"Him that cometh unto Me I will in nowise cast out" is just as appropriate to the saint seeking full salvation as to the sinner seeking pardon. Job did this time and again. No one else can do this for us. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. Joshua 6. "Crown Him, crown Him, Lord of all;" "and," says Dr. Hudson Taylor, "if you do not crown Him Lord of all, you do not crown Him Lord at all." Joshua 3:5 There's a bit of doggerel which says, "Three moves are as good as a fire," and anyone who has packed his possessions more than twice in a given year mumbles to himself, saying things such as, "What in the … "Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered without the gate" (Heb. “You must consecrate to the Lord your God every firstborn male produced by your herd and flock. All my festivals they shall keep and my Sabbaths they shall consecrate. This view of consecration, with its accompanying results, is beautifully illustrated for us in John vii.38, 39, "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests. ' declaration of the Lord Yahweh, {when I show myself holy} {before} their eyes. xii. "For their sakes I sanctify Myself" (John xvii.19). No one would confound "consecration" with "cleansing," and yet many confound "sanctification" with "cleansing." The Hebrew kadosh and Greek hagiazo are translated by several different English words: holy, consecrate, hallow, sanctify, dedicate. Bible Verses about Consecration. He is to be holy for you, because I, the LORD, the one who sanctifies you, am holy. 1. It is always to be on his forehead, so that they may find acceptance with the Lord. The altar will become especially holy; whatever touches the altar will become holy. The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. Christ purchased us with His own blood, and now we belong to Him. Consecration is the prerequisite to any acceptable service to God and this post will help to prepare you. Say to them: If any man from any of your descendants throughout your generations is in a state of uncleanness yet approaches the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the Lord, that person will be cut off from My presence; I am Yahweh. And the consecrate d things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. As a religious practice, consecration dates as far back as the Old Testament. Yes, before you read another line! A technical definition of consecration means that you are to set yourself apart from evil, turn to the Lord, and be prepared to be used by God. CONSECRATE, verb transitive [Latin , to consecrate sacred. For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves [ceremonially, so that they would be able to participate in the feast]. "The very God of peace sanctify you wholly" (I Thess. It is failure here, failure to apprehend by faith the fact that God receives what I present, that has blocked progress for so many of God's people who are truly desirous of living consecrated lives. “This is what you are to do for them to consecrate them to serve Me as priests. And at a legal dispute they themselves shall stand to judge; employing my judgments they shall judge it, and [with respect to] my laws and my statutes. The word ‘consecrate’ occurs twice in the Authorized Version of Hebrews ( Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 10:20 ). He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levite families. When they go out into the outer court, into the outer courtyard to the people, they shall take off the garments in which they have been ministering and leave them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other clothing so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their [ceremonial] garments. The race of Abraham and the tribe of Levi were thus consecrated ( Exodus 13:2 Exodus 13:12 Exodus 13:15 ; … The nominative form “consecration” indicates an act by which a person or thing is set apart to a sacred cause or purpose. Consecration involves the "glorifying" of Christ, the "enthroning" Him, the crowning of Jesus "Lord of all" in our own heart and life. Then the altar will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy. If not, why not? God excuses no one. It is not a matter of individual choice or taste or convenience; but every one that has been quickened from the death in trespasses and sins is commanded, yes, commanded, to "present himself to God." Jehu commanded, “Consecrate a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they called one. For the Levites were more conscientious to consecrate themselves than the priests were. After doing this, he poured the oil of anointing on Aaron's head to anoint and consecrate him. Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. You must not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground. Consecration implies and involves transference of ownership. "Crown Him, crown Him, Lord of all;" "and," says Dr. Hudson Taylor, "if you do not crown Him Lord of all, you do not crown Him Lord at all." The verbal form, “consecrate,” connotes the induction of a person into a sacral office by means of a religious rite, or the declaration of a thing or object to be sacred. Another eight days was used to consecrate the LORD's Temple, so they completed the work on the sixteenth day of the first month. L., to consecrate, sacred. To "sanctify" is to purify, to cleanse, to make holy, they tell us. The law of consecration is a divine principle whereby men and women voluntarily dedicate their time, talents, and material wealth to the establishment and building up of God’s kingdom. Hebrews 12:14. After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high … Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate it. