ALL ON THE ALTAR OF SACRIFICE (4 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Leviticus 20:22-26
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All on the Altar of Sacrifice (4 of 4)
Series: Something Old, Something New
Jeff Strite
Leviticus 20:22-26
There's a true story of a church that had a parking problem. Right next door was a store that was closed on Sunday. So they asked the owner if they could use his parking lot. He said that they could use it for 51 Sundays out of the year but it would be chained off one week. They were happy with the deal, but curious why it would be chained off that one Sunday. He explained that he just wanted them to remember that it wasn't their parking lot!
Today we're going to be talking about sacrifices. In the Old Testament sacrifices were one of the major focuses of Jewish life. It seems that every day, sacrifices of one kind of another were offered continuously over and over again. Throughout the year, Israelites would offer all kinds of sacrifices - mostly bulls and sheep and goats. But there were also the doves and pigeons, and there were also drink offerings, and offerings of grain, flour, or corn.
Now, I'm not going to go too deep into the woods on this, but I thought this was interesting (and it won't cost you anything extra). There were several different kinds of sacrifices offered throughout the year, but there were 5 major sacrifices offered on a regular basis. There was a:
- Burnt offering - this was a sacrifice you could offer to cover national sins; or as part of a prayer offered to God; or simply as an offering to please God (first-born male of herd or flock; or dove or pigeon).
- Sin offering -for forgiveness of a personal sin or ritual impurity (bull for priest or entire community; male goat for a community leader; female goat or lamb for a commoner; dove or pigeon for the poor)
- Guilt offering- often offered for personal sins requiring restitution (Ram of the flock or equivalent monetary value)
- Grain (or ''meal'') offering - could be offered along with a burnt offering, but was often presented by the poor as a ''sin'' offering ...
Series: Something Old, Something New
Jeff Strite
Leviticus 20:22-26
There's a true story of a church that had a parking problem. Right next door was a store that was closed on Sunday. So they asked the owner if they could use his parking lot. He said that they could use it for 51 Sundays out of the year but it would be chained off one week. They were happy with the deal, but curious why it would be chained off that one Sunday. He explained that he just wanted them to remember that it wasn't their parking lot!
Today we're going to be talking about sacrifices. In the Old Testament sacrifices were one of the major focuses of Jewish life. It seems that every day, sacrifices of one kind of another were offered continuously over and over again. Throughout the year, Israelites would offer all kinds of sacrifices - mostly bulls and sheep and goats. But there were also the doves and pigeons, and there were also drink offerings, and offerings of grain, flour, or corn.
Now, I'm not going to go too deep into the woods on this, but I thought this was interesting (and it won't cost you anything extra). There were several different kinds of sacrifices offered throughout the year, but there were 5 major sacrifices offered on a regular basis. There was a:
- Burnt offering - this was a sacrifice you could offer to cover national sins; or as part of a prayer offered to God; or simply as an offering to please God (first-born male of herd or flock; or dove or pigeon).
- Sin offering -for forgiveness of a personal sin or ritual impurity (bull for priest or entire community; male goat for a community leader; female goat or lamb for a commoner; dove or pigeon for the poor)
- Guilt offering- often offered for personal sins requiring restitution (Ram of the flock or equivalent monetary value)
- Grain (or ''meal'') offering - could be offered along with a burnt offering, but was often presented by the poor as a ''sin'' offering ...
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