Leviticus
4 – 6
Ugh, sometimes the nuts and bolts of the law just bore me to
death. Verse 4:3 is the start of repeat sacrifices based on status and what
animal to use:
If the person anointed as priest
commits a sin, he brings guilt on the people and they suffer the
consequences. So the priest must offer the most valuable
animal—an unblemished, young bull—to Me as a purification offering for sin.
I took this for a few reasons. First it was the first of a
long line of scenarios on who and what should be sacrificed based on what type
of offense. While most are “unintentionally sins” but even so have
consequences. The other thing I notice is how Jesus is always described as the
“lamb of God” yet never the “young bull”. Now as you read further to 4:32 we
see the lamb:
If a person presents a lamb for the
purification offering for sin, then he must bring an unblemished female.
This then shows something wrong in the sex of Jesus.
Interesting through my watching YouTube I found some lady saying she honors the
female Jesus. It was bazar to say the least since at this time Rabbis were men.
Anyway, I just found this interesting and was struggling for something to write
and this caught my eye.
Verse 5:7 caught my eye since it takes into account poor
people:
But if the guilty person is
poor and cannot afford to offer a lamb, then he must bring to Me two
turtledoves or two pigeons as a purification offering for sin. One of these
will act as the purification offering and the other will be a burnt offering.
When you think about it, this is very important. Often we
get the idea God is for the rich or you will become rich following God, where
this shows without a doubt that God loves the poor and the poor follow him as
well. It also shows that God will not necessarily lift you from poverty.
As we get into the Law you will notice that much of it looks
like todays legal system. It’s actually kind of cool that something so old that
is considered by non-believers to be outdated is the basis of our legal system
and laws today.