{"id":2561,"date":"2013-03-15T08:04:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T15:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2013-03-15T08:13:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T15:13:43","slug":"why-the-biblical-sacrificial-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/15\/why-the-biblical-sacrificial-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Biblical Sacrificial System?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Brief Study of the Sacrificial System\u2014<\/strong><strong>The Purpose of Sacrifice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/15\/why-the-biblical-sacrificial-system\/lamb-sacrifice-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2562\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2562\" alt=\"Lamb sacrifice\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Lamb-sacrifice1-300x268.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Lamb-sacrifice1-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Lamb-sacrifice1-335x300.jpg 335w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Lamb-sacrifice1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Levitical system foreshadowed and pointed to the Messiah\u2019s ultimate sacrifice (Heb 9:11\u201312).<\/li>\n<li>The tabernacle offerings were specifically designed to spiritually draw the offerer near to Elohim through the\u00a0 sacrifice of a prescribed animal (Ps 51:16\u201317; 50:12\u201315 cp. 1 Pet 2:21).<\/li>\n<li>Elohim commanded offerings to assist the offerer to better understand himself; his attitude, and his personal relationship with Elohim (e.g., Gen 3:21; 4:3\u20135; 8:20; 22:1\u20132 cp. 1 Cor 11:28).<\/li>\n<li>Altars were erected by the patriarchs in order to honor Elohim through sacrifice after having had direct contact with him (Gen 12:6\u20138; 13:18; 26:24\u201325; 35:1; 35:2\u20134; Exod 17:13\u201316; cp. Exod 20:12).<\/li>\n<li>Proper and regular sacrificial offerings kept the children of Israel in direct contact with the Elohim of the patriarchs (Exod 5:3; 10:25; cp. 1 Tim 2:5).<\/li>\n<li>To make the offerer holy (set-apart) so that he would be allowed to approach and commune with the Set-Apart Elohim of Israel (Isa 43:15; 57:15; Lev 19:2 cp. 2 Cor 6:16\u201318).<\/li>\n<li>Under certain circumstances, blood, as used in the Levitical system, could serve as a purification agent for both people and objects (Heb 9:18\u201323 cp. Luke 2:22\u201324).<\/li>\n<li>The blood of the animal sacrifices served to cover the offerer\u2019s sins, thereby allowing him to draw near to the Set-Apart Elohim of Israel. However, the offerer could only be forgiven for specific sins through full repentance and by returning to Elohim\u2019s way of life as outlined in the Torah (Lev 1:4; 4:35; 23:27\u201328; Heb 10:3\u20134; cp. Rom 4:7\u20138).<\/li>\n<li>The purpose of the animals offered by the Levitical priesthood served as a shadow of the blood of Messiah, which does not merely cover our sins, but removes all of the sins of the person who accepts Yeshua\u2019s offering of himself for that sinner (Heb 9:11\u201312, 24\u201328; 1 Pet 1:18\u201319; Eph 5:25\u201327; Lev 25:47\u201349; Rom 5:11; John 1:29 cp. Heb 13:10\u201313).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>YHVH instituted the biblical sacrificial system at the fall of man, and it pointed to the coming of Yeshua the Messiah, the Redeemer and Savior of mankind. Depending on how one understands the passages recording the vision of Ezekiel\u2019s Temple (Ezek 40\u201348), there may or may not be a reinstitution of part of or the whole sacrificial system during the millennium. Some believe that Ezekiel\u2019s Temple is only an allegorical picture of Yeshua on the cross and speaks to YHVH\u2019s plan of salvation and therefore will never be built. Others feel that it is yet to be built. This author favors the former thesis.<\/p>\n<p>After the fall of man, YHVH made Adam and Eve coats or garments of skins or leather (Gen 3:21). Though the Scriptures don\u2019t tell us, we can guess these were made of leather from a kosher animal such as a cow, sheep or goat. In other words, YHVH probably sacrificed an animal to cover their physical and spiritual nakedness. This would have marked the beginning of the sacrificial system and thus pointed to Yeshua\u2019s atoning death on the cross through his shed blood\u2014the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.<\/p>\n<p>The next occurrence of a sacrifice was that of righteous Abel in Genesis chapter four. After that, animal sacrifices become a common occurrence with the male head of each family acting as the officiant or priest for his family. It was not until the golden calf incident (Exod 32) that the responsibility of the male head of the family to perform sacrifices passed to the Levites, thus, initiating the Levitical priesthood with its sacrificial system.<\/p>\n<p>Sacrifices are no longer necessary, since Yeshua our Messiah offered his body as the penultimate sacrifice for our sins, once and for all, forever (Heb 10:10\u201321). <strong><em>HalleluYAH!!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Why the Biblical Sacrificial System?',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/15\/why-the-biblical-sacrificial-system\/',contentID: 'post-2561',suggestTags: 'Leviticus,Sacrifices,Yeshua',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Brief Study of the Sacrificial System\u2014The Purpose of Sacrifice The Levitical system foreshadowed and pointed to the Messiah\u2019s ultimate sacrifice (Heb 9:11\u201312). 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