the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Numbers 28:1-31; Numbers 29:1-40
In these ch. 28 and 29, the sacrifices are not listed according to their significance, but in relation to the occasions on which they should be presented. Let us pay attention, dear children of God, to make of every circumstance an opportunity for giving thanks (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
Ch. 29 deals with the offerings of the seventh month and, from v. 12 onwards, we notice from day to day a diminution in the number of bulls to be offered. That suggests those periods in our life during which the person of Jesus can, if we are not watchful, little by little lose His value for our souls. Prophetically, this ch. 29 will be fulfilled during the millennial reign. Many shall only submit by constraint (Psalms 18:44 – margin) so that a general decline in the appreciation of the glories of Christ will culminate in the final revolt of Gog and Magog (Revelation 20:7. . .).
Notice the contrast between the place occupied by the burnt offering (thirteen bulls, fourteen lambs . . .) and that of the sin offering: only one goat. The emphasis is in effect placed upon the full and continuous satisfaction which God finds in Christ: He is His offering, His bread, a sweet savour unto Him (Numbers 28:2).
