- Ascribe
to the Lord the glory due to His name
The fourth integral aspect of true
spiritual worship is to ascribe to the Lord the glory due to His name and this we do by presenting ourselves before
Him at His appointed Feast days for thus says the Lord; “You shall keep My
Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD” (Leviticus
19:30; 26:2).
Every Sabbath ascribes to the Lord
the glory due to His name for what He did for humanity on that particular day
for example:
- The
weekly Sabbath (Saturday)
This day ascribes to the Lord the
glory due to His name as the Creator. For thus says the Lord; “Therefore the
children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout
their generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the
children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the
earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed” (Exodus
31:16-17).
- Passover
and days of Unleavened bread
On the Passover and the days of
Unleavened Bread we ascribe to the Lord the glory due to His name as our Redeemer
and Savior, thus expressing our joy, gratitude and thanksgiving to the Lord for
delivering us from sin.
- The Feast of First Fruits
This is the Sunday which falls
during the seven days of Unleavened Bread, on that day we ascribe to the Lord
the glory due to His name as being our resurrection and the life. This is the
day that Jesus Christ ascended to heaven and presented Himself to the Father on
our behalf after His resurrection.
This is not to say that Jesus
Christ resurrected on a Sunday because we have been duly instructed saying; “Now
after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great
earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled
back the stone from the door, and sat on it” (Matthew 28:1-2).
Meaning that, when Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary came to see the tomb, it had just begin to dawn towards the
first day of the week, meaning that it was not yet the first day of the week
and at that time Jesus was already reason.
- On
the Feast of Pentecost
On that day we ascribe to the Lord
the glory and honor due to His name as our Helper, Teacher, Healer, Provider
and commemorating the arrival of the Holy Spirit.
- On the Feast of Trumpets
On that day we ascribe to the Lord
the glory and honor due to His name as being our Deliverer and Conqueror.
- On
the Day of Atonement
On that day we ascribe to the Lord
the glory and honor due to His name as being our Atonement and High Priest;
- On
the Feast of Tabernacles,
During this festival we ascribe to
the Lord the glory and honor due to His name as being the King of kings and
Lord of lords and also commemorating the date of His Birth.
- On
the Eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles
On that day we ascribe to the Lord
the glory and honor due to His name our Circumcision especially Gentiles as we
have been duly admonished saying; “Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles
in the flesh --- who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the
Circumcision made in the flesh by hands ---that at that time you were without
Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the
covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in
Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of
Christ” (Ephesians
2: 11-13).
This day also ascribe to the Lord
the glory due to His name as being the Eternal God.
To be continued
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With brotherly Love
Lucius Joseph
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