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Sacrifices

 

Sacrifices

Divine institution of - Ge 3:21; 1:29; 9:3; 4:4,5; Heb 11:4

To be offered to God alone - Ex 22:20; Jud 13:16; 2Ki 17:36

When offered to God, an acknowledgement of his being the supreme God - 2Ki 5:17; Jon 1:16

CONSISTED OF

• Clean animals or bloody sacrifices
- Ge 8:20
• The fruits of the earth or sacrifices without blood
- Ge 4:4; Le 2:1

Always offered upon altars - Ex 20:24

The offering of, an acknowledgment of sin - Heb 10:3

WERE OFFERED

• From the earliest age
- Ge 4:3,4
• By the patriarchs
- Ge 22:2,13; 31:54; 46:1; Job 1:5
• After the departure of Israel from Egypt
- Ex 5:3,17; 18:12; 24:5
• Under the Mosaic age
- Le 1:1-7:38; Heb 10:1-3
• Daily
- Ex 29:38,39; Nu 28:3,4
• Weekly
- Nu 28:9,10
• Monthly
- Nu 28:11
• Yearly
- Le 16:3; 1Sa 1:3,21; 20:6
• At all the feasts
- Nu 10:10
• For the whole nation
- Le 16:15-30; 1Ch 29:21
• For individuals
- Le 1:2; 17:8
• In faith of a coming Saviour
- Heb 11:4,17,28

Required to be perfect and without blemish - Le 22:19; De 15:21; 17:1; Mal 1:8,14

Generally the best of their kind - Ge 4:4; 1Sa 15:22; Ps 66:15; Isa 1:11

DIFFERENT KINDS OF

• Burnt offering wholly consumed by fire
- Le 1:1-17; 1Ki 18:38
• Sin offering for sins of ignorance
- Le 4:1-35
• Trespass offering for intentional sins
- Le 6:1-7; 7:1-7
• Peace offering
- Le 3:1-17

To be brought to the place appointed by God - De 12:6; 2Ch 7:12

Were bound to the horns of the altar - Ps 118:27

Were salted with salt - Le 2:13; Mr 9:49

Often consumed by fire from heaven - Le 9:24; 1Ki 18:38; 2Ch 7:1

When bloody, accompanied with meat and drink offering - Nu 15:3-12

No leaven offered with, except for - Ex 23:18; Le 7:13

Fat of, not to remain until morning - Ex 23:8

THE PRIESTS

• Appointed to offer
- 1Sa 2:28; Eze 44:11,15; Heb 5:1; 8:3
• Had a portion of, and lived by
- Ex 29:27,28; De 18:3; Jos 13:14; 1Co 9:13

Were typical of Christ's sacrifice - 1Co 5:7; Eph 5:2; Heb 10:1,11,12

Were accepted when offered in sincerity and faith - Ge 4:4; Heb 11:4; Ge 8:21

Imparted a legal purification - Heb 9:13,22

Could not take away sin - Ps 40:6; Heb 9:9; 10:1-11

Without obedience, worthless - 1Sa 15:22; Pr 21:3; Mr 12:33

The covenants of God confirmed by - Ge 15:9-17; Ex 24:5-8; Heb 9:19,20; Ps 50:5

THE JEWS

• Condemned for not treating with respect
- 1Sa 2:29; Mal 1:12
• Condemned for bringing defective and blemished
- Mal 1:13,14
• Condemned for not offering
- Isa 43:23,24
• Unaccepted in, on account of sin
- Isa 1:11,15; 66:3; Ho 8:13
• Condemned for offering, to idols
- 2Ch 34:25; Isa 65:3,7; Eze 20:28,31

Offered to false gods, are offered to devils - Le 17:7; De 32:17; Ps 106:37; 1Co 10:20

On great occasions, very numerous - 2Ch 5:6; 7:5

For public use often provided by the state - 2Ch 31:3

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• Prayer
- Ps 141:2
• Thanksgiving
- Ps 27:6; 107:22; 116:17; Heb 13:15
• Devotedness
- Ro 12:1; Php 2:17
• Benevolence
- Php 4:18; Heb 13:16
• Righteousness
- Ps 4:5; 51:19
• A broken spirit
- Ps 51:17
• Martyrdom
- Php 2:7; 2Ti 4:6
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