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| Leviticus 4:8-12 |
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Lesson # Leviticus 4:8-12 Study Material - Leviticus 4:8-12 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. 4:8-12 8 'And he shall remove from it all the fat of the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat which is on the entrails, 9 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys 10 (just as it is removed from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings), and the priest is to offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering. 11 'But the hide of the bull and all its flesh with its head and its legs and its entrails and its refuse, 12 that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to a clean place outside the camp where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned. The remainder of the offering, the disassembly or cutting up of the bull is the same as for the peace offering except for the outer portions, the skin and the carcass of the bull itself. The fat portions, the two kidneys, and the covering of the liver, are returned to the alter and burned thereon. The remainder of the bull is taken out of the tabernacle court area to a place outside and burned outside. This place is the same location where the ashes are dumped. Jesus was taken outside of the city. He had been betrayed by all of His followers, all of the priests, all of His friends and acquaintances. There was no one who would stand up and speak for Him during His several trials and even up to the point of the Cross. No one came forward. Man has no part in the work of God. When it came right down to His time of need, only God was there for Him, and no one else. Thus the carcass was taken outside of the tabernacle to be burned. The ashes speak of the completed sacrifice. When there are ashes only, then the work is done. The ashes speak of the finished work of Christ on the Cross. This description of the sin offering is explained in Heb. 13:11-13, with respect to the body being burned outside the camp, likewise Christ was crucified outside the city gate. He had been forsaken by all. Forsaken by the Levitical priesthood which had by this time thoroughly compromised and distorted the whole Levitical ritual process and ceremonial feasts, Forsaken by His apostles and disciples who had lived with him for two plus years, hearing Jesus speak, seeing Him perform miracles almost on a daily basis. Forsaken by God the Father and God the Spirit on the Cross during those three final hours. All of this while outside the city, out in the sticks, humiliated and dishonored by all. So Jesus Christ became a total and complete rejection by all. It was thus that He performed the greatest work in all of history, and for each one of us though none of deserved it. So now the priest having performed this sin offering, was assured that though he was a total failure in life, that he had most likely committed sins unknowingly, as we all do, that by this act of the sin offering, he was cleansed and acceptable by God. Assured also that God would fulfill His plan, though man cannot fulfill man's plans, that God despite all of the betrayals would complete His work and provide a freedom for mankind such as none has ever known. The one word that is excluded from these instructions is 'confess'. That word will come up in Lev. 5:5, when the known sins are taken up. Here the offering is for unknown sins. If one does not know that He has sinned, then there is no confession. You would not know what to confess. But the priesthood was an extremely important function in the lives of not only the priests but for the general population. If the priests waited until they sinned, to make their confession, then they might be out of fellowship for some time, before they realize their carnal state. The spiritual life is only promoted while inside the sphere of fellowship. Therefore made it quite clear that the priests should present this offering regularly to insure their fellowship state, to insure their continued and uninterrupted teaching of Bible doctrine. Likewise in each of our lives, not a day should go by that we miss our regular confession to God the Father, both in the morning and evening, to cover ourselves for those sins that we have forgotten about during a busy day. This to insure our continued spiritual status in fellowship, so that we do not loose ground, but remain inside Gods sphere of protection, in that Holy Place. 
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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