEEDFUL
It was PAINFUL yet it is GAINFUL
I was UNFAITHFUL but He is FAITHFUL
My bucket was SIN-FULL yet He is
MERCY-FULL
Because He is GRACEFUL, I will forever be GRATEFUL! WHAT AN
EXCHANGE!
