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Requirements of a Holy God

Date: May. 10, 2016

Passage

Leviticus 7:22-38  (ESV)

22 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat. 24 The fat of an animal that dies of itself and the fat of one that is torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but on no account shall you eat it. 25 For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the LORD shall be cut off from his people. 26 Moreover, you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places. 27 Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

28 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 29 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his offering to the LORD from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 30 His own hands shall bring the LORD’s food offerings. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD. 31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons. 32 And the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings. 33 Whoever among the sons of Aaron offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion. 34 For the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed I have taken from the people of Israel, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a perpetual due from the people of Israel. 35 This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the LORD’s food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the LORD. 36 The LORD commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations.”

37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the grain offering, of the sin offering, of the guilt offering, of the ordination offering, and of the peace offering, 38 which the LORD commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day that he commanded the people of Israel to bring their offerings to the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Key Verse: 7:37a, 38a

This is the law of the burnt offering, of the grain offering, of the sin offering, of the guilt offering, of the ordination offering, and of the peace offering,

First, eat no fat or blood (22-27). As said before in 3:16-17, the Israelites were not to eat the fat or the blood of an animal. If they did, they were to be cut off from God's people. What they ate was not a matter of personal preference. God defined what made them holy. How much is God directing your life and guiding what you do? Are you yielding to his will and following his word to you?

Second, the priest's share (28-38). The perpetual share for the priests was the breast and right thigh of the offered animal. The fat had to be burned up, not eaten. God gave all these offering regulations to Moses on Mt.Sinai. Any priest who treated the Lord's offering with contempt would be guilty of great sin (1Sa 2:12-17). Animal blood cannot actually take away human sin, but God required these offerings in anticipation of a better sacrifice. Jesus' obedience to God's will for him to die for our sins is what makes us holy (Heb 10:1-10).

Prayer: Lord, all these offerings show that your holiness and our sinfulness is greater than we understand or imagine, and we are much too casual in approaching you. Help us to see our sin as you see it, and to more fully appreciate your mercy to us in Jesus Chri

One Word: The holy God made the way for sinners to be forgiven

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Revelation 6:1-17

Key Verse: 6:17

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”

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Today's Question

What does God require from us to escape His anger and curse, which we deserve for our sin?

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