A: The Burnt Offering
This Sacrifice emphasizes Christ’s work as a person
offering Himself to God, pure and without spot or blemish. The sacrifice
is a sweet savour offering to God.
God is completely satisfied with work of the sacrifice
of the person of His only Son, Jesus Christ.
Read Leviticus 1 – The burnt offering
Read Leviticus 6:8-13 The Law of the burnt offering
for extra rules related to this offering.
1: The animals to be sacrificed were
to be taken from the herd, flock or fowl and had to be a male without
any blemishes or defects.
Jesus Christ was born
a man and was perfect, just as Adam was a man and created perfect. Speaking
about Christ, the scriptures say:
1 Peter 2:22
“He committed no sin, and no deceit
was found in His mouth.”
2: Jesus Christ came voluntarily, as His Father
sent him voluntarily.
Philippians 2:7
“Jesus Christ, who being the very
nature God--- made Himself nothing (of no reputation), taking the very nature
of a servant, being made in human likeness and being found in appearance
as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death, even the death
on a cross!”
3: The
animal was offered from the offerer’s own volition (Free will).
Here the Sovereignty
of God provides the sacrifice and the
free will
of man must accept the sacrifice offered, to be completely effective for
a person.
4: The hand of the offerer was placed upon
the head of the offering, so transferring the sin from the offerer to the
sacrifice.
The offerer then
killed the animal.
5: The blood was sprinkled against all the
sides of the altar indicating the work of Jesus Christ was sufficient and
available for all.
Isaiah 45:22
“Come to Me
and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I Am God and there is no other.”
6: The animal was skinned and cut into pieces.
Jesus Christ was cruelly treated at the hands of sinners, as prophesied
in the Old Testament.
John 19:1
“Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.”
Isaiah 52:14
“His appearance was so disfigured
beyond that of any man and His form marred beyond human likeness.”
8: The parts were laid upon the altar and
burned with fire, indicating that Jesus Christ received God’s judgement,
in our place.
9: The innards and legs were washed before
being offered, indicating that Christ had no worldly
pollution and defilement and was qualified as God’s acceptable offering
for sin.
10: The entire animal was burnt on the altar.
Christ’s sacrifice of Himself for us was complete, effective and total.
The same was done for
the offering from the flock.
11: If the offering was from the fowl its neck
was wrung off and the blood was drained out on the east side of the altar.
The feathers were plucked
and the crop removed and cast to the side of the altar, where the ashes
were.
The
Meal or Grain Offering
This sacrifice emphasizes the perfect person of Jesus Christ,
a perfect personality (Just as Adam was created), who was conceived and
born impeccably, and remained impeccable all the way through His life, being
indwelt, filled and empowered by the Holy Spirit. The pouring, spreading
and mixing of oil on various grain offerings demonstrated this.
He never once operated independently of the Father’s will,
even when He turned water into wine, calmed the ferocious storm, walked
on water and raised the dead.
He did exactly as His Father required through the power of
the Holy Spirit, never flinching for a moment from His task. He remained
true to
His Fathers purpose for Him.
Frankincense indicated the sweet aroma of the sacrifice of
the person of Christ, being as He was completely acceptable to be an offering.
Salt was used for the meal offering. Salt acts both as a preserver
and a food enhance.
God His Father preserved Jesus until the right time for His
sacrifice.
After living thirty years and being tempted by Satan in the
dessert,
God the Father said of Jesus Christ at His baptism.
Luke 3:22
“This is my beloved Son, with Him I am well pleased.”
Read Leviticus 2 – The meal offering
Read Leviticus 6:14-23 - The Law of the meal offering
for extra rules related to the offerings.
John
2:17
John
4:34
1 Peter 2:22-23
& 1:19
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His
mouth. When they hurled their insults at Him, He did not retaliate; when
He suffered, He made no threats. Instead, He entrusted Himself to Him who
judges justly.”
“A lamb without blemish or defect”
The
Peace\Fellowship Offering
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Read Leviticus 3 – The peace offering
Read Leviticus 7:11-21 - The Law of the meal offering
for extra rules related to the offerings.
The peace offering speaks of the whole work of Christ related
to the believer’s peace with God.
He made peace!
Colossians
1:20
“For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through
Him to reconcile to Himself all things in heaven, by making peace though
His blood on the cross”
Romans 5:1
“We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ”
He is our Peace
Ephesians 2:14
“He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the
barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the
law with it’s commandments and regulations. His
purpose was to create In Himself one new man out of two, thus making peace.”
Both God and the sinner meet in peace; God is propitiated
and the sinner reconciled, both alike satisfied with what Christ has done.
Through Christs work we have fellowship with God. The peace
offering provided food for the priests. The breasts and shoulders were the
priests food.
Eating of the meal is indicative of the believer partaking
in the character of Christ, being afforded the same assets as Christ had,
to live and to function.
The peace left for the church by Jesus.
John 14:27
“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you.
I do not give to you as the world gives to you. Do not let your hearts be
troubled or afraid.”
John 16:33
“I have taught you --- so that In Me you may have peace”
Colossians
3:15
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts”
Philippians
4:7
“Be anxious about nothing but in everything by prayer and petition with
thanksgiving, present your requests to God, and the peace of God which goes
beyond all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”
Isaiah 26:3
“You will keep him in perfect peace, him whose mind is steadfast (On You),
because He trusts in you.”
The perfect person and work of Christ provides our PEACE with
God, the basis of peace with each other.