Leviticus 1-3
Greetings! This reading is Leviticus 1-3.
Notice how often God speaks in Leviticus (and other parts of the Bible). It says, “The Lord said to Moses . . .” many times. There are over two thousand such passages in the Bible. It is all God’s Word, of course, but I find it interesting just how many times this type of passage occurs.
All the animals sacrificed had to be without defects. This points to the fact that we need to give God our first and our best, not what is left over. It also points to the perfect sacrifice of Christ almost 1,500 years later.
Think about the incredible amount of blood, gore and mess they went through as they sacrificed hundreds of thousands of animals over the centuries.
There were three types of offerings:
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Burnt offerings were for sins in general
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Grain offerings were to honor God and to emphasize that all we have belongs to him
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Fellowship offerings done out of gratitude for the peace and fellowship they had with God
Reflect on what stood out to you in this reading and share your comments and questions if you like.
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Very good lesson.www.investmentevaluation.com (a world peace and understanding website)points out(look it up its true)1 billion abortions have been done since 1920.
This infantacide has ,considering 2nd 3rd generations removed one half
of the possible combinations of available genetic carried primal immunity genotypes.
Thus as probably happened to neanderthals about 30 K years ago ,the modern human species may fall to primal immune invaders such as retrovirus and prions like neanderthals.
If we had followed Jesus teachings,this might not have happened.(admittedly some interpretations differ on the data)
“Think about the incredible amount of blood, gore and mess they went through as they sacrificed hundreds of thousands of animals over the centuries.” I agree with you! According to Exodus 29, a burnt offering was offered every morning and evening for all Israel. Numbers 28 says that double burnt offerings were brought on the Sabbath and extra ones on feast days. In addition, anyone could offer special burnt offerings to express devotion to the Lord. At the dedication of the temple, Solomon offered 20,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats as fellowship offerings over a peoriod of 14 days (1 Kings 8).
“Aroma pleasing to the Lord” ….The Old Testament sacrifices foreshadowed Christ, who was a “fragrant offering” (Ephesians 5:2). When the Magi offered gifts to the baby Jesus, each gift pointed to his role as Savior and His death as a sacrificial substitute on our part. One of those gifts was Frankincense, the same as used in the Old Testament grain offerings.