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THE BURNT OFFERING.

lf1E BURNI UFFERlNG.
LESSON vi, THIRD QUARTER, IN
TERMATloNAL SERIES, AUG. 6.
Text of the lesson, Lev. 1, l-0-Comnait
Verses a. 5-Golden Text, lisa. I'LL, G.
Commentary by Rev. d. NJ. stcarns.
CONDENSED from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by
permission Of H 8. Hoffman, Philadelphia.
pubisher.l
We have but three lessons assigned us in
this precious book Of living pictures of the
truth as it is in Jesus. OF the five offerings
described in the first seven chapters, we have
only this one lesson on the burnt Offering, so
that we must of necessity glance the others
in order to understand this.
The sin Offering tells us what we are, and
points us to Christ who was made sin for us
q Cor. v, ply, the trespass offering shows
what we do as the result Of the sin in us, and
points to us Christ who bore our sins in His
own body on the tree. q Pet. ii, "a; iii, 49,
The burnt offering shows US Christ perfectly
doing the Fathers will and giving Himself IN
offering and sacrifice to God for sweet
smelling SAVIOR (Eph. V, 2); and thus present.
ing to God,as worshipers those whose sins
he has put away; the meat Offering shows us
Jesus Christ in His pure and holy life, doing
always those things that please the Father
gohn viii, 29); and the peace offering brings
before us the blessed result of all His toll and
DEATH (Col. /, 20; Rom. v, ~
In this first chaper of Leviticus we have
tha I1,,,,, Nfpa L,,1lo 1o,,,
kid, and turtle dove or pigeon, but in each
case it is said to be ga burnt sacrifice, an Of
fering made by fire, Of sweet SAVIOR unto
the Lord" Ws.9, 1879 These different grades
$50 to speak) of offerings were to suit the
ability Of the person Offering; and In the case
Of the sin Offering, if the person was not able
to bring doves or pigeons, he might bring
little fine flour, and his sin was atoned for as
if he had brought q lamb or two turtle doves
or pigeons. Nev.v, 7-131 Does not this teach
us that, though person may but very feebly
apprehend the meaning of the sacrifice of
Christ, yet If with true penitence for sin they
look to Jesus as their substitute with ever 30
feeble faith, forgiveness is theirs as much as
if they understood more fully7
L "The Lord called unto Moses and spake
unto him out of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation." As He dwelt in the Holy Of Holes
above the mercy seat between the cherubim
lex. XIV, 2g, SO He spake from off the mercy
seat; not as He had spoken the words Of the
law from tho burning, quaking Mt. Sinai,
but from the propitiatory, type Of Christ.
9. "lf any man Of you bring an offering
unto the Lord" No one is compelled to
come but "whosoever will" may come, and
"him that cometh" In the appointed way is
assured that he will in no way be cast out.
3. "a male without blemish." Whether
it were of the herd or of the flock this it had
| to be; type Of the Lamb of God without
blemish and without spot Il Pet. i, 1g), who
will in due time present faultless before the
presence Of his glory with exceeding joy all
who put their trust in Him. Dude 24) AL
though sorely tried by men and demons, even
J Judas Iscariot had to say, 81 have betrayed
/ innocent BLOOD" and the demons testified
that He was the Holy One Of God. Truly Of
Him, and Of Him only, could it be said, "In
| Him Is no sin, He knew no sin, He did no sin,
Hewas without SIM"
"Of Els own voluntary will" Concerning
the laying down of His life he said, stNo man
taketh it from me, but lay it down of my
SELF" tJohn K, 1S)
4. "He shall put His hand upon the head Of
the burnt Offering" Thus fully identifying
Himself With it, as if tosay, 81 deserve to die
for My sin, but this snless sacrifice takes My
place, to suffer in My stead for Ny sin which
have committed"
S. 'sAnd he shall kill the bullock /.
and sprinkle the blood" Without shedding
of blood there is no remission Heb. tx, 22);
and although tits not possible for the blood
of bulls or of goats to take away sin Heb.
<, ~, the blood of Jesus Christ can and does
cleanse from all sin q John 1, q all
those to whom it is applied, that is, all who
become identified with Him by faith In Him.
G. "He shall fay the burnt Offering and cut
it into his pieces" G. T. NJ. says on this that
sit was no mere surface work with Christ;
tho more the depths of His being were ex.
| plored, the more clearly was it made mani
fest that pure devotion to the will Of His
Father and earnest desire for His glory were
tho springs of action in the great antitype of
the burnt offering; not only as whole, but
in all its parts, was tho Offering seen to be
without blemish."
Z. "Fire upon the altar, wood In
order upon the fire." We think Of the story
Of Isaac III Gen. xii, and see Isaac carrying
the wood, while Abraham carried the fire
and the knife; then little later, we see the
altar built the wood laid in order, and isaac
bound and laid upon the wood ready to be
slain and consumed; but the knife descends
not upon Isaac, he is spared, and in his stead
the lamb is slain and consumed God spared
not his own Son; ho carried the wood Of the
cross, was nailed to 1t, and actually died
both Us sin offering and burnt Offering.
Tho fire on the brazen altar speaks to us of
Gods holiness accepting the sacrifice as q
sweet SAVIOR unto Him the burnt offering,
meat Offering and peace Offering were sweet
SAVIOR offerings); but the fire without the
camp which consumed the sin Offering Heb.
iv, 12) speaks to us of the wrath OF God
against sin. Jesus was both our si1,
offering, suffering for our SINS and
also our burnt Offering, making lis
acceptable to God. It is also worthy CT note
in connection with the fire that tho words
used i'll tho Hebrew in reference to the burn.
ing on the altar, and the burning without the
camps, are entirely different words; the first
signifying the burning as Of incense, and the
cursed.
g. ''The head and the fat" Even the fa,
of the sin Offering was burned upon the alta,
as a sweet SAVIOR Nev. iv, Sly, teaching us
Gods appreciation Of the excellency o1
Christ even while suffering for our sins The
head indicates the intellect, fully SURRENDERED
to God and appreciated by Him.
Q. ellis inwards and his legs shall he wasl
i'm water" The washing with water mad,
them ceremonially what Jesus Christ was il
reality.
1.-The priest shall burn all on the altar.
Part of the meat Offering and the peac
offering was eaten by the priests, but not 81
in the burnt offering; it was all burnt upol
the altar, all for God One thing in whicl
Gall r.. Z.