Leviticus I
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Leviticus 1 focuses on one offering, the burnt offering. The burnt offering was not about forgiveness of sin. Rather, it was designed to initiate contact with God—which was viewed as a dangerous thing.
Leviticus 1 focuses on one offering, the burnt offering. The burnt offering was not about forgiveness of sin. Rather, it was designed to initiate contact with God—which was viewed as a dangerous thing.
deserves some attention and secondly is there are things in here that I want to touch on that will sort of help us kind of have the Israelite in our head
deserves some attention and secondly is there are things in here that I want to touch on that will sort of help us kind of have the Israelite in our head
Gift Theory
Gift Theory
Presence Theory
Presence Theory
Communion Theory
Communion Theory
Consecration Theory
Consecration Theory
Then Yahweh called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of assembly, saying, “Speak to the Israelites, and say to them, ‘When a person from you presents an offering to Yahweh, you shall present your offering from domestic animals, from the cattle or from the flock.
If his offering is a burnt offering from the cattle, then he must present an unblemished male; he must present it at the door of the tent of assembly for his acceptance before Yahweh.
“ ‘He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering and it will be accepted for him in order to make atonement for him.
Atonement Language
Atonement Language
“ ‘He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering and it will be accepted for him in order to make atonement for him. He must slaughter the young bull before Yahweh, then Aaron’s sons, the priests, will present the blood and sprinkle the blood all around the altar that is at the door of the tent of assembly.
Then he must remove the skin of the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. The sons of Aaron the priest will put fire on the altar and arrange the wood on the fire. Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, will arrange the pieces of meat, the head, and the suet on the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar. Then he must wash its inner parts and its lower leg bones with water, and the priest will turn into smoke the whole animal on the altar as a burnt offering by fire, as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.
“ ‘But if his offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats for a burnt offering, he must present an unblemished male.
“When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, they will each give the ransom of his life for Yahweh when counting them, and a plague will not be among them when counting them.
Proximity to God was Dangerous
Proximity to God was Dangerous
Therefore let us approach with confidence to the throne of grace, in order that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.