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org, NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. Summon the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz against her. It follows as a corollary that if we yield ourselves, we yield everything else to God; nothing is withheld. Then it is imperative that we "yield," "present" ourselves unto God. He was deaf to their entreaties, and seizing a hammer he struck it one blow when, to his amazement, from the shattered image there rained down at his feet a shower of gems, pearls and diamonds -- treasure of fabulous value, which had been hidden within it! They must wash their clothes, Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves. To regard as set apart or separate. We need not be concerned as to how the rivers are flowing from us, or troubled as to what channels they are flowing in. The consecrated life is a Christ-centered life, the only truly-centered life; every other life is eccentric: yet how often do we hear worldly people or worldly-minded Christians (what a contradiction in terms!) There are other aspects of consecration in the Divine Word which have not been touched upon, but enough has been said for our purpose to show what it is, and what its blessed results will be. If we shatter them there will rain about our hearts the very treasures of Heaven, the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit; but if we spare our idol we will miss riches unsearchable. To make or declare to be sacred, by certain ceremonies or rites; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service and worship of God; as, to consecrate a church. This view of consecration, with its accompanying results, is beautifully illustrated for us in John vii.38, 39, "He that … Consecrate; Consecration: kon'-se-krat, kon-se-kra'-shun. So that when the command, "Present yourself to God," is complied with as far as one's light goes, the person is entitled to regard the transaction as a completed act, and to say, "Yes, I have presented myself to God." Appoint a commander against her, bring up horses like bristling locusts. Then the nations will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord who sets apart and sanctifies Israel [for holy use], when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.”’”. we need to repent of sinful attitudes and actions. I am the Lord. Our ancestors have been unfaithful. Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of Yahweh, the God of your ancestors. If not the reason is close at hand. 3. However, since there were not enough priests, they weren’t able to skin all the burnt offerings, so their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests consecrated themselves. "But give this command to the people: "You are to consecrate yourselves, because tomorrow you're going to eat meat, since you've complained where the LORD can hear it, "Who can give us meat to eat? In the first passage it is the translation of τετελειωμένον; in the second of ἐνεκαίνισεν. ', He returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, “I personally consecrate the silver to the Lord for my son’s benefit to make a carved image overlaid with silver.”, "At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. Whatever touches them will be consecrated. "Pay attention to me, you descendants of Levi! It is also used to describe the setting apart of the priests,who are to be consecrated to the Lord. For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. When Mahmoud, the conqueror of India, had taken the city of Gujarat he proceeded, as was his custom, to destroy the idols. And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. He may be in the heart, He may even be in the throne room, but He has not been placed upon the throne! And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. The consecrated man looks upon himself as the absolute property of the Lord who bought him, and his whole life is lived in the light of this fact. Jesus had not yet reached the throne, and so the Spirit had not yet been given. Although the word is not used extensively in theNew Testament, it occurs in reference to the consecrated bread,1 and is appliedto individuals and the pu… That does not mean "purify" you, separate you from sin, as a glance at two other passages, in which the same word occurs, will show. And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. Each of us has to personally make the decision to give ourselves to the Lord Jesus. 1 Kings 13:33. A little child was one day playing with a very valuable vase, when he put his hand into it and could not withdraw it. And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God. To set apar… To put it in the form of a picture, consecration is the initial act of going through the outer door of a palace, and the subsequent acts of passing through other doors in the palace in order to occupy the whole and to reach the throne-room of the king; and sanctification is the palace itself, the whole of which is the home of the king, and where the king may be seen face to face. We cannot set apart to a holy use (consecrate) that which is not cleansed. Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. Ascension preceded Pentecost. ( Exodus 28:3) Sanctify them in the truth [set them apart for Your purposes, make them holy]; Your word is truth. It is absolutely necessary that Faith be in lively exercise on this point, for what will be the practical outcome of all my presenting if I do not believe that God takes what I give? "Yield (R. V., Present) yourselves unto God as those that are alive from the dead" (Rom. "We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all" (Heb. 1. Every one knows that conversion should have experimental acquaintance with consecration. Consecration is another word for sanctification. Consecrate. How many of us are like him! Tell them to consecrate themselves for tomorrow, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are things that are set apart among you, Israel. so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. For I have looked with favor on my people. There was one, fifteen feet high, which its priests and devotees begged him to spare. See Sacred. What loss we suffer because we will hold back some little thing! Are you a Christian of many years and finding your Christian life becoming increasingly stagnant? This, of course, involves the breaking of all our idols, for He will not share His throne with any. Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, Ex. The LORD told Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. We need not trouble at all about the rivers, and the direction of their flow; our concern is to "glorify Jesus," to see that He is on the throne; and it becomes His business then to see that the rivers are flowing; and there is not the slightest danger that the blessed business with which He charges Himself will be neglected! Consecration also carries the connotation of sanctification, holiness, or purity. Therefore Jesus also suffered and died outside the [city] gate so that He might sanctify and set apart for God as holy the people [who believe] through [the shedding of] His own blood. From this it will be seen that consecration is a crisis in the life of the believer, just as cleansing is, and not a process; but it, too, "is a crisis in order to a process.". With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times and cleanse it, and from the impurities of the sons of Israel consecrate it. You are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom in the land for all its inhabitants. Now let us note that the verb translated "yield" (Rom. Dictionary. In these passages its true meaning is very apparent -- to "set apart for a holy use," to "separate to God," to "consecrate." To make or declare to be sacred, by certain ceremonies or rites; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service and worship of God; as, to consecrate a church.. Thou shalt consecrate … Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the presentation offering that is waved and the thigh of the contribution that is lifted up from the ram of ordination. Let us not spare our idols. Jesus has not been "glorified" by us, not enthroned in our hearts. He said to them, “Hear me, Levites. 'And the holy garments which are Aaron's, are for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to consecrate in them their hand; And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. But the idea of purification, of cleansing, of separating from sin, is not in the N. T. word "sanctify" at all. Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it to consecrate them. “Go and consecrate the people. Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. The Bible makes it clear that this is "the reasonable service" of every born-again person. To their astonishment the little fellow said, "Oh no, pa; I couldn't put out my fingers like that, for if I did, I would drop my penny." ", Moses told the LORD, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai because you warned us: "Set boundaries around the mountain and consecrate it.'". “This is the true place of consecration. gather [the] people, consecrate [the] assembly; assemble [the] elders, gather [the] children, even those [who are] breast-feeding; let [the] bridegroom come out from his private room, and [the] bride from her canopy. Consecration is to present ourselves to the Lord as a living sacrifice God will not work with anyone or use anyone that has not first offered themselves to Him. "Sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord" (I Pet. CONSECRATE, v.t. He would offer a burnt offering for each one, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children sinned by cursing God in their hearts." The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement on behalf of the Nazirite, since he sinned because of the corpse. Lift up a battle standard in the land. CONSECRATE, CONSECRATION. Have we life in Christ? New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. It is found most often in theBible in the Old Testament in reference to items that are to be set apart as holy for thepurposes of worshipping God. These people had already given their souls to God, and now the apostle insists on their giving their "bodies" too. No Pentecost, no service worthy of the name! They are set apart for the service of God. Then Faith presses on the heels of that statement and says, "God has accepted what I have thus presented." No wonder he could not withdraw his hand. “In peace,” he replied. A fresh consecration will renew you and this post can assist you… The meaning of consecration according to the Bible Amram’s sons: Aaron and Moses.Aaron, along with his descendants, was set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense in the presence of Yahweh, to minister to Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever. "In full and glad surrender,I give myself to thee.". x.10). Although holiness depends on God calling and choosing us, total consecration of our lives also depends on our embracing His choice. 2. It must be borne in mind that we are not considering the theological term sanctification, but the use of the New Testament word "sanctify," "sanctification." This is Paul's teaching in Romans: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service" (Rom. Our ancestors have been unfaithful. Drop the copper, surrender, let go, and God will give you gold. And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. There are discussions about consecration in both halves of the Bible, in fact, and the practice is also frequently referred to by the Christian community of today. New Heart English Bible Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you." He waits for us to do this. But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified." And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD? Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? When their time of feasting had concluded, Job would rise early in the morning to send for them and consecrate them to God. when all the while it is the critics that are "eccentric," -- off the true center. Many people have a confused idea as to what sanctification really is. When Christ reached the throne at the Father's right hand, from underneath His throne the river began to flow, the Holy Ghost was given, His Church received her Pentecost. One of the earliest biblical references to the act of consecration can be found in Joshua 3:5. Joshua told the people, "Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will perform miraculous deeds among you." xxii.1). And if any man sin, … Consecrate a fast,Proclaim a solemn assembly;Gather the eldersAnd all the inhabitants of the landTo the house of the Lord your God,And cry out to the Lord. refers to persons or things being separated to or belonging to God. Had he spared the idol he would have lost all this wealth. Let us learn it by root of heart, that every Pentecost since the first has, in like manner, been preceded by an Ascension. “Consecrate every firstborn male to Me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is Mine.”. His father, too, tried his best to get it out, but all in vain. 32:29 . xii.1). "Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves, following the one at the center of those who eat the meat of pigs, disgusting things, and rats, are all alike," says the LORD. