02.30. THE FIVE GREAT OFFERINGS
THE FIVE GREAT OFFERINGS THE first five chapters in the book of Leviticus give a description of five offerings made unto the Lord.
They are: The Burnt Offering. The Meat Offering. The Peace Offering. The Sin Offering. The Trespass Offering. The Meat Offering was the only one that was bloodless. This Offering represents our Lord in His life, not in His death. The other four were blood offerings and give us a four-fold picture of His death on the cross. THE BURNT OFFERING “Christ through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God.” (Hebrews 9:14.) THE MEAT OFFERING “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men—the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5.) THE PEACE OFFERING “God hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ.” (2 Corinthians 5:18.) “Having made peace through the blood of his cross.” (Colossians 1:20.) THE SIN OFFERING “He hath made him to be sin for us.” (2 Corinthians 5:21.) “Behold the lamb of God that beareth away the sin of the world.” (John 1:30.) “He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” (Hebrews 9:27.) “His own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree.” (1 Peter 2:24.) “Christ died for our sins.” (1 Corinthians 15:3.) “Who gave himself for our sins.” (Galatians 1:4.) “Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many.” (Hebrews 9:28.) “The propitiation for our sins.” (1 John 4:10.) “He suffered the just for the unjust.” (1 Peter 3:18.) THE TRESPASS OFFERING “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.” (1 John 1:9.) In the Burnt Offering we have Christ giving Himself unto God as a sweet smelling savour:
“Christ hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.” (Ephesians 5:1.) . In the Sin Offering we have Christ giving Himself for us.
“Who gave himself for us.’’’ (Titus 2:14.) “Who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20.) In the Peace Offering we have Christ reconciling us and bringing us to God.
“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.” (Colossians 1:21-22.) In the Trespass Offering we have Christ making provision in His death for our failures by the way, receiving our confessions, bringing us absolution, complete forgiveness and cleansing.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9.)