Sacrifices in Leviticus

We are making our way through the Bible; today is day 71. Reading Leviticus 2, 3, and 4, we learn that, in addition to the burnt offering from Leviticus 1, there are 4 other types of offerings, each with specific instructions.

• Grain Offering
• Peace Offering
• Sin Offering
• Guilt Offering

These offerings had to be repeated over and over. Reading about the Sin Offering in chapter 4, we learn that this offering forgives intentional and unintentional sin. The sacrifices covered some sins and made the people right with God. However, if you blatantly broke some of the commandments, there wasn’t a sacrifice that would help you; you were toast. For example, worshipping false gods, idolatry, using God’s name in vain, breaking the Sabbath, and murder would get you cut off, or killed; no sacrifice could cover those. But the New Testament tells us about the perfect sacrifice, which covers all our sins and makes us right with God.

‘¹⁰For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.   ¹¹Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins. ¹²But our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Then he sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand. ¹³There he waits until his enemies are humbled and made a footstool under his feet. ¹⁴For by that one offering, he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.  
Hebrews 10:10-14

‘¹⁶ “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.   ¹⁸ “”here is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. ‘
John 3:16-18

‘It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. ‘
1 Peter 1:19

‘As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!”‘
John 1:36

Dear Heavenly Father, I am profoundly grateful for the blood of Jesus that takes away the sins of the world. Lord, you make the impossible possible. Lord, I’m sorry for my sins, the sins of my family, my community, my country, and the world. Lord help me to honor your sacrifice by living for you today. Let your light saturate my heart, mind, and soul. Like John the Baptist, I pray you become greater and greater, and I become less and less. Holy Spirit, guide our thoughts, words, and actions today, so we can be lights shining bright for you. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.