In the Old Testament of the King James version of the Bible, every time you read confess, confessed, confesseth, confessing, confession, know that they are translated from the word Yadah except in two references which are translated from Towdah.
In the New Testament these same words are translated from Homologeo, Exomologeo or Homologia and mean "to speak the same thing." The implication is that we are to raise the hands as in a court of law swearing to speak the truth. In other words, say what God says. For example, II Cor. 5:17 says, "if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation ". So I raise my hands and confess, I am in Christ and therefore I am a new creation. Verse 21, "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." Therefore, I confess I am the righteousness of God in Christ. This is how we apply God's word to our life.
The first time Towdah appears in scripture is in connection with the peace offering (Lev. 7:11). When this sacrifice was offered it represented either a thanksgiving (Lev. 7:12) or service (Lev. 7:16) to God. With regard to the other offerings it was the last to be performed (Lev. 7:37) and signified Israel's fellowship and communion with God. This points to the fact that Jesus was our sacrifice through whom we have peace with the Father. Romans 5:1; Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
God's portion was the fat. Fat surrounds the organs giving them some protection with the main purpose of supplying nutrition. This speaks that the health and vitality of our spiritual life are required by and belong to God. To the priest who offered the fat and the blood, the right thigh signified strength being given. The priest would receive the thigh and offer it to God as a heave offering. Then it would be his for food. As kings and priest to God, when we are called to a work, He gives us the strength to accomplish it. Furthermore, that is the place where our provisions are provided.
The children of the priest received the breast. The typology of the breast is affection and love. Jesus is the great High Priest. And the children of the Priest is the church. As Christians we have one law. The law of LOVE. When we talk like Jesus, act like Jesus and give like Jesus, we are offering the breast of the sacrifice -- the love of God which is Jesus.
Finally, the flesh belonged to the offerer. John 6:53; "Then Jesus said to them, most assuredly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you." And verse 56; "He who eats thr flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and I in him." How do we eat His flesh and drink His blood that we may have eternal life and abide in Him?
"It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and they are life. But there are some of you who do not believe" John 6:63,64. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God..., And the Word became flesh." John 1:1,14.
To eat the flesh is to feast upon the Word of God. To drink the blood is to partake of the new covenant by believing and acting upon His Word. One way to act upon the Word is to make confession of it. Say the same thing it says. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving (Towdah) and into His courts with praise (Tehillah) Ps. 100:4. The court is where the King is, His presence. The entrance into the court or His presence is through the gate. Jesus, the Word, is our entrance into the presence of God. This Psalm not only tells us the attitude in which we are to approach God, but that the confession of His Word is the entrance into His presence, His fellowship and communion.
