Chapter 9
My wife and I have been watching a series called The Chosen, and we’re really enjoying it. I would gladly recommend it to anyone. It’s very well made. While the creators do take some creative liberty for storytelling, the message is strong and true to the heart of the Bible. One thing it does really well is show Jesus as someone real—someone people can relate to and feel close to.
After watching, we often find ourselves having deep conversations with others. The show brings up questions that people might not normally think to ask. I especially love seeing how Jesus shows compassion when He heals. Many times, I’ve found myself getting emotional watching those powerful moments between Jesus, the people He heals, and His disciples.
I also enjoy watching the disciples’ reactions as they witness one miracle after another. It makes me imagine what it would’ve been like to be there—to feel the sun, smell the air, and look into the eyes of our Savior. To learn from Him, and even laugh with Him.
There are a few moments in the series, just like in the New Testament, when Jesus gives His disciples the authority to go out—to teach, heal the sick, cast out demons, and even raise the dead.
Over the years, I’ve heard many people ask, “Does God still do miracles today?” or “Why don’t we see the same wonders now?” I believe with all my heart that God does want to move in powerful ways today. But often, we miss the key that starts that “engine.” And actually, it’s something God already showed us long ago—in Leviticus 9.
If we focus only on the rituals in that chapter, we might miss the deeper meaning. And if we forget that we are the priests of today, we might miss it again. So let’s take a fresh look.
Leviticus 9 comes right after the priests were consecrated. That word “consecration” in Hebrew means “full hands.” The priests came before God empty-handed, and He filled their hands with His power. They continued to offer sacrifices for sin—because even as believers, we still fall short and need grace.
But look what came next: the priests were called to serve. They stood in the gap for the people. They offered sacrifices, worked hard, and gave their time—not for praise or attention, but to help others spiritually and honor God. It wasn’t easy or quick. It was more than just writing a check. They had to get involved.
Then something amazing happened. God’s presence came down in power. The people were amazed—and they praised Him.
If you look at Jesus’ miracles, they always pointed back to God. Yes, they blessed the people directly, but even more, they showed God’s love to everyone watching.
So if you want to see God move today, here’s the simple truth: Keep your heart focused on Him. Go out and bless others in His name. Give God the glory in everything. When God is the main focus, His presence shows up—and people get to experience that same sense of wonder.
The Priests Begin Their Ministry
1 On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. 2 He said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for your sin offering and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before the LORD. 3 Then say to the Israelites: ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb–both a year old and without defect–for a burnt offering, 4 and an ox and a ram for a fellowship offering to sacrifice before the LORD, together with a grain offering mixed with olive oil. For today the LORD will appear to you.’ ”
5 They took the things Moses commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the entire assembly came near and stood before the LORD. 6 Then Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”
7 Moses said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and the people; sacrifice the offering that is for the people and make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”
8 So Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself. 9 His sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood and put it on the horns of the altar; the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar. 10 On the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the LORD commanded Moses; 11 the flesh and the hide he burned up outside the camp.
12 Then he slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the sides of the altar. 13 They handed him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar. 14 He washed the internal organs and the legs and burned them on top of the burnt offering on the altar.
15 Aaron then brought the offering that was for the people. He took the goat for the people’s sin offering and slaughtered it and offered it for a sin offering as he did with the first one.
16 He brought the burnt offering and offered it in the prescribed way. 17 He also brought the grain offering, took a handful of it and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.
18 He slaughtered the ox and the ram as the fellowship offering for the people. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the sides of the altar. 19 But the fat portions of the ox and the ram–the fat tail, the layer of fat, the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver– 20 these they laid on the breasts, and then Aaron burned the fat on the altar. 21 Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh before the LORD as a wave offering, as Moses commanded.
22 Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having sacrificed the sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowship offering, he stepped down.
23 Moses and Aaron then went into the tent of meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people; and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. 24 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
