124 Dedication. Certainly not Mine Though (Num 7)

Well here we go. (Again!)

Don't you hate it when you see a lame blog with the comment
"Well, it's been a while, but anyway........."?

Well, it's been a while, but anyway I thought after holidays and illness, trips away and getting back to work, I should continue.
I would love to say I've missed it, but it would only be partly true.
So a lie!
So I won't.
But I did. I did. I really did. A bit. A slightly, significant bit.
Glad I cleared that up.

Big news in my world recently has been the astonishing events in Liverpool last week.
Fernando Torres sold to Chelsea for 50 million pounds.
Sad day.
Could not believe it.
3 years of memories. Gone?
Nope. Not really.
Just making room for new ones. (Plus there are some simply spiffy ones that will not be forgotten.)
So we wish him the best and look forward to Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll.
There will always be fantastic footballers.
There will only be one Liverpool FC.

Numbers 7
Ah yes, offerings and sacrifice.
A practical point first.
Why did the chiefs of Israel bring offerings of oxen and wagons?
Did they know they were needed?
I already commented on the huge task of carrying everything to do with the tabernacle.
Being the leadership of a nation, I'm sure they were a practical group.
They knew what was happening.
Here was a chance to be involved.
To give what they had, to make a difference.
If you give a gift to a group of priests, does it become an offering?
Probably.
After the practical gift of a means of carrying stuff, they then bring more stuff to be carried. Practical in another sense.
Plates, basins, dishes and animals for sacrificing.

"Oh fantastic, these wagons will help us sooooo much lug stuff around. Thanks heaps."
"Um what's in the sacks on top?"
"Plates. Wow. Oh and basins. Super. Dishes, hey? Nice."
"Any brasso by chance?"

Just kidding.
First sanctified and anointed.
Now dedicated in a grand, grand manner.
These guys knew the importance of the tabernacle.
It deserved nothing less than the best.
They had the best.
They brought the best.