172
T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
There must be an offering to take the place of the violator of law. (Gal. 3:13). “ C h r i s t hath re d e e m e d us fr o m the c u r s e ' o f th e la w , b ein g m a d e a cu rse fo r us; for i t is w ritte n, C u r s e d is e v e r y o n e that hange th u p o n a tree .” (5) The details of substitution. The offender does not
IV. The Sin Offering (Lev. 1:3-5). 'Hie sin offering and the trespass offering were sacrifices for, sin. The-sin offering must be ■withput blemish (Lev. 4:3). The hand of the-offerer was placed on the head of the victim. Note how the blood was applied (Lev. 4:25- 34). Òn the Day of Atonement the high priest entered the holy of holies, took the blood of the sin offering for him self, and sprinkled it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat, seven times. In the sin offering, instead of the sacrifice being con sumed whplly upon the altar, it was carried, without the camp and there consumed (Heb. 13:11, 12). The sin of fering was especially for those who sinned ignorantly ( 1 John 1:8). V. The Trespass Offering (Lev. 6:2-6). Accompanying this offering there was demanded restora tion of anything stolén or found and not given to the own er. A penalty commensurate with the crime was made, following the atonement. The trespass offering was fixed (Lev. 5:15). God Him self provided the trespass ; offering for us, and fixed the value. It was His own Son., All the types find their fuL Ailment in Him (Rom. ,11:33) 1 MÈ Introduction. The location of the offerings and their laws is as follows: The Burnt Offering (Ch. 1) and its laws ( 6 : 8-13). The Meal Offering (Ch.-2) and its laws (6:14-23). The Peace Offering (Ch, 3) and,-itfs laws, (7,:i 1-34). The Sin Offering/(Ch. 4) and its laws ( 6 : COMMENTS 25-30). The Trespass Offering (5:1- FROM THE 6 , 7) and itS laws (7:1-7). Note that COMMENTARIES . the directions, about the offerings: are V. V. Morgan addressed “to the ¡people” (1:2; ,4.:,?), and the directions regarding' the law's, “to the priests” (6 :9 ,25 ).—Evans. 1:1-17 _This is called the' Burnt Offering because the en tire offering was burned,. It is'the ascending offering as contrasted with the descending offering (the Sin Offering). It may be, viewed in a twofold manner: Christward, and in its relation'to the believer. Viewed Christward/ it typi fies the personal consecration and thè absolute surrender of Christ to the Father. , The blood of this offering is %'aid to ascend, just as the odor of a . sweet-gpreliing-sacrifice, ascends to heaven. Every detail of this saçriff'Çe,points to Jesus 1 Christ. The offering must be a ma1b an<1 without- blemish,, on-the head of Which* the priest must lean'his hands heavily. So Christ was without blemish and without spot (Eph. 5:2; 1 Pet. 1:18,; 19)- It whs. on the sacred head ôf Christ ‘that the sins of the world leaned hard. (Isa. 53 : 6 ). With this offering, as "With"Christ, God was well pleased (Matt. 3:16, 17). If God had not been pleased with Christ, there would be no hope forsus. Views with relation to the believer, ft .shows that God accepts him in Christ and that He 'is wëll-pleàsing 'in the Beloved ; that God has “His inheritance in the saints” and that He is well pleased with us in Christ (Eph. 1:6; 18).—Evans. { 2 : 1 . We call the second offering the “meal” instead Of. the meat offering, following the Revised Version. The burnt and meal offerings really belong, together.. They are both offerings of consecration. The meal offering, composed mainly of fine flour, is generally taken to repre sent a consecrated life in its use; for mankind, since flour is the universal food of man. Our Lord’s, life represents this consecration in such places as Matt. 10:28 and Acts 10:38, and is a consecration to God for thé service of mahkind,, which He offered and God accepted on behalf of all who 1 put their faith in Him. Taking the. offering âs .a whole, it-, may be said to symbolize,.His, fulfilment on our .behalf of the second table of the law, just as the burnt offering sym bolizes His fulfilment on our behalf of the first table. Of 1 course, in fulfilling the first He fulfilled the second, but in: the burnt offering the one thought predominates and in the meal offering the other.thpught-—H^ray. 3:1 The meaning of “peace” in this case includes not only tranquility of mind based on a cessation of hostilities “ O the d ep th o f 1 the riche s b o th o f 1 th e w i s d o m a ed g e, o f G o d ! ho w u n sea rch ab le a re his jud gmen t w a y s pa st fi n d in g out! ”
decide what shall be offered for his sin, but the one against whom the:offence has been :committed is alone competent to decide the details. The Lord Jesus is fully set forth in the types which we Arid in this lesson. No single offering could typify the sacrifice of Christ (Heb. 9:11, 12)
“ B u t C h r i s t be ing c o m e a n h ig h pr ie st o f g oo d t h in g s to c o m e , b y a g r e a t e r a n d m o r e pe r fe c t tab ern acl e, not m a d e w it h h a n d s , t h a t i s to say , no t o f t h is b u ild in g ; . Ne ith er - b y th e b l o o d o f g o a t s a n d c alv es , b n t b y hi s o w n b l o o d he entere d in o n ce into the holy p la ce, ha vin g o b ta i n e d et er nal r ed em p ti o n for u s. ” Let us look, now, at these five offerings and see the pic ture of our Saviour in them all. I. The Burnt Offering is named first of all, although the sin offering comes logically first..
Jesus was a voluntary offering, He gave Himself a sacrifice for sin. The burnt offering was the morning and evening sacrifice (Num. 28:3-8). Three offerings were specified,—-a bullock, a lamb, a dove (Lev. 1:3, 10, 14) according to the, ability of the offerer and all equally ac ceptable. It will be remembered that Joseph and Mary brought the doves, signifying their station in life (Luke 2:22-24). The offerer came to the door of the tabernacle and stood facing the brazen altar. The priests came and accom panied him to the brazen altar. He placed his hand, upon the sacrifice (Lev. 1:4). The offering was slain'and the blood sprinkled and poured out, and the body of the sac rifice burnt at the altar. This is a type of full surrender (Rom. 12:1; 2 Cor. 5:14, 15). The offering was made to God, and His acceptance was a sweet-smelling savor (Lev. 1:9). Christ surrendered Himself—held nothing back (Rom. 15:3). God accepted Him and His offering (Eph. 5:2; Phil. 4:18). II. The Meat Offering (Lev. 2:1-3). This was a vege table offering—bloodless—consisting of unbaked flour, baked loaves or cakes (Lev. 2:4-6) or green, ears of corn (Lev. 2:14-16). The offering consisted Of fine flour, frank incense, oil and salt,—oil being a type of the Holy Spirit; frankipcense, of purity; salt, of inCorruption. Salt accom panied all offerings (Lev. 2:13;. Col. 4:6). Honey and leaven were excluded from this offering. *Leaven is always a type of corruption ( 1 Cor. 5:6-8)'. (The teacher should not fail to notice this and improve the’ occasion to, .correct the gross misunderstanding of the word “leaven” Which is so prevalent.) . 3 * v This offering was always accompanied by a blood: offer ing, and never offered alone, as Cain did (Lev. 2:9). It is a type of Christ’s complete obedience to the will of His Father,. In. the burnt offering we have the Divine Side; in the meat offering, the human side,— fulfilling righteous ness. ' HI. The Peace-Offering (Joy) Lev. 7:11-17. This was a blood offering. A male or female of the herd or flock, accompanied by a thank offering. Peace offerings followed other offerings. They expressed gratitude, praise and thanksgiving. ■ In burnt offerings, all was given to the Lord. In the meat offering, a portion was given to God, and a portion to Aaron and his sons. In the peace offering, all had a part (Lev. 3:3, 4; 7:31, 32). It is a type of fellowship with fhe Father and the Son. First, we are cleansed; then follows communion. This offering, like the Lord’s Sup per, had a backward and a forward look.
Made with FlippingBook - Online magazine maker