The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-08-03
THE BURNT OFFERING.
LESSON VI, THIRD QUARTER, IN
rERNATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 8.

Verses g. 6-GOlden Text, lSn. I'LL, o.
Commentary by Rev. u. NJ. stearns.
lCondeused from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by
permission OF H. 8. Hoffman. Philadelphia,
publisher.
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 at 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, 2l), the trespass offering shows
whatlRe do as the result of the sin in U.S. and
points 10 us Christ who bore our sins in His
own body on the tree. q Pet Ii, "a; iii, 1877
The burnt Offering shows US Christ perfectly
doing the Fathers will and giving Himself an
offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet
smelling SAVIOR Eph. v, p; 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
John viii, 20); and the peace offering brings
before us the blessed result Of all His toll and
death. (Col. /, 20; Rom. Y, ~
In this first chaper Of Leviticus we have
the burnt offering as a bullock, lamb or
kid, and turtle dove or pigeon, but in each
case it is said to be "a burnt sacrifice, an Of
fering made by fire, Of sweet SAVIOR unto
the Lord" Vs9, 13,17.) 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 -four, and his sin was atoned for as
if he had brought a lamb or two turtle doves
or pigeons. Q4ev. v, 7-13.) 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 fully3
/. 1.-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
Ex. XIV, 29, so He spake from of the mercy
seat; not as He had spoken the words OF the
law from the burning, quaking Mt. Sinai,
but from the propitiatory, type of Christ.
Q. "If 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
8. "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. |, 49,, who
will in due time present faultless before the
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who put their trust in Him. Jude 2) Al
though sorely tried by men and demons, even
Judas Iscariot had to say, II 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, I'm
Him is no sin, He knew no sin, He did no sin,
He was without sim"
"Of His own voluntary will" Concerning
the laying down of His life he said, "No man
taketh it from me, but lay it down of my
SELF" John K, 49,
4 HE shall put His hand upon the head OF
.she n INT Offering" Thus fully identifying
( 1ltrnsSE wfsh it, as II to say, ri deserve to die
I FOR My sin, but this sinless sacrifice takes Ny
place, to suffer in My stead for My sin which
have committed"
"And he shall kill the bullock
and sprinkle the blood" Without shedding
Of blood there is no remission Heb. TX, 80
and although it is not possible for the blood
of bulls or of goats to take away sin Heb.
x. 4. the blood Of Jesus Christ can and does
cleanse from all sin Il John i, q all
those to whom it is applied, that is, all who
become identified with Him by faith in Him.
He shall fay the burnt offering and cut
it into his pieces" c. H. M. says on this tina,
sit was no mere surface work with Christ
the 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
the springs of action in the great antitype Of
the burnt offering; not only as whole but
in all it's parts, was the Offering seen to be
without blemish."
I Fire upon the altar, wood In
order upon the fire." We think OF the story
of Isaac in 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; he carried the wood Of the
cross, was nailed to it, and actually dice
both as a sin Offering and burnt offering
The fire on the brazen altar speaks to us Of
Gods holiness accepting the sacrifice as G
sweet SAVIOR unto Him tthe burnt offering
meat offering and peace offering were sweet
SAVIOR offerings; but the fire without the
camp which consumed the sin offering Heb
iy. l3 speaks to us of the wrath of Goo
against SIM Jesus was both our sir
offering, suffering for our sins, ane
also our burnt offering, making u!
acceptable to God It is also worthy Of mott
in connection with the fire that the word
used in the Hebrew in reference to the burn
ing on the altar, and the burning without tn
camps, are entirely different words; the frs
signifying the burning as of incense, and tn
latter the burning as of that which is &C
cursed.
8. 1.-The head and the fat" Even the ia
of the sin offering was burned upon the alta
as sweet SAVIOR Qev. iv, SD, teaching u
Gods appreciation of the excellency o
Christ even while suffering for our sins. TIL
head indicates the intellect, fully surrendere'
to God and appreciated by Him.
o. "His inwards and his legs shall he was
in water.p The washing with water mad