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HEBREWS 10:1-6
LEV 5
LESSON #21
THE TRESPASS OFFERING = SIN AS AN ACT

• MEMORY VERSE: HEB 10:14

• READ HEB 10:1-6
• THE OLD TESTAMENT ANIMAL SACRIFICES WERE A PREFIGURE OF THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST (10:1) AND HIS SACRIFICE AND WORK ON THE CROSS.
• WHY WERE THE OLD TESTAMENT ANIMAL SACRIFICES NOT GOOD ENOUGH?
• THEY DID NOT MAKE ANYONE PERFECT (RIGHTEOUS) IN GOD'S SIGHT.
• OF COURSE, WE ARE NOT "PERFECT" AS WE STILL SIN. HOWEVER, GOD SEES US AS "PERFECT" BECAUSE HE IS LOOKING AT JESUS CHRIST WHO STANDS BETWEEN GOD AND US.
• THEY DID NOT CLEAR MAN'S CONSCIENCE. THEY MADE MAN CONSCIOUS OF SIN BECAUSE THEY HAD TO OFFER THEM CONTINUALLY. (2-3)
• ANIMAL SACRIFICE DID NOT REMOVE SIN FROM A PERSON. IT ONLY COVERED SIN UNTIL CHRIST CAME AND TOOK SIN AWAY.
• THEY WERE ONLY AN OUTWARD OBSERVANCE THAT DID NOT PLEASE GOD BECAUSE HE IS LOOKING FOR A CHANGED HEART.
• WHY DO YOU THINK GOD TOLD OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE TO DO ANIMAL SACRIFICE?
• TO MAKE MAN CONSCIOUS OF SIN
• TO POINT MAN TO CHRIST

• ANIMAL SACRIFICE, A PREFIGURE OF CHRIST:
• THERE ARE 5 DIFFERENT TYPES OF OFFERINGS, ALL OF WHICH EITHER REPRESENT THE PERSON OF CHRIST OR THE WORK OF CHRIST. (A GRAND PREFIGURE, JUST LIKE THE THINGS IN THE TABERNACLE)

• OLD TESTAMENT OFFERINGS (SACRIFICES)

• NON-SWEET SAVOR OFFERINGS--COMPULSORY
• (THEY SHOW THE WORK OF CHRIST)
• 1.TRESPASS OFFERING (GUILT OFFERING)LEV 5:1-6:7 ; 7:1-7
• 2.SIN OFFERINGLEV 4:1-35 ; 6:25-30

• 5 TYPES OF OFFERINGS ARE LISTED IN THE LEV 1-5.
• WE WILL STUDY THEM IN REVERSE ORDER OF HOW THEY ARE LISTED. THEY ARE LISTED IN THE BIBLE IN THE ORDER OF GOD'S VIEWPOINT. WE WILL STUDY THEM IN THE ORDER OF MAN'S VIEWPOINT BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE COME TO CHRIST.

