In the letter to the Hebrews, the NT presents many prefigures of Christ in the Levitical laws of the OT.
In fact, understood in the light of the letter to the Hebrews, Leviticus of the OT becomes a veritable seedbed, and the plumbline of NT theology.
But those seeds are buried in the details. . .and are to store up your heart, not just your head.
It would help if you read first the chapter presented in Leviticus. . .and then reviewed the post.
So starting from the beginning of Leviticus with the sacrifices, we find very specific regulations to insure an accurate picture of "what was to come" (Heb 10:1) in Christ.
Chapter 1:The five steps of a sacrifice present many prefigures regarding the sacrifice of Christ:
1) presentation of sacrifice at door to be examined for defect by the priest (Lev 1:3).
------Christ presented himself for sacrifice - entry into Jerusalem (Lk 9:51)
------examined by the priests - Jn 18:12-13, 19-24; Mt 26:57-65, 21:23-27
2) laying on of hands, confessing the sin - sin laid on the animal, died in sinner's place (Lev 1:4)
------principle of substitutionary atonement
3) sinner slayed the animal on north side of the altar - Christ died north of city (Lev 1:5)
------to show personal responsibility for its death, sinner judged his own sin (1 Co:11:31)
------to show agreement with righteous judgment of God on sin; i.e., death (Ro 6:23)
------shows how sin is to be dealt with in our own lives - we are to judge it (1 Co 11:31) and slay it (cut it off) - Mk 9:43-48
4) blood applied to all sides of altar (which was defiled by sin laid on it) - Christ's blood cleanses all sin - 1 Jn 1:7 (Lev 1:5)
------blood of Christ is applied in the NT by faith, trusting in the work of Christ on the cross
5) burning of sacrifice - a) devoted to God, exclusively for God's use and glory (Lev 1:8-10)
------b) sacrifice to justice--satisfying God's justice, appeasing God's wrath on sin, and thereby reconciling man to God
PERSONAL APPLICATION: The sacrificial ceremony reveals a principle of holiness.
As the sinner slayed the animal in judgment of sin and then cut it up, so we are to judge our own sin (1 Co 11:31) and slay it (cut it off) - Mk 9:43-48.
-- - - BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE: We must deal radically with our sin (Mt 5:29-30).
to be con't.
In fact, understood in the light of the letter to the Hebrews, Leviticus of the OT becomes a veritable seedbed, and the plumbline of NT theology.
But those seeds are buried in the details. . .and are to store up your heart, not just your head.
It would help if you read first the chapter presented in Leviticus. . .and then reviewed the post.
So starting from the beginning of Leviticus with the sacrifices, we find very specific regulations to insure an accurate picture of "what was to come" (Heb 10:1) in Christ.
Chapter 1:The five steps of a sacrifice present many prefigures regarding the sacrifice of Christ:
1) presentation of sacrifice at door to be examined for defect by the priest (Lev 1:3).
------Christ presented himself for sacrifice - entry into Jerusalem (Lk 9:51)
------examined by the priests - Jn 18:12-13, 19-24; Mt 26:57-65, 21:23-27
2) laying on of hands, confessing the sin - sin laid on the animal, died in sinner's place (Lev 1:4)
------principle of substitutionary atonement
3) sinner slayed the animal on north side of the altar - Christ died north of city (Lev 1:5)
------to show personal responsibility for its death, sinner judged his own sin (1 Co:11:31)
------to show agreement with righteous judgment of God on sin; i.e., death (Ro 6:23)
------shows how sin is to be dealt with in our own lives - we are to judge it (1 Co 11:31) and slay it (cut it off) - Mk 9:43-48
4) blood applied to all sides of altar (which was defiled by sin laid on it) - Christ's blood cleanses all sin - 1 Jn 1:7 (Lev 1:5)
------blood of Christ is applied in the NT by faith, trusting in the work of Christ on the cross
5) burning of sacrifice - a) devoted to God, exclusively for God's use and glory (Lev 1:8-10)
------b) sacrifice to justice--satisfying God's justice, appeasing God's wrath on sin, and thereby reconciling man to God
PERSONAL APPLICATION: The sacrificial ceremony reveals a principle of holiness.
As the sinner slayed the animal in judgment of sin and then cut it up, so we are to judge our own sin (1 Co 11:31) and slay it (cut it off) - Mk 9:43-48.
-- - - BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE: We must deal radically with our sin (Mt 5:29-30).
to be con't.
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