Leviticus 1:1-9, 6:8-13
Jesus Paid It All (2)
We started a new series of message last week. No, we are not going
to go verse-by-verse through the book of Leviticus, but I would like
to view the seven major sacrifices with you.
Five of them were practical, everyday sacrifices: the Burnt Offering,
the Meat Offering, the Peace Offering, the Sin Offering, the
Trespass Offering.
Two of them were ceremonical sacrifices: the Passover, and Yom
Kippur.
This is a study series so I need to remind you of what I said last
week regarding sacrifices as it lays a ground work for all of the
sacrifices. Let me be brief.
1. No animal sacrifice saved. Not then. Not now.
\\#He 10:4, 11\\
a. I was reading Psalm 50 & 51.
b. Neither of these chapters presented God as a God who was
concerned first and foremost about a sacrifice.
Psalm 51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice;
else would I give it: thou delightest not in
burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt
not despise.
2. Sacrifices were offered for two main reasons.
a. They were outward manifestations of the Jews inward faith.
Simply put, offering a sacrifice was an act of obedience
done by the Jews because they believed God and
surrendered to Him.
b. Sacrifices were pictures.
(1) In most sacrifices, Jesus and His work on the cross
were the anti-type or the fulfillment of the
picture. \\#Heb 9:9\\
(2) That is, in most sacrifices, you will see something
about sin, salvation, and the Savior.
3. Steadfast rule - If an animals dies, there will be a picture
of Jesus in there somewhere.
I. The Burnt Offering
A. I also shared some specific thoughts with you about this
particular sacrifice, called the Burnt Sacrifice.
1. It was the most common of all sacrifices, even more so
than the Sin and Trespass Offerings.
2. From the time God commissioned the tabernacle and the
priesthood, a Burnt Offering was to always be burning,
24/7.
B. The Burnt Offering’s Lessons
1. The Burnt Offering taught about man’s sinful nature.
a. The Burnt Offering was never commanded to be brought
when a specific sin was committed.
(1) There were offerings for both known (Trespass
Offering) and unknown sins (Sin Offering).
(2) They were specific sacrifices offered once and
then the sins were atoned for and forgotten.
b. That and the 24/7 nature of the Burnt Offering tell
me that the Burnt Offering was NOT for specific sins.
c. Why offer it then?
(1) I think the answer is in the 24/7 nature of the
offering.
(2) The Burnt Offering was being offered not for a
specific sin but for something that never goes
away.
(3) This offering was always burning because it was
for the sin nature of man, not the individual
sins of man.
2. The Burnt Offering taught about the Perfect Sacrifice,
Jesus!
a. The Burnt Offering was an innocent sacrifice.
(1) That was Jesus.
(2) Offered when the sacrifice was young and still in
its innocence.
(3) This is the picture of substitution, the guilty
goes free and the innocent dies.
b. \\#3\\ The Burnt Offering was a male of the flocks.
That was Jesus.
c. The Burnt Offering was "without blemish." That was
Jesus.
(1) This related to the physical nature of the
sacrifice. Nothing could have been broken or
marred on the sacrifice.
(2) But it also applies to THE Sacrifice’s moral
nature. The Sacrifice had to be sinless.
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be
sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be
made the righteousness of God in him.
d. \\#5\\ The Burnt Offering’s blood was sprinkled on the
sides of the altar. That was Jesus.
Lev 1:5 And he shall kill the bullock before the
LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring
the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about
upon the altar….
(1) There are four possible locations for the blood
of an animal sacrifice.
(a) It could have been poured on the top of the
altar.
i. To my knowledge, the blood never was.
ii. Had it been, the blood would have
been consumed in the sacrifice.
iii. John MacArthur believes the blood of
Jesus was lost at the cross.
aa. He is a good teacher and smarter
than I will ever be, but he is
wrong.
bb. He’s also wrong about Bible
translations and Calvinism.
(b) The blood could have been poured out at the
base of the altar. It was not.
(c) The blood could have been applied to the
horns of the altar. It was not.
(d) It was sprinkled on the sides of the altar.
(2) The blood was gathered and by the high priest’s
hand, it was slung against the sides of the
altar.
(a) How thick that altar must have gotten!
(b) Why on the sides? So that it would stay
on the altar forever.
(c) Interesting, Jesus played a very important
role in every aspect of the sacrifice.
i. He was the Lamb who died for us.
ii. He was the High Priest who took His
own blood and with His own hand,
sprinkled it on the heavenly altar.
Heb 9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of
good things to come, by a greater and more
perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is
to say, not of this building;
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but
by his own blood he entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
iii. He was the God who accepted His
sacrifice for men’s sins.
(3) So Jesus’ blood was neither poured out at the
foot of the cross nor dumped into the fires of
hell!
(4) Our High Priest gathered it and with His own
hands He applied to the holy altar which abides
in the heavens.
(5) It is that blood which atones for your sins and
mine!
e. \\#7\\ The Burnt Offering was laid upon the fire.
That was Jesus.
(1) Fire in the Bible is a picture of the judgment of
God.
(2) Although the sacrifice had done nothing wrong,
the judgment of God was poured out upon it.
(3) And although Jesus Christ did nothing wrong, the
judgment of God was poured out upon Him for me.
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise
him; he hath put him to grief….
f. \\#7, 13\\ The Burnt Offering was to be almost
completely burnt on the altar. That was Jesus.
(1) The intestines and the legs were to be washed to
remove the filth from them, but they were to be
burned as well.
(2) The only thing not burnt was the skin, just the
outward covering of the sacrifice.
(a) Hides don’t burn well.
(b) Hides don’t smell good when they burn.
(3) Jesus gave His all in sacrifice…
(a) But His external body was not given to God
for judgment but to mankind for torment.
(b) His inward soul Jesus gave to be tormented
by the judgment of God.
(4) The only thing not completely consumed was His
skin. Though bruised and battered, His empty
covering was placed in a tomb, but was
gloriously raised on the third day!
g. The Burnt Offering could be offered anytime by anyone.
That was Jesus.
(1) While the priests offered two Burnt Offering each
day, that is not the only Burnt Offering that
was offered.
(a) Anyone could offer a Burnt Offering at any
time.
(b) All they needed was a sacrifice and a
willing priest.
(2) I suppose finding a willing priest in the Old
Testament might have been a problem.
(a) I do not suppose the priests were on the job
24/7.
(b) I have never read that they were.
(3) However, our great High Priest is always on the
job
(a) Hence, I was saved between the 1 and 2 AM
hour in my bedroom.
(b) And you can be saved morning, noon, or
night, any day of the week, any location
you are at, any hour of the day.
h. \\#9\\ The Burnt Offering was a "sweet savour unto the
Lord." That was Jesus.
(1) That means the sacrifice being offered to God had
a sweet smell to God.
(2) Isn’t that true of us? Don’t you love to walk
into a steak house or to smell the mean cooking
on the grill? Isn’t it a great aroma?
(3) I read where a vegan sued her neighbors for
cooking BBQ. She said they did it on purpose
to rile her.
https://nypost.com/2019/09/04/thousands-to-attend-bbq-outside-home-
of-vegan-who-sued-neighbors-over-smelly-meats/
(4) They probably did it to tempt her!
(a) Meat cooking smells great.
(b) If you lived near the temple, you would
smell the offering of the sacrifices often.
(5) The offering of Jesus Christ was a sad event for
God, but it accomplished a great purpose.
(6) It procured our salvation, and that was very
sweet to God!
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