• THE TRESPASS OFFERING = SIN AS AN ACT
• READ LEV 5:1-19
• THE OLD TESTAMENT SIGNIFICANCE:
• A TRESPASS IS AN INVASION BY AN INDIVIDUAL OF EITHER THE RIGHTS OF GOD OR OF ANOTHER PERSON.
• FOR EXAMPLE: WITHHOLDING A TITHE FROM GOD WAS A TRESPASS AGAINST GOD. (JOS 7:1)
• WHAT SINS WERE COVERED BY THIS SACRIFICE:
• SPECIFIC ACTS OF SIN COMMITTED IN IGNORANCE LEV 5:1-13 FOR EXAMPLE:
• FOR NOT TESTIFYING REGARDING A WRONG (LEV 5:1)
• FOR TOUCHING ANYTHING UNCLEAN (LEV 5:2)
• FOR MAKING AN EVIL OATH (LEV 5:4)
• NON-SPECIFIC ACTS OF SIN COMMITTED IN IGNORANCE (LEV 5:14-19)
• SPECIFIC ACTS OF SIN COMMITTED DELIBERATELY (LEV 6:1-7)
• OBJECTS OFFERED:
• FEMALE LAMB, GOAT, 2 TURTLE DOVES OR PIGEONS (1 FOR SIN OFFERING, 1 FOR BURNT OFFERING), FLOUR (WITH NO OIL OR FRANKINCENSE)
• THESE WERE OFFERED FOR SPECIFIC ACTS OF SIN
• THE DIFFERENT CHOICES OF OBJECTS WERE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND/OR THE PRIEST CONFORMING TO THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE NATURE OF THE SIN.
• RAM WITHOUT BLEMISH AND SILVER FOR REPARATION
• THIS WAS OFFERED FOR NON-SPECIFIC ACTS OF SIN DONE IN IGNORANCE.
• IF THE SIN WAS AGAINST GOD, THE SACRIFICE WAS COMPLETED BEFORE PAYMENT WAS MADE.
• IF THE SIN WAS AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON, PAYMENT WAS MADE, AND THEN SACRIFICE WAS COMPLETED.
• THE NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVER, ALSO, IS TO CONFESS HIS SIN AND, WHERE NECESSARY, HE IS TO MAKE RESTITUTION (1JOH 1:9 MAT 7:12)
• METHOD:
• ONE MUST FIRST CONFESS BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH "SECRET SINS". ECC 12:14 MAT 5:23,24
• FOR THE BIRDS, THE NECK WAS WRUNG, BUT THE HEAD WAS NOT CUT OFF. = CHRIST IS THE HEAD AND THE CHURCH IS THE BODY. CHRIST IS NOT SEPARATED FROM THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF SIN, BUT THE FLOW OF SPIRITUAL LIFE IS RESTRICTED.
• THE BLOOD WAS SPRINKLED ON THE SIDE OF THE BRAZEN ALTAR, AND THE REMAINDER OF IT WAS DRAINED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ALTAR.
• REMEMBER THE BRAZEN ALTAR REPRESENTS THE CROSS OF CHRIST. THE BLOOD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ALTAR REPRESENTS THE BLOOD OF CHRIST SHED AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS.
• THEN THE BURNT OFFERING WAS OFFERED. (WE WILL DISCUSS THIS OFFERING LATER.)
• THE SIGNIFICANCE IS THAT REPENTANCE OF SIN IS FIRST BEFORE PARTAKING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.
• ALL THE FAT, KIDNEYS, AND LIVER WERE BURNED AS OFFERING = WHAT WAS CONSIDERED THE BEST PARTS WERE OFFERED TO GOD. (LEV 7:4-5)
• JESUS CHRIST WAS GOD’S VERY BEST, OFFERED TO GOD AS A SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS.
• FLOUR OFFERED -- THE PRIEST KEEPS A PART AND THE REMAINDER IS BURNED.
• FINE FLOUR SIGNIFIES PERFECTION, WITHOUT SIN.
• THERE IS NO OIL BECAUSE OIL IS A SYMBOL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHERE THERE IS SIN, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS QUENCHED AND GRIEVED. (1TH 5:19 EPH 4:30)
• THERE IS NO FRANKINCENSE BECAUSE IT IS A SWEET SMELLING SUBSTANCE. SIN DOES NOT HAVE A SWEET SMELL TO GOD. THAT IS WHY THIS OFFERING IS CALLED A NON-SWEET SAVOUR TO GOD.
• THE NEW TESTAMENT SIGNIFICANCE:
• WHEN A NON-BELIEVER FIRST COMES TO CHRIST, HE USUALLY RECOGNIZES HIS OWN FAULTS AND SINFUL ACTS.
• THEN, HE DISCOVERS THAT JESUS CHRIST PAID THE PRICE FOR HIS SINFUL ACTS, NOT ONLY THOSE WE KNOW WE COMMIT, BUT THOSE WE COMMIT IN IGNORANCE. MAT 3:2 ROM 2:4 2CO 7:10
• JESUS CHRIST IS OUR TRESPASS OFFERING
• READ COL 2:13,14 2CO 5:19

• APPLICATION:
• DISCUSSION: HOW OFTEN SHOULD A CHRISTIAN REPENT OF SIN? HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN IT IS ENOUGH?

• APPLICATION OF HEB 10:1-6 AND LEV 5
• WHEN AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU REPENT OF SIN?

• WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE SINS OF IGNORANCE (THOSE SINS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW YOU COMMIT)?

• ARE THERE ANY SINS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS REVEALED TO YOU OF WHICH YOU NEED TO REPENT?

• IN PRAYER ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS. THEN PRAISE HIM FOR HIS FORGIVENESS. (1JOH 1:9)

• PREPARATION FOR HEB 10:1-6 AND LEV 3-4
• READ LEV 4
• WHAT OBJECTS COULD BE OFFERED FOR THE "SIN OFFERING"?

• WRITE DOWN ANYTHING THAT STRIKES YOU AS INTERESTING OR CURIOUS

• READ LEV 3
• WHAT OBJECTS COULD BE OFFERED FOR THE "PEACE OFFERING"?

• WRITE DOWN ANYTHING THAT STRIKES YOU AS INTERESTING OR CURIOUS

• MEMORY VERSE: ROMANS 5:1