Sacrificial Offerings

Today's readings come from Leviticus 5, 6, 7

The reading centers around the various offerings that are to be made. The last verses of chpt. 7 summarize them:

"These, then, are the regulations for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering and the fellowship offering, which the lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai in the Desert of Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to bring their offerings to the Lord."

It's not the easiest of passages to read as the regulations seem to merge into a series of difficult nuances. What's important is to realize that sin breaks fellowship with God and others, and that there was a means for restoration possible. While some sins are "unintentional", nevertheless, they were still real and had to be treated with a desire for restoration as much as the ones that were intentional.

God did not abandon his people to "do the best you can", knowing that the best they (and we) could do would only lead to destruction.

Ultimately all of this is set aside in favor of the sacrificial offering of Christ himself for the restoration of each of us.


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