Human Response 487: Sacrifice, Offering, and Feasting

1 Chronicles 29:21-22 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. and did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great gladness, and they made Solomon the son of David king.

After David consolidated the kingdom, ruled wisely, wrote Psalms, and completed preparations for the temple, the people anointed Solomon and made him king with a great festival celebration. The feasting included thousands of sacrifices and offerings. Worship and thanksgiving to God knows no bounds. The anointing of Solomon was a big deal, for it assured the continuation of the Davidic dynasty, and for us, the Promise of the Davidic Covenant fulfilled in the person of the Son of David, the King of kings, the Messiah, our Eternal Savior.

The coronation of our King at the cross, the resurrection, and the ascension calls us to a great Feast, a celebratory party. Our sacrifice of praise and offering of self responds to the eternal sacrifice of Christ and to the subsequent crowning of the King of our lives. We celebrate His sacrifice with a great party every week in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. Holy Communion is both a remembrance of Jesus’ victory and coronation and an anticipation of the Feast to Come.

Every time we die to self in the service and blessing of others we are responding to the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus. And every time we eat and drink of Christ in the Lord’s Supper Feast we proclaim His death and celebrate the wonderful gift of Salvation from our King. And all of our life is a celebratory response of praise and thanksgiving. Life is good; our King is ruling.