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| Leviticus 1:14-17 |
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Lesson # Leviticus 1:14-17 Study Material - Leviticus 1:14-17 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. 1:14-17 14 'But if his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the turtledoves or from young pigeons. 15 'And the priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; and its blood is to be drained out on the side of the altar. 16 'He shall also take away its crop with its feathers, and cast it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the ashes. 17 'Then he shall tear it by its wings, but shall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. 'If the offering be from birds?' Here is the offering for the poor of the land. Two birds are acceptable - doves and pigeons. The dove signifying the deity of Christ, the pigeon signifying the humanity of Christ. The bird sacrifice in itself signifying the resurrection of Christ, whereas the bull offering stood for Christ as the obedient servant of God complying with the plan of God and Gods will. Christ's sole purpose for coming into this world was to be obedient to God the Father and go to the Cross. He did not come into this world to lead a rebellion against the Romans, or establish His own empire, or even to bring love and peace to humanity as is depicted in so much propaganda that is false in this world. The sacrificial lamb of God is the concept of the second offering, where Christ went to the Cross as an innocent lamb without sin in thought or deed, but quiet as a lamb whose sole purpose in life was to go to the slaughter. Now the third animal which was acceptable was the bird offering, for poor people. All peoples were required to bring an offering at least once per year. In order to be fair to all, then God allowed certain animals which are available to all peoples to be offered. But people must comply within their economic means. If a rich man who had herds of cattle were to offer a pigeon, then that would be rejected as an insult to God. By the same token if you or I had vast wealth and we held back that wealth from contributions to God or to Gods work such as your local church etc. Then you would be insulting God from the sin of greed yo or I were committing and therefore out of fellowship and subject to discipline. Spiritual growth or advancement does not occur while a person is out of fellowship. The bird offering is offered by the priest not the offerer. Though it is offered from the least of peoples in economic terms, the poor, it is the greatest of offerings for it depicts the victory of Christ on the Cross and His resurrection and glorification. Only a priest can offer a sacrifice for the total work of Christ on the Cross through resurrection. In the other offerings the primary focus is on the judgment of sin, but in the bird offering there is a different emphasis - the deity and humanity of Christ combined into one person making Him the unique person of the universe. The head is wrung off and the blood sprinkled on the judgment side of the alter, northward. This depicts the judgment of Christ on the Cross. Spiritual death followed by the physical death and the blood representing the covering of mans sins which were judged by the death of the sacrificial person, Jesus Christ. The feathers were plucked and these are pushed off of the alter onto the ash pile to the east of the alter, which signifies the judicial sentence for sin which has been carried out, and therefore will never be needed again. Once sin has been judged it cannot be judged again. The ashes represent the conclusion of the sentence which will never be executed again for the offerer who provided the sacrificial bird. The bird is then cut down the center but not severed in half. It remains a single bird still held together representing the unique person of Christ, both God and man combined in the same person in a unique hypostatic union. There are billions of peoples who have lived throughout history, but only one who qualified as this unique God - man person, Jesus Christ. God would provide at the proper time in history a candidate for the Cross. God, and specifically the Son of God, would become man by means of the virgin pregnancy. He would live a pure life and therefore be qualified for the Cross. This principle of doctrine was taught since Adam's time and never changed. This singleness of the bird though cut down the center represents the singleness of purpose and the devotion to Gods plan as well as the continuation of the unity of the God - man despite the judgment on the Cross. The Cross did not in any way detract from the essence of God nor diminish His plan or purpose for mankind, especially those who believe in Him. The burning represents the completion of the offering, the judgment as prescribed by God, compliance with Gods plan, and Gods satisfaction with the sacrificial process as He had authorized it. The sweet savor of the aroma is Gods satisfaction with the offering. 
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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