![]() ![]() You cannot have genuine intimacy and fellowship and closeness with God until your sins are atoned for, and you are serving the Lord. You cannot truly serve God until you have genuine atonement. Then comes dedication and service to God, then genuine fellowship and intimacy with God. You dealt with the thing that separated you from God – sin – before you offered the Burnt Offering of dedication or the Grain Offering of sanctified labor, followed by the Peace Offering of fellowship. The Order Of The Offerings: The Sin Offering was basic to all the other offerings. Of course, these principles of identification and substitution culminate in the ultimate sacrifice of the Son of God, who becomes our Substitute. Whatever happened to the animal from this point forward should be seen as having actually been experienced by the offerer. The offerer became identified with the animal’s innocence, and the animal became identified with the worshiper’s guilt. ![]() Before the animal was killed, the offerer laid his hands on the head of the sacrifice. Also, the things done to the offering were things that the worshiper himself deserved. ![]() The Principles Of Identification and Substitution: The animal being offered was a substitute for the person making the offering. By obeying God’s instructions, the people would ultimately learn of the beautiful connection between the animal, and the fulfillment in Messiah Yeshua. Imperfect animals could not portray His sacrifice, which was perfect and without any blemish. Offering a flawless animal was necessary to demonstrate the perfect character and the perfect sacrifice of the fulfillment – Messiah Yeshua, the Ultimate Sacrifice. In addition, because the sacrifices point us to Messiah Yeshua, perfection was necessary in the type. To offer an animal with a defect demonstrated that the person who would do such a thing despised God and their heart was evil. They were to be conformed to God’s holy character. To have an attitude that asks, “what is the least I can give to God?” reveals a heart that really hasn’t come to know and love the Lord.Ī Sacrifice Must Be Perfect: All offerings were to be without defects of any kind. We are to give God the best, not the least that we can get by with. The rich and middle class were not to present offerings below their ability to give. The rich were to bring their bulls, the middle class were to offer sheep and goats, and the poor could bring birds or grain. To whom much was given, much was required. The Principle Of Sacrificial Giving: A korban (singular of korbanot) requires the giving of something valuable: bulls, sheep, goats, lambs, rams, pigeons or grain. Getting close to God only comes through God-appointed sacrifices. Korbanot comes from a Hebrew root which means “to get close”, and indicates the primary purpose of these sacrifices: to get us closer to a holy God from whom the whole world is estranged. Principles That Govern The Sacrifices: The Principle Of Getting Closer To God: “Korbanot” is usually translated as “sacrifices” or “offerings”. They might be able to see how they are fulfilled in the Messiah and the New Covenant, which enables us to truly get close to the Three-In-One God of Israel! The Good News would have greater impact if more people understood Temple worship, the sacrifices and the priests who offered them. Dying to atone for sin sounds strange to many people today, including my Jewish people. The heart of the Good News is that Messiah Yeshua died for our sins. ![]()
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