47 - They shall be Forgiven

Chareen's Thoughts:

Jews praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur
by Maurycy Gottlieb in 1878
Tel Aviv Museum of Art

• Lev 4:17 And shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, before the veil [which screens the ark of the covenant]. The number seven appears again.
• Leviticus 5:13, Leviticus 4:26, Leviticus 4:35, Leviticus 4:31 & Leviticus 4:20 ... and the priest shall make atonement for [the people], and they shall be forgiven. This made me think of 1 Corinthians 6:11 And such some of you were [once]. But you were washed clean (purified by a complete atonement for sin and made free from the guilt of sin), and you were consecrated (set apart, hallowed), and you were justified [pronounced righteous, by trusting] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the [Holy] Spirit of our God. 
• Lev 6:1-7 is about sinning against your neighbour. Lev 6:5 he shall not only restore it in full, but shall add to it one fifth more and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day of his trespass or guilt offering. Restitution is not only about returning what what was taken but returning it with positive interest.
• Lev 10:9 Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; it shall be a statute forever in all your generations. Interesting verse considering we use wine in some of our places of meeting when we pass the cup around ?? Yes I know this statute was given to Aaron and his sons but what are the implications for us today ?

For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once [a]for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the spirit, 1 Peter 3:18

Blessings
Chareen
 
For Further Reading

• A pictorial step by step of The Day of Atonement over at The Desert Tabernacle.
• Day of Atonement (Yomha-Kippurim) over at Jewish Encyclopedia.
• Word definition: YOM KIPPUR: The Day of Atonement over at My Jewish Learning.
• Yom Kippur Theology and Themes over at My Jewish Learning.
• History of Yom Kippur over at My Jewish Learning. over at My Jewish Learning.
• Yom Kippur 101 over at My Jewish Learning.
• Yom Kippur at Home over at My Jewish Learning.
• Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement over at Hebrew 4 Christians.
• Yom Kippur at Wikipedia
• Atonement over at Theopedia

45 - The book of Leviticus is the book of law

Kathleen's thoughts

Leviticus 1,6,7,17

These scriptures today are about the laws given to Moses to Aaron and his sons about the sin offerings and the atonement for the priests and the Israelites.

Leviticus 16... Moses was told by God that Aaron is not allowed to come whenever he wants into the holy place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

Verse 34 This is to be a permanent statute for you to make atonement for the Israelites once a year because of all their sins.

Leviticus 17... 10. Anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who live among them who eats any blood. I will turn against that person who eats blood, 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood. and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement...Therefore I say to the Israelites; None of you and no foreigner who lives among you may eat blood.

Leviticus 1:9 A fire offering is a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

One thing I have noticed through these scriptures is that God is very clear on cleanliness especially when the Priest enter the Tent and holy place. The garments that were used in the tent of meeting never left that area the Priest had to take their garments off. Because it was holy unto the Lord.

The five main Levitical offerings

1. Burnt offering = dedication

2. Grain offering = Thanksgiving

3. Fellowship offering = Fellowship

4. Sin offering = Cleansing

5. Restitution offering = Reconciliation

Blessings