“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Acts 2: 44, 45 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, 

and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. 

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah 

We, the bride, the church should give everything to God and the people of God should experience everything in common.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, when we, the bride, the church submit ourselves completely to God along with a vow and when we worship God, we become those who belong to God. Then from the age that we have been redeemed, God calculates our spiritual strength and puts a valuation for it and we meditated that according to it he makes us holy.

But today what we are going to meditate is that Leviticus 27: 11 – 34 If it is an unclean animal which they do not offer as a sacrifice to the Lord, then he shall present the animal before the priest; 

and the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be. 

But if he wants at all to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.

 ‘And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to the Lord, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. 

If he who dedicated it wants to redeem his house, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.

‘If a man dedicates to the Lord part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 

If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. 

But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money due according to the years that remain till the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation. 

And if he who dedicates the field ever wishes to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall belong to him. 

But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore; 

but the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the Lord, as a devoted field; it shall be the possession of the priest.

‘And if a man dedicates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession, 

then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy offering to the Lord. 

In the Year of Jubilee, the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to the one who owned the land as a possession. 

And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.

‘But the firstborn of the animals, which should be the Lord’s firstborn, no man shall dedicate; whether it is an ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s. 

And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation, and shall add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

‘Nevertheless, no devoted offering that a man may devote to the Lord of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted offering is most holy to the Lord. 

No person under the ban, who may become doomed to destruction among men, shall be redeemed, but shall surely be put to death. 

And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord. 

If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it. 

And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord. 

He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.’”

These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.

When we meditate upon this, when we give ourselves to God how we submit ourselves is that when our soul is unclean if we do not truly confess and give ourselves, according to what we have given God will keep an account of it. But if we have the mind to redeem it, more than what we have offered, we must add one-fifth to our valuation.

In the same manner, if we truly dedicate our house to be holy to the Lord, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad. And those who have dedicated their house to be holy to the Lord if they want to redeem their house, then according to the valuation of it he must add one-fifth of the money and he can receive it.

Also, if a man dedicates to the Lord part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A field where a homer of barley seed is sown shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee as holy, according to your valuation it shall stand. But if he dedicates his field as holy after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money due according to the years that remain till the Year of Jubilee, and the priest shall calculate the value and it shall be deducted from our valuation accordingly. But if he who dedicates the field ever wishes to redeem it, then according to the valuation of it he must add one-fifth of the money more and it shall belong to him says the Lord. 

But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore; but the field, when it is released in the year of Jubilee, it shall be holy to the Lord, as a devoted field; it shall be the possession of the priest. But if a man dedicates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession, then he who has dedicated the field as holy if he wants to redeem it, then along with its valuation he shall add one-fifth of the money more and make it his says the Lord.                                                                                                                       

Also, if he does not redeem the field and if sells it to another man, it cannot be redeemed and in the Year of Jubilee, when it is redeemed it shall be a devoted field to the Lord. It shall be the possession of the priest. And if a man dedicates a field to the Lord as holy which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession, then till the year of Jubilee the priest shall reckon to him the worth of our valuation, to each people he shall give your valuation and to make that value as a holy offering to the Lord, he should give on that day itself to the Lord.

 Then from whom it was bought, that person who owned the land as a possession carefully, that valuation reaches the year of Jubilee. And all the valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: 

But the firstborn of the animals, are all the Lord’s. Therefore, the firstborn of the animals, no man shall dedicate as holy to the Lord. Whether it is an ox or sheep, everything is the Lord’s. And by the firstborn of an unclean animal, then he shall redeem it according to its valuation, and shall add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to its valuation.

Nevertheless, no devoted offering that a man may devote to the Lord of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted offering is most holy to the Lord. They should not be redeemed but should be put to death. And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is holy to the Lord. If a man wants to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it. 

And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord. He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed says the Lord.

My dear people, all the above-mentioned facts God is showing as a pattern for our spiritual life. That is, if we dedicate ourselves as holy to the Lord in the beginning, then later the land, land of possession, house, field, ox and sheep, animals are holy. All those that are not clean are being made holy for the Lord. In the year of Jubilee, which is the experience of Pentecost as everything that belongs to God, we must rejoice God with a loud sound and worship him. 

When we meditate upon this, that which was made, that which was created everything belongs to the Lord and all of us must understand that and with everything we must give ourselves and let us receive peace. These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai. Let us all submit ourselves to follow this.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly.

- To be continued