The Tabernacle (The Altar)
The Tabernacle
The Alter
Text: Leviticus 1
We are really good at bringing Him our leftovers.
He deserves the best.
He desires the best.
He denies the rest.
If we are going to go any deeper in the Lord it will requires death.
Old Testament system
Jesus became our substitute
Now, we must die
Leviticus 1:3-4
The sacrifice had to meet His standard if it was going to cover the sin debt.
The sacrifice couldn’t take the sin away but it could cover the sin.
Most scholars now agree that “atonement” (“reconciliation”) is a poor translation of the concept on either a ritual or theological level.
In the past, it was common for scholars to connect kipper with Arabic kafara (“cover”) and to interpret a ritual accomplishing kipper as “covering sin” (see Gen. 3:6-7; Zech. 3:3-5).
In the context of purification offerings (“sin offerings”), though, kipper followed by the Hebrew preposition min (“from”) denotes removal rather than covering (4:6, 12:7).
Furthermore, the grammatical object of kipper in Hebrew is generally neither the sin nor the person, but a holy object such as the ark or the altar (e.g., Ex. 29:36).
Finally, in a number of cases this process is necessary even though no sin has been committed.
Therefore, recent scholars prefer the terminology of “purification” or “purgation” (in this case, of the altar) on behalf of the individual whose ritual impurity (caused by sin or otherwise) has tarnished it.
kipper - removal
kafara - cover
Illustration - covering a body up at a death scene until they can remove it.
What is being transferred? The debt is sin.
- I can’t do enough.
- I fasted!
- I prayed!
- I read my Bible!
- I went to church!
NONE OF IT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO CLEANSE YOU!
Romans 6:23 - “The wages of sin……”
Romans 8:3-4
1 John 2:2 - “And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.”
Romans 3:23-26
Hebrews 9:22 - “….without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin.”
Gen. 3:21 - In the garden God killed an animal.
Abraham took Isaac up.
He wants us to come deeper, but we can’t go any farther until we deal with the sin.
Illustration - Credit Card - some people just pay the interest, but the debt is still there
The people for hundreds of years could just paid the interest.
Jesus came to pay the whole debt. “…so that we might have life and have it more abundantly.”
Romans 12:1 - Its not about what has to die. It’s what lives that is the sacrifice
2 Cor 5:21 - “He made Him Who knew no sin to be sin for us.”
Romans 8:7 - Enmity between God and man. Enmity - can never satisfy.
Colossians 1:19-23
Illustration - Waves at Carowinds - (has to be turned on. You have to jump in when they turn on becuase they are not on forever) vs waves at the beach - (endless)
We are really good at bringing Him our leftovers.
He deserves the best.
He desires the best.
He denies the rest.
If we are going to go any deeper in the Lord it will requires death.
Old Testament system
Jesus became our substitute
Now, we must die
Leviticus 1:3-4
The sacrifice had to meet His standard if it was going to cover the sin debt.
The sacrifice couldn’t take the sin away but it could cover the sin.
Most scholars now agree that “atonement” (“reconciliation”) is a poor translation of the concept on either a ritual or theological level.
In the past, it was common for scholars to connect kipper with Arabic kafara (“cover”) and to interpret a ritual accomplishing kipper as “covering sin” (see Gen. 3:6-7; Zech. 3:3-5).
In the context of purification offerings (“sin offerings”), though, kipper followed by the Hebrew preposition min (“from”) denotes removal rather than covering (4:6, 12:7).
Furthermore, the grammatical object of kipper in Hebrew is generally neither the sin nor the person, but a holy object such as the ark or the altar (e.g., Ex. 29:36).
Finally, in a number of cases this process is necessary even though no sin has been committed.
Therefore, recent scholars prefer the terminology of “purification” or “purgation” (in this case, of the altar) on behalf of the individual whose ritual impurity (caused by sin or otherwise) has tarnished it.
kipper - removal
kafara - cover
Illustration - covering a body up at a death scene until they can remove it.
What is being transferred? The debt is sin.
- I can’t do enough.
- I fasted!
- I prayed!
- I read my Bible!
- I went to church!
NONE OF IT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO CLEANSE YOU!
Romans 6:23 - “The wages of sin……”
Romans 8:3-4
1 John 2:2 - “And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.”
Romans 3:23-26
Hebrews 9:22 - “….without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin.”
Gen. 3:21 - In the garden God killed an animal.
Abraham took Isaac up.
He wants us to come deeper, but we can’t go any farther until we deal with the sin.
Illustration - Credit Card - some people just pay the interest, but the debt is still there
The people for hundreds of years could just paid the interest.
Jesus came to pay the whole debt. “…so that we might have life and have it more abundantly.”
Romans 12:1 - Its not about what has to die. It’s what lives that is the sacrifice
2 Cor 5:21 - “He made Him Who knew no sin to be sin for us.”
Romans 8:7 - Enmity between God and man. Enmity - can never satisfy.
Colossians 1:19-23
Illustration - Waves at Carowinds - (has to be turned on. You have to jump in when they turn on becuase they are not on forever) vs waves at the beach - (endless)
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