DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- OFFERINGS

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – OFFERINGS

"This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering, the consecrations, and the sacrifice of the peace offering which the LORD commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day when He commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai." (Leviticus 7:37-38)

The first seven chapters of Leviticus are the ceremonial laws regarding sacrificial offerings that God ordained for the children of Israel to perform. There is the protocol of the Burnt Offering, which applies to all sacrifices. Then there are other offerings – the Trespass Offering, the Restitution Offering, the Grain Offering, the Sin Offering, and the Peace Offering. Even though these sacrifices are not binding for the New Testament Believer, they do provide spiritual insight.

The Sin and Restitution offerings were sacrifice to atone for sin which was against God and the holy things. A sin offering was required when a person disobeyed any of the commandments of the LORD (Leviticus 4:1).

The Trespass offering was required when person was guilty of sinning against another person by lying or not fulfilling an oath, or extortion, or not speaking up as a witness when he knew the truth. When he confessed his guilt, he would bring an offering to the LORD (5:5-6).

The Grain offering was an offering of Thanksgiving, as was the Peace Offering.

Even though these offerings are not obligatory for New Testament believers, still we can offer these sacrifices in our devotion to God. The offering for sin was fulfilled when the Lord Jesus gave the supreme sacrifice of Himself for all sin. We still need to confess when we sin against someone else. And we can continually offer up the grain and peace offering – sacrifices of thanksgiving – to God for His good provision of our material needs and salvation. I am so grateful for peace with God. As it says in Romans 5:1 – "therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Peace is reconciliation – the absence of conflict. I give thanks and rejoicing to God for this peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Love, Dad