Five offerings to God in three categories
Lev. 1-7
- Commitment to God – First two offerings relate this
- Burnt Offering – Owner of animal did the killing
- Voluntary
- Grain Offering – The Bread of Life
- Voluntary
- Communion with God
- Peace Offering
- Voluntary
- Cleaning from God
- Sin Offering – Sins against God
- Required
- Sin should be removed from camp
- Christ was removed to the outside of city limits
- Trespass Offering – Sins against other people
All offerings now are completed through Jesus Christ
Chapters 6&7 are review of these five offerings.
From Spurgeon: Lev. 6:13 Applies to the alter of our hearts, like the alter in the temple, the fire and light of the Holy Spirit should never go out.
By SJ: Keeping that fire alive means feeding it with Gods Word.