What is the significance of the Burnt Offering?
The significance of the burnt
offering is to express one's gratitude to God, and thanksgiving, it serves as a
memorial before God, on our behalf. It is the offering that one presents to the
Lord for any occasion. Whether as a sin offering, a peace or fellowship
offering, or as a daily thanksgiving offering to; “Declare the Lord's
loving-kindness in the morning, and His faithfulness every night.” It is
exactly what the scriptures says; “My food for My offerings” (Psalms
92:2; Numbers 28:2).
The burnt offering is the
offering that one offers to God, on the day of his/her gladness, and at the
Lord's appointed feasts. For it is written; “Also in the day of your gladness,
in you appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow
the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace
offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God; I am the Lord
your God” (Numbers 10:10).
And thus says the Lord; “These
are the feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to
offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering and a grain
offering, a sacrifice an drink offering, everything on its day...besides the
Sabbaths of the Lord, besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides
all your freewill offerings which you give to the Lord” (Leviticus
23:37-38).
As clearly stated, holy
convocations were ordained specifically by the Lord, to offer to the Lord His
food for His offering: This offering is besides, or in addition to all other
gifts, vows, or freewill offerings one gives to the Lord.
The Burnt offering is the
fellowship offering that unites all the members of the body of Christ into one
body, as alluded to by the apostle Paul who wrote; “I speak as to wise men;
judge for your-selves what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not
the communion (sharing, fellowship) of the blood of Christ? The bread which we
break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we, being many, are
one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread” (1
Corinthians 10:15-17).
The Burnt offering is the
offering which the High Priest offers to the Father, as atonement for the sins
of the people. “For every High Priest taken from among men is appointed for men
in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for
sins....Therefore it is necessary that this One [Jesus Christ] also have
something to offer.” No wonder the Lord called it “My food for My offerings” (Hebrews
5:1; 8:3 Numbers 28:2).
The burnt offering is the
prerequisite, for drawing near to God. As it is written; “This shall be a
continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the
tabernacle of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet you to speak with you.
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be
sanctified by My glory” (Exodus 29:42-43).
And in the New testament we have
been admonished saying; “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest
by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us,
through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house
of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure
water. ...Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner
of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching”
(Hebrews
10:19-25).
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To be continued, stay tuned
With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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