GOSPEL LIGHT #781

 Priest Offers Himself Without Sacrifice - Gets Burned 

JERUSALEM - In an unprecedented display of devotion, priest Yakov Eliab reportedly gave  and offered himself fully to God in the temple yesterday showing up empty-handed, without any sacrifice whatsoever. 

Eyewitnesses say Eliab entered the Holiest part of the temple, arms raised, and shouted, “Lord, take me! I am yours!”

In an instant, Eliab was engulfed in fire. When the smoke cleared, nothing remained of him - not a hair, not a robe, even his very shadow was burned. From somewhere inside the flames, a tiny, singed voice called out: “Okay! Okay! Next time… I’ll just bring a lamb!” Then there was only silence. 

Temple scribes shook their heads and muttered, “We told him not to do it but he insisted that giving himself should count for something.”

In the meantime, another figure stood at the doorway of the temple, positioned himself, and ready to pray the sinner’s prayer inside, without a sacrifice. He will not be bring any sacrifice at all but will just say inside that he will accept the lamb in his heart.