What Israel was commanded to do:

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• What Israel was commanded to do
• - Give a gift, make an offering, to cover or
  pay for sin
• Leviticus 42-3

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• What Israel was commanded to do

- Express respect and thanksgiving to
God Leviticus 214-15
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• How was it done
• - Through the priesthood
• Leviticus 12-5
• - At the tabernacle
• Leviticus 13
• - With specific, detailed ritual
• Leviticus 16-9

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• Two images to take from these commandments
• In Israel
• - The varied, complicated, and costly
  types of offerings
• - The worshipper killing the sacrifice
• Leviticus 110-11 31-2

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• Compare to
• In Christ
• - One comprehensive and all powerful
  sacrifice
• Hebrews 923-28

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• Compared to

In Christ - The offering was made by
God
John 316 For God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life.
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• Gods offering and our offering
• Hebrews 101-10
• Romans 121-2
• Hebrews 1310-16

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• We do not sacrifice to pay for our sins but to
  return love to God
• Our offering to Him of our lives should be no
  less costly and sacrificial than Israels

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