![]() ![]() ![]() Ceremonial cleansing after an issue of blood reached completion on the 8th day.A healed leper was declared clean on the 8th day.In general, any lamb, goat or bullock was not acceptable for offering until the 8th day of its life. With livestock, your sacrifice of first fruits to God was to be on the 8th day.The priestly ordination of Aaron and his sons was completed on the 8th day.An Israelite entered into God’s Covenant by being circumcised on the 8th day.Israel was constantly reminded of the 8th day. And all through the Old Testament, God gave us hints and examples, shadows and types providing a foretaste of what that blessed day would look like. In response, we eagerly ask, “What happens next? What happens on the 8th day?”Īlas, Adam’s sin introduced a dark twist into the story, and thousands of years would pass before we could see the glory of the 8th day. In the beginning, God took six days to create the heavens and the earth, and He rested on the seventh. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Our God is One. ![]() Transcription by Maria Powell of Dormition Text Services This sermon was preached on by Father Joseph Gleason on Low Sunday, Apat Christ the King Orthodox Church in Omaha, Illinois. ![]()
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