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| Leviticus 1:10-13 |
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Lesson # Leviticus 1:10-13 Study Material - Leviticus 1:10-13 You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth. Lev. 1:10-13 10 'But if his offering is from the flock, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer it a male without defect. 11 'And he shall slay it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD, and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 12 'He shall then cut it into its pieces with its head and its suet, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. 13 'The entrails, however, and the legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer all of it, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. Just as the offering of the bull portrayed Jesus as the servant of God, the one submitting obediently to His plan, so too the offering from the 'flocks', the lamb or goat portrayed the 'lamb of God', the sacrificial lamb, who, though innocent and without blemish of any king, went willingly to the alter of judgment. Not everyone had a herd of cattle from which to select a prize bull for offering, so the next category of economic society (call them the middle class) would probably have sheep and goats, and that was the second acceptable animal for offering. Here the sacrificial process was exactly as with the bull. Though the verses are summarized in a yet briefer script, the procedure was the same and the Jewish peoples knew and understood this. Centuries earlier Abraham took his son to the mountain and was going to offer him up as instructed, Gen. 22. Isaac who was the child, observed that there was wood and fire, but where was the 'lamb'? Abraham's response was that God would provide 'himself' a lamb for the burnt sacrifice. Even John the Baptist made reference to Jesus when he saw Him coming, 'behold the lamb of God'. Man does not provide the sacrificial candidate, but God will provide the candidate for the work of salvation is the sole work of God. Mans contribution to this process is not included. Man is merely to believe and thus accept it as truth from God, and obey the commands of God concerning the salvation procedure. At that time the people went through the sacrificial procedure as one form of their Bible study. Today we study the scriptures as own form of our Bible study. The procedure is the same as described before. The animal was presented without blemish - the external perfection of Christ. Christ lived for 33+ years without committing any overt sins, therefore no blemish or flaw could be viewed on Him. The animal was tied to the alter by sinners as Christ was nailed to the Cross by sinners. The hands were placed on the head to represent the transfer of mans sins from man onto the animal. Jesus was mad sin for us. The offerer stood on the northward side of the alter, the side of judgment, and directly in front of the tabernacle, ' in the face of God', thus God could observe the entire process and declare it acceptable. The knife was plunged into the throat of the sacrificial animal and as it bled to death, the principle of spiritual death (my God my God why hast thou forsaken me) and the judgment of sins was portrayed. The blood was caught in the basin and sprinkled all about the alter. The offerer was covered in blood as were the priests standing in attendance. The blood represents the offering of the life of Jesus Christ in behalf of our lives. The blood atoned for our sins, that is it covered our sins and sealed them from further judgment forever. After the bleeding process ended the animal died physically, so Christ died physically after His work on the Cross was completed, 'it is finished'. The animal was skinned and cut to pieces. Those in observance could see the inner purity and no blemishes inside the animal. Jesus had pure thoughts and no mental sins or motives in His life. Therefore with His daily life, both the external life and the internal life, was perfect. He was impeccable and qualified for the Cross. The inner parts, the guts, and legs were washed at the brazen laver. The laver stood between the alter and the tabernacle indicating the need for fellowship with God, but first man must be cleansed from the sin in his life. Isa. 64 describes mans righteousness as filthy rags and therefore man must be cleansed before he can approach God. The washing is the confession process of cleansing sin from our daily life so that we might be in fellowship and commune with God, which therefore qualifies us for service for God. The 'guts' were washed to depict our inner Christian life. The Christian life is in the soul not what you do in life. What you think is what you are. The legs being washed represents the daily life of the believer. Application of doctrine to your daily activities. Your thinking determines what you do not visa versa. Doctrine in the soul which gets there by means of your daily study determines your thought process. The placement of the offering on the alter, the wood and the fire complete the package. The wood representing the human good of mankind which is rejected and thus burned up and discarded. The fire represents the judgment of mans sins. The animal parts representing the work of Christ on the Cross. All are burned and the smoke rises upward toward heaven where God smells the aroma of the entire process, observes that it is in compliance with His plan, that nothing has been added to it nor taken away from it. Therefore God accepts this offering and is propitiated - satisfied. The entire process takes place on the alter. Man is not on the alter but standing beside it observing. Man has no part in the salvation process except for his mental decision to believe. God does all the work. Mans works are rejected. Therefore faith is all that is required to be saved. No works of mankind can be added to it to improve it. God has done all the work. Thus now the instructions for the second animal acceptable for the first offering, the burnt offering have now been documented for our benefit as they were for the benefit of generations subsequent to Moses time. 
Now is the time to post a prayer. End Of Lesson Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth. |
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