When something is a precious treasure, its owner wants it to be safe and secure. That’s you! The consecration ceremony was vital for Israel. The priests would be their lifeline to God. After Moses washed and dressed them, and anointed Aaron, the bull and two rams were taken. Remember how serious it was for a […]
Do we understand that the path of service for God is always downward? “Humble yourselves.” The priests had been washed, clothed, and Aaron anointed. And now they watched Moses do what they would observe thousands of times in the years ahead. He brought the bull to center stage, “the bull for the sin offering” (Lev […]
Many roles require uniforms, but none are quite like Israel’s priests. After all, God designed them! In our last study, we noticed the list of ingredients for the priests’ consecration: “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, the anointing oil, a bull as the sin offering, two rams, and a basket of […]
Originally God wanted all His people to be priests; and that’s how it is now with His people! Priests (kohenim) are cited 55 times in the first seven chapters of Leviticus. Up to this point, all the detailed information about the sacrifices has been just theory for them. Before a priest could lift a finger […]
Isn’t the Lord a wonderful Host? He wants to include us all as His guests of honor at the table. Whether in the list of the offerings (Lev 1-5), where God starts at one end, we at the other, and we meet in the middle, or in the law of the offerings (chs 6-7), where […]
Read More… from April 11, 2022 — Peace Through His Power & Love
“Bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!” (1 Chron 16:29). Holy! Six times in six verses (Lev 6:25-30) we are told that everything pertaining to the sin offering must be holy. The sin offering was “most holy” (v 25). The flesh of the animal was then […]
Read More… from April 8, 2022 — Sin And Trespass Offering Redux
The food we eat was living once, and died so we can live. But then it comes back to life in us! Leviticus 6:14-18 focuses on those grain offerings from which the priests could eat a portion; verses 19-23 describe the grain offerings that were all for God. We earlier quoted the words of our […]
Our lives are combustible, but we need the Lord to examine our treasures to see if they’re fireproof. In Leviticus 6:8-13, we have God instructing the priests regarding the fire for the burnt offering. What is the big issue? God tells us THREE times: “The fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.…it […]
God is an excellent teacher, and builds “precept upon precept” and “line upon line” to help us. So there we have it: the five main offerings given to the children of Israel and ultimately revealing five glorious aspects of Christ’s person and work. Leviticus 1, the burnt offering, which was all for God’s possession. Chapter […]