God always has a plan. The burnt offering constituted of a male animal without defect. This reminds of one of the letters of (Hebrews) whereby Jesus is described as a unblemised lamd "without defect". WOW! And this was done over 3500 years ago! It was burned (all of it) on the altar.
The grain offering - fine flour and offered without yeast - The sabbath was observed also without yeast.
The fellowship offering - Don't eat blood, wave pieces of meat to God as a wave offering and keep some meat for the priests to eat.
Sin offering - This is unintentional sins. The Bull was slaugthered as an offering. Here God tackles (4:13) the issue of "but i didn't know it was wrong" For even those who didn't know are seen as guilty in the eyes of God. It sounds a bit harsh but I believe that it was done so that the people will become aware of their actions and have a "what would God do" mentality in every situations they face.
What's also interesting is that God was not interested in what was being offered. He made provision for those who couldn't afford (hence Jesus' anger at the entrance to the temple in the Gospel of Matthew)
The guilt offering - performed when someone sinned unintentionally to God or didn't keep His commands.
God names the creatures that are unclean and must remain untouched. God was very specific just like he's very specific about how we should live our lives today.
Two Aaron's dies because they didn't follow God's instructions and God used that event to say that what I say must honoured. For reading all these and don't helped the people realised what sin is but nowhere does it mention how to prevent us from falling into sin. That's where the New covenant comes in.
The grain offering - fine flour and offered without yeast - The sabbath was observed also without yeast.
The fellowship offering - Don't eat blood, wave pieces of meat to God as a wave offering and keep some meat for the priests to eat.
Sin offering - This is unintentional sins. The Bull was slaugthered as an offering. Here God tackles (4:13) the issue of "but i didn't know it was wrong" For even those who didn't know are seen as guilty in the eyes of God. It sounds a bit harsh but I believe that it was done so that the people will become aware of their actions and have a "what would God do" mentality in every situations they face.
What's also interesting is that God was not interested in what was being offered. He made provision for those who couldn't afford (hence Jesus' anger at the entrance to the temple in the Gospel of Matthew)
The guilt offering - performed when someone sinned unintentionally to God or didn't keep His commands.
God names the creatures that are unclean and must remain untouched. God was very specific just like he's very specific about how we should live our lives today.
Two Aaron's dies because they didn't follow God's instructions and God used that event to say that what I say must honoured. For reading all these and don't helped the people realised what sin is but nowhere does it mention how to prevent us from falling into sin. That's where the New covenant comes in.
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