ADONAI IS GOING TO APPEAR

“…because today Adonai is going to appear to you.”

It was on the eighth day that Moshe called to Aharon, his sons, and the leaders of Is’rael and requested a male calf, a ram, and an ox. The requested animals had significance. They were to be used in the sacrifices that Moshe was about to lead the people in. The male calf would be used for a sin offering while the ram would be used for a burnt offering. The ox would follow in being used for the peace offering, all sacrifices before Adonai, and all because Adonai was going to appear.
In reading over this passage, one thing sticks out. Well maybe more than one. Obviously one can see the degree of obedience Moshe had to the request of Adonai on the eighth day. But the piece that sticks out the most to me is that when Moshe learned that Adonai was going to appear, he held nothing back. He didn’t get animals that would just cut it, but he got the best ones. The command of Adonai and the command for the sacrifice is unblemished animals. I bring this up and am awestruck by it because as I think about what I have offered to Adonai in my sacrifices in the past has not been unblemished. In fact, I can easily think of times when I have given just the bare minimum, or just the borderline amount.
If I am unwilling to first of all obey Adonai, why would He come? But then just as well, if I am unwilling to give Him what He desires and requires, why would He come? Does He not deserve more? Does He not deserve my obedience to His requests? Adonai is going to appear – what are we going to offer Him?

Leviticus 9:1-16