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| Leviticus 1:6-9 |
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Lesson # Leviticus 1:6-9 Study Material - Leviticus 1:6-9 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. 1:6-9 6 'He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. 7 'And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. 8 'Then Aaron's sons, the priests, shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the suet over the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. 9 'Its entrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. The offerer skins and cuts up the animal, removing the inner parts which are taken to the brazen wash basin for thorough washing, then returned to the alter and laid out in order along with the head and pieces, on top of the wood for burning of the entire offering. The bull is a prize bull therefore perfect an without defect on its exterior which represents the perfect life of Christ. He committed no overt sins during his 33 year life here on earth. The skinning of the bull reveals the inner perfection of the bull, a thick layer of fat on this prize bull and again no defects can be seen inside the bull which represents the perfect mental attitude of Christ. He had no sinful motives or thoughts while here on this earth. Thus Jesus Christ is represented as the perfect candidate for the sacrifice on the Cross. The cutting into pieces represents the tearing apart and therefore the judgment which occurred on the Cross. He received the full wrath of God when he was judged on the Cross. So the bull represents the tearing apart of Jesus Christ in judgment. Though the bull was actually cut apart in this traumatic display, it is intended to gain the attention of those present to teach the degree of judgment which the future savior must endure in order to secure our salvation. Jesus was not dismembered while on the Cross. The inner parts were removed and washed in the brazen laver, a wash basin, where all utensils which are to be used in the service of God must first be washed. The laver was placed between the alter of sacrifice and the tent of meeting. No one can enter service of God unless they first acknowledge the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross, and second they must be washed which represents fellowship and therefore sin free. Then and only then may they enter into the tent of meeting and the residence of God. But only priests can enter. A priest is one who has been recognized and anointed as same by God. Man cannot anoint himself and thus promote himself to some higher position and expect to be accepted by God. There are two concepts of sin here. The first is judgment. This takes place on the Cross, and in this case on the alter. The entire offering takes place on the alter. The person making the offering is not on the alter only the bull depicting Jesus Christ. So only God does the work of salvation. The offerer's feelings are of no consequence. How you feel is irrelevant. Being sorry, or guilty, or promising not to ever do it again are not an issue. Mans works, mans contributions to salvation are totally rejected. The wood represents mans works. Those things that man offers throughout his life are totally burned up and discarded. The important items such as the head represent the mind of Christ, His implacability and uniqueness. The legs represent the daily walk on the Christian way of life - in fellowship. Remember that the legs were washed then returned to the alter. So here we have the two concepts of sin. First it is judged. The price is paid and thereafter there is not further judgment for sin. The second concept is forgiveness and that occurs in two stages. The first is at the point of faith in Christ, when a person believes in Christ. At that point his sins are forgiven and he is entered into fellowship with God. His sins are washed and he is expected to walk in life in this status of fellowship. But of course we don't do that because we are weak people. So when we commit our first sin we are immediately out of fellowship. So as the priests were instructed to continually wash before their service, we too must wash or confess our sins to God in order to regain our fellowship status and therefore are qualified to serve God. This then is the total package of the offering of the bull. The offering is set on fire and the smoke rises up to God, who accepts it as to its compliance with His will. This is the concept of propitiation. God is appeased, God accepts this offering because it is what He commands and it is from the work of God, not man. Man cannot add to it, nor take away from it. The lesson was complete. This sacrifice was performed twice a day every day of the year. But on one day of the year, on the Day of Atonement, this sacrifice was performed by the High Priest, who carried the blood inside the inner room inside the tent, into the Holy of Holies ( the inner room), and sprinkled the blood on the mercy seat, a seat which was on top of the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark was a box containing three items - the tables of the law, Aaron's rod the budded, and a pot of manna, all three of which depict mans rejection of God and His plan. The law represents the rejection of Gods authority, the rod represents rejection of Gods plan, the manna represents rejection of Gods provision. The blood is sprinkled over these sins and they are covered. God is satisfied with the sacrifice. The repetition of this offering teaches doctrine. The animal sacrifices never saved even one individual, but they taught the principles of salvation and fellowship, of Christ's perfect qualifications for the Cross, of Gods explicit requirements for having a relationship with God, and that their compliance will satisfy God as to sin and the reconciliation of man out from sin. These sacrifices were also a shadow of sorts pointing to the reality of the Cross, such that, when the event of the Cross became a reality, these sacrifices were abrogated. But of course the Jews rejected Christ and continued the sacrifices, so God brought it all to a halt with the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Jerusalem was more or less leveled in that battle. That stopped the sacrificial rituals. Today we have the completed written scriptures and our sacrifice is our daily Bible study as it were.. Our faith in Jesus Christ is our acceptance of His work on the Cross just as the offering of the bull was their acceptance of the future work of Christ on the Cross. Our daily study and application of Bible doctrine to our daily lives, is our daily walk in the Christian way of life, the washed legs of the bull. Our confession to God of our sins is our fellowship procedure, as the washing of the temple utensils, etc. represented the concept of fellowship in Moses day. So from Adam to our current day, the concepts of salvation, of fellowship, of the daily spiritual life have not changed. God is consistent and unchanging, therefore reliable and dependable. In the Christian life there is security and stability. 
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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