Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

[Sung Psalm: 90] In Romans 15, Paul will refer to the "priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable." Where would Paul have gotten the idea of offering people to God? Obviously, human sacrifice is condemned and forbidden by God! Well, Isaiah 66:19-21 speaks about how God will send survivors to the nations – those who "have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to the LORD...just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD. And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the LORD." Now, I realize that some commentators think that "all your brothers from all the nations" refer merely to Jewish exiles being returned home. I don't pretend to know what was in Isaiah's mind – but on the authority of the apostle Paul, I am willing to state that what was in God's mind when he inspired