Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish; thou shalt prepare it every morning. Ezekiel 46:13
There are some of the denominations who mock our Assemblies for carrying out the Lord’s Supper every week. They can’t understand the need for such a frequent repetition of this ordinance. One person even asked me if I didn’t find it boring to repeat the Lord’s Supper so often. Boring? Not yet, in almost 50 years! Those poor folks have the Lord’s Supper once a month, or once a quarter, and it’s just an add-on to whatever else they do on a Sunday morning, and it’s not compulsory, just for those who are interested enough to be bothered. How would these folks respond to a commandment to present an offering, not just once a week, but once a day?
As Christians, we feel the need to remember the Lord in the breaking of bread and taking of the cup every week. This remembrance helps to keep our souls freshly warmed by the frequent reminder of our Lord’s death. But we also need to be reminded daily of the One Great Sacrifice for sins. We need to every morning be filled with thankfulness and appreciation for what the Lord Jesus has done for us. We need to enter every day into the joy of God’s salvation. Otherwise, we won’t have a good day.
There was a specific design to the daily sacrifice, the most important of which was the selection of a qualified lamb. Our daily consideration of the Sacrifice should also include the realization that the Lord Jesus is qualified to be our Saviour, and much more. We acknowledge Him today as our Advocate, our Defender, our Advisor, and our Friend. We have His own words to read and examine in the Gospels. We have His miracles to amaze us, and His doctrine to encourage and strengthen us. One of the reminders to the Israelites when they saw the daily sacrifice was that they were sinners and needed to have those sins dealt with. That should also be part of our daily consideration, as we acknowledge and confess our sins, and rejoice in the knowledge that the Lord Jesus is faithful to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
The daily offering was very important for the Israelite. It is of no less importance to the Child of God today. -Jim MacIntosh