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it. Consecration is giving yourself to the Lord to become “a living sacrifice,” as Paul says in Romans 12:1: “I exhort you therefore, brothers, through the compassions of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice , holy, well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.” See holy.. Old Testament God is said to be kadosh or “holy.” The Hebrew word originally meant “to be separate.” vi.19, 20). For I am Yahweh your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Otherwise, the LORD will attack them. The Bible clearly shows us … "Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. And in God's sight these drunken, eccentric men were the only truly-centered spiritually-adjusted men in the throng. To "cleanse" is to separate from sin, but to "sanctify" is to separate to God, to set apart for God that which has already been separated from sin. And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. All the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated to the Lord. They practiced what the LORD considers to be evil, abandoned him, turned their faces away from the place where the LORD resides, and turned their backs to him. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. Their cry has reached me!". vi.13). They began their consecration duties on the first day of the first month and finished at the LORD's outer vestibule on the eighth day of the month. Consecration - Our part and God’s It will be on Aaron’s forehead so that Aaron may bear the guilt connected with the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate as all their holy gifts. xiii.12). Consecration of Aaron • See Aaron Consecration of priests Consecration of the altar • See Altar Consecration of the temple • See Temple,Dedication of • See also Offerings Personal PSALM 51:17In the Bible Verse Meaning For believers to ‘consecrate themselves to God’ ere they have learnt their union with Christ in death and resurrection (identification) is only to present to God the members of the natural man, which He cannot accept. Through faith, Sarah and Abraham were physically rejuvenated by God so Sarah could give birth to Isaac (Genesis 18:14, 21:1–2). Take a young bull and two unblemished rams. Consecration, then, involves surrender -- total, absolute, unconditional, irreversible. And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. "Once upon a time the trees went out to consecrate a king for themselves. Many a Christian is living to-day as if he were his own; but the consecrated heart endorses the statement of the Divine Word: "Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's" (1 Cor. It is to our interest to demolish them. Consecrate them and they will be especially holy. Consecrate yourselves and the Temple of the LORD God of your ancestors by taking out from the Holy Place whatever is unclean. From these passages we gather that it is by the Blood of Jesus we are sanctified, set apart to God. Life first, then sacrifice. Hastings' Dictionary of the NT. But He does not force us to give ourselves to Him. v.26, R. V.). Purify the altar when you make atonement for it, and anoint it in order to consecrate it. vi.13) and "present" (Rom. There has never been a coronation day in our lives, when "in full and glad surrender" we placed the crown on the many-crowned Head, crying, "Crown Him, crown Him, Lord of all!" Consecrate the nations against her, the kings of the Medes, their governors, their prefects, and every land under their domination. As the Israel Bible points out, the Hebrew word for “thing”, davar , can also mean “word”. God introduces the consecration process by saying this is the “thing” that must be done. Have you obeyed this command? The Bible has examples of consecration of: Offerings – tithes and offerings that were delivered to the temple were consecrated because they served the work of God; in the same way, offerings given to the church are consecrated "Remember the day of the Sabbath, to consecrate it. Exodus 29. 6:13). 1 John 2:1-29 - My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. The Bible says, "You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the Lord your God" (Leviticus 20:7). The reason why they had not come to Pentecost was that as yet there was no Ascension. They were talking of breaking the vase, when the father said, "Now, my son, make one more try; open your hand and hold your fingers out straight, as you see me doing, and then pull." Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. "And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb" (Rev. "In conversion," says Dr. Chalmers, "God gives to me, but in consecration I give to God." Consecrate him, because he's the one who offers the food of your God. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work or shear the firstborn of your flock. This is another function of the precious Blood, in addition to the one we have already been considering, viz., cleansing from the guilt of sin. Consecration is simply recognizing Christ's ownership of me and saying to Him, "Lord, I am Yours by right, and I wish to be Yours by choice." They are holy or sacred. Consecrate the nations against her. When we turn from our idols to seek the Lord, we … Blow a trumpet in Zion,Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly. but in your hearts consecrate Christ as Lord, being always ready to make your defence to any one who asks from you a reason for the hope which you cherish. For seven days make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. So when Christ is "exalted," "enthroned," "glorified" in the believer's heart, from underneath His throne will the rivers begin to flow according to promise; but, no Ascension, no Pentecost; and let us remember, as has been already stated, that though life begins at the Cross, service does not begin till Pentecost. Remove everything impure from the holy place. Therefore, the LORD is going to give you meat and you'll eat, But the LORD rebuked Moses and Aaron, telling Moses: "Because you both didn't believe me, because you didn't consecrate me as holy in the presence of the Israelis, you won't be the ones to bring this congregation into the land that I'm about to give them.". Consecration [N] [S] the devoting or setting apart of anything to the worship or service of God. On that day he must consecrate his head again. NetBible, 84 occurrences in 12 translations, Old Testament (79), Exodus (24), Leviticus (13), Numbers (5), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (2), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (7), Nehemiah (1), Job (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (6), Ezekiel (6), Joel (3), Micah (1), New Testament (5), John (3), Hebrews (1), 1 Peter (1).