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Atonement (3 of 5)
Series: Christ in the Old Testament
D. Marion Clark
Leviticus 16:15-22
Introduction
Jesus and his disciples continue their walk along the Emmaus Road. He is interpreting to them the ''things concerning himself'' in Moses and the Prophets, i.e. the Old Testament. He has demonstrated how he fulfilled the expectation of being the Offspring of Eve who would strike the serpent's head while his own heel is struck. He has explained how he is the long looked-for Redeemer who would redeem his people from bondage but with the twist of purchasing their freedom with his blood. In each case the disciples would have responded with something like, ''Now we understand what we were expecting came to be fulfilled.''
The next lesson, though, would have taken them to a text they never would have considered. Indeed, what had for centuries been the clearest object lesson of the Messiah's work is something that no one connected with him.
Text
Our text presents the origin of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Through Moses, God had presented an elaborate system of offerings and sacrifices. They had various functions, but the underlying premise was summed up in these words, ''be holy, for I am holy'' (Leviticus 11:45).
God is holy. It is true that God is love, but his love is in conformity with his holiness. When God gave the plans for the tabernacle, which would later be made the permanent building of the temple, he labeled the two inner rooms the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, or Holy of Holies. The latter room was his throne room, and it is holiness that characterizes his presence.
God is holy; therefor his people must be holy. Now we are getting to the necessity of redemption. If God is to dwell with people and they with God, then they must be holy. God redeemed the Hebrews from bondage to Egypt not simply for the purpose of their liberty but that they may fulfill his purpose for them. Here is that purpose:
You yourselves have seen ...
Series: Christ in the Old Testament
D. Marion Clark
Leviticus 16:15-22
Introduction
Jesus and his disciples continue their walk along the Emmaus Road. He is interpreting to them the ''things concerning himself'' in Moses and the Prophets, i.e. the Old Testament. He has demonstrated how he fulfilled the expectation of being the Offspring of Eve who would strike the serpent's head while his own heel is struck. He has explained how he is the long looked-for Redeemer who would redeem his people from bondage but with the twist of purchasing their freedom with his blood. In each case the disciples would have responded with something like, ''Now we understand what we were expecting came to be fulfilled.''
The next lesson, though, would have taken them to a text they never would have considered. Indeed, what had for centuries been the clearest object lesson of the Messiah's work is something that no one connected with him.
Text
Our text presents the origin of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Through Moses, God had presented an elaborate system of offerings and sacrifices. They had various functions, but the underlying premise was summed up in these words, ''be holy, for I am holy'' (Leviticus 11:45).
God is holy. It is true that God is love, but his love is in conformity with his holiness. When God gave the plans for the tabernacle, which would later be made the permanent building of the temple, he labeled the two inner rooms the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, or Holy of Holies. The latter room was his throne room, and it is holiness that characterizes his presence.
God is holy; therefor his people must be holy. Now we are getting to the necessity of redemption. If God is to dwell with people and they with God, then they must be holy. God redeemed the Hebrews from bondage to Egypt not simply for the purpose of their liberty but that they may fulfill his purpose for them. Here is that purpose:
You yourselves have seen ...
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