What is a holy convocation

What is a holy convocation?

Knowing and believing that Jesus Christ is our High Priest should also raise our consciousness in knowing and understanding what it means to have a holy convocation because the main duty of a high priest is to officiate and be the mediator between God and man and with reference to Jesus Christ we are told; “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus” (1Timothy 2:5).

We should also bear in mind that when Moses was about to build the tabernacle he was divinely instructed saying; “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain." Signifying that, the earthly tabernacle was a copy and shadow of the heavenly tabernacle. But today, with the real tabernacle in heaven and with Jesus Christ our High Priest we are told that; “Now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises” (Hebrews 8: 5-6).

We have also been duly instructed saying; “But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance” (Hebrews 9:11-15).

Therefore the crux of the matter is; “For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.” And the reality is, Jesus Christ is no exception. For we have been duly instructed saying; “Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.’

“For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One (Jesus Christ) also have something to offer. For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain." But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises” (Hebrews 5:1; 8:1-6).

And so the logical question is, is there a protocol, an appointed time ordained by God for Jesus Christ our High Priest to offer to the Father an offering on our behalf! Since the rationale for the offering is to cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God because, God is light and does not associate with darkness and this is what we have been admonished saying:

“This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness: If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us” (1John 1:5-10).

Therefore, the main objective of having a holy convocation is to offer the Lord the food for His offerings as we have been duly instructed saying; “These are the feasts of the LORD which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day.’

Now please note carefully that this offering is besides (or in addition to observing) the Sabbaths of the LORD, besides our gifts, besides all our vows, and besides all our freewill offerings which we give to the LORD” (Leviticus 23: 37-38).

Because the rationale for this offering is to cleanse us from all sins so as to be presented holy, sinless, blameless and irreproachable in the presence of the Father and to have fellowship with Him and His Son who is officiating as our High Priest and also with one another and therefore, the appointed times which the Lord commanded saying; “Command the children of Israel, and say to them, 'My offering, My food for My offerings made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me, you shall be careful to offer to Me at their appointed time”  (Numbers 28:2).

Thus signifying that, this command has not been abolished but rather has been reformed in order to fulfill the second established will of the Father and thus establishing the new and living way to the throne of grace so as to have fellowship with one another and with the Father and the Son. Therefore, the most important integral component of true worship is that of offering the Lord the food for Hs offerings.

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With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph