01. The Burnt Offering (Lev 1:1-17)

 The Lord called Moses from the tent of meeting, not the mountain. As the Lord resides among them, they should be holy. Leviticus tells us how to live once we have become Christians.

πŸ‘‰ Read Leviticus 1:1-17

Fill in the following table that describes the order of burnt offerings.

Works of the presenter

Works of the priest

(1)

(2) checked if the animal is acceptable

(3) after laying of his hand, he slaughtered it.

(4)

(5)

(6) arranged fire on the altar and burnt the clean parts and the suet.

(7) wash its entrails and legs

(8) burnt the washed entrails and legs

 

Answers and Meditation

(1) The presenter presented a flawless male.

(4) The priest splashed the blood on the altar.

(5) The presenter skinned it and cut it into parts.

 The Hebrew word for 'offering' is Korban ( Χ§ָΧ¨ְΧ‘ָּ֖ן) which means 'something that is brought near' to God. Any living animal brought to the Holy God was killed and destroyed because it was contaminated by human sins. Even the presenter laid his hand on it. And the Lord took its blood which means its life. 

Soothing aroma: the sacrifice would calm down God’s wrath against sinful human.

It is noticeable that the presenter killed the animal, not the priest, after laying of his/her hand on it. The presenter would realize that this animal is sacrificed in his/her place. 

It was the will of the Father God that Jesus Christ was abandoned and killed by those he would save.

Burnt offering (In Hebrew, Olah,  Χ’ֹלָ֤Χ” meaning ‘being lifted up’) represented a whole dedication to the Lord. It was a voluntary sacrifice.

The theme statement of Leviticus is this. "You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy." (Lev 9:2) Note that the Lord didn't give this command of holiness while they were in Egypt. 

The Lord asks those in the world to be holy, but us His children. If you want to live in the Lord's presence, you should be holy.


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