Growing up, Tuesday was the designated cleaning day at our small church. Every week, a group of members would arrive at the familiar brick building, greeting each other with “Praise the Lord!” “Good to see you,” and “How’s your week going?” The sound of gospel music filled every room as we cleaned and bopped our heads, singing along with John P. Kee, Yolanda Adams, Fred Hammond, and other voices rotating through the radio station’s playlist.
I didn’t understand as a kid, but as an adult, I’ve realized the significance of what we were doing. There was something almost holy, priestly even, about our routine of care for that space where our close-knit community of believers would gather to worship God. Aged, wooden pews were polished with lemon PledgeⓇ. Dining room floors were mopped with Pine-SolⓇ, its distinct and invigorating smell permeating the church. Those fond memories from my childhood began to resurface as our team curated passages and drafted content for this reading plan.
The book of Leviticus is about God preparing His people for His presence. It shows us how God made it possible for His people to come near Him without compromising His holiness and excusing Israel’s sin. The instructions He gave and the systems and processes He established are key to understanding how God frees us from sin and keeps us free—through sacrifice and atonement.
It’s this context, this language of atonement, that the New Testament writers used to describe who Jesus is and what He has done for us. He is the “Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29) and our Great High Priest (Hebrews 4:15). Leviticus connects us to this imagery; without it, the full significance of these metaphors and analogies is lost to us.
I pray that each day of this reading plan you will hear the promise to God’s people: they will be forgiven. May it cause you to cling to the hope we have in Jesus: in Him, we are forgiven. We are free. And we are invited into His presence—forever.
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“….His people to come near Him without compromising His holiness and excusing Israel’s sin” Quote taken from paragraph three above. Can man really comprise God’s holiness?
The passage made me think more intensely about how the world was changing and how the people were living together in a whole different society than we do.
The gift of Christ. Woooooo that’s all I can say.
Thank you Lord! I will trust in the Lord all my days and I will be satisfied with you Lord cause you know what’s best for me all of my good days out weigh my bad days I won’t complain I will not get weary but I will trust in the Lord always and forever and Lord I’ll be satisfied with you! I know you got me! Hallelujah! Some trust in horses sone trust in chariots I choose to trust in the Lord who has never left me! I’m satisfied! I’m satisfied! I’m satisfied! Glory!
In light of what the Israelites had to do for atonement, it makes me appreciate Christ’s sacrifice for us even more.
Thank you! I’m excited to see where this study leads me.
Amen to God!
Thank you Lord for leading me here when I needed it the most.
Amen!
My thoughts also.
THANKING God for allowing me to find this Podcast. ❤️
Amen!!
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This really shown a new light on serving for me. Leviticus 1-3 was brutal to read through and showed that serving the lord is not always a pretty or aesthetic journey and that sometimes it will be gruesome. This showed me the realities of what being a Christian is, and though it is not as intense as it used to be in these chapters, it can be in other ways but it is what is sometimes necessary.
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The ultimate gift is to have access to God through Christ.
The atonement to me signifies how God is making us perfect in the time for his presence. I am thankful there is another way to receive God through the live atonement through Jesus Christ.
Right! The perfect atonement without blemish for all this trouble. God is indeed good!
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Thank You Jesus For Your Sacrifice
Preparing us for Christ, it all points to Jesus. So many instructions & details of what they had to do but now we have Jesus who was the perfect & complete sacrifice.
I’m excited to dive into Leviticus. I can honestly say that I’ve never read anything from it. So reading the first three chapters was kind of eye opening. Can you imagine if these sacrifices still needed to be done today?
I loved this!!
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Yes! They were like butchers! I can’t imagine the smell or the flies, that’s never mentioned though!
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I am struck by the references of oil & frankincense of the grain offerings and that they should be broken into pieces. This reminds me that Jesus’ body was broken but also reminds me of Jesus’ explanation of The Lord’s Supper. It seems like the shed blood has been the predominant image I think of concerning sacrifice but I am reminded of the significance of bread. Jesus said, “I am the bread of life.” And even down to the detail that the grain offering should be salted. Jesus said, “You am the salt of the earth.” It reminds me of God’s part and my part in joining with God for his kingdom for myself and for others.
This reading plan is right on time for me. My church is celebrating/participating in Yom Kipper. The whole point is repentance, atonement and oneness with the Lord. I was ELATED to hear that that was basically the theme of Leviticus and I’m excited to get a deeper understanding.
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This is my first She reads truth plan! I am so excited to dig deeper into God’s word! I love the specific instructions we see laid out in these first 3 chapters of Leviticus. I look forward to learning with everyone.
This makes me very thankful that God doesn’t require us to do these things anymore. Thankful for the ultimate sacrifice.
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I really like how they took us through the Old Testament and we read what they had to do, to please the Lord and then at the end of the read we read Jesus is our sacrifice with no blemish, we are so blessed to have Jesus who saved us from our sins.
So thankful for God’s sacrifice!
Did anyone else feel like they were reading a fiction horror novel while reading Leviticus 1 & 3?! I haven’t read through Leviticus in awhile & I forgot how difficult it can be to read. The way God wants them to kill these animals (the blood, the gore, the nastiness) is quite disgusting. If the process of OT atonement is this disgusting, the sin that caused them to even need this process, must be just as bad. It’s a reminder of how disgusting my sin is & its effects on me. If it wasn’t for Jesus, these Old Covenant ways would be expected of me today. I’d have to take part in the messy, sticky, stinky, uncomfortable process of atoning for my sins by slaughtering animals at the altar. Praise God for Jesus! That he endured a messy, sticky, stinky, uncomfortable crucifixion on my behalf, so that my past, present, & future sin is atoned for THROUGH Him!
Thanks for making it simple.
At first, I was really shocked and confused. I’ve never really dug into the OT and I forget how brutal it can be. It was so encouraging to read everyone’s take and how God decided to have Jesus be the brutal sacrifice so that we may get to know Him.
They are great! You can also listen to their podcast about the Bible study :)
Jesus is the Lamb of god our ultimate sacrifice!!
Wow! This explanation is the clearest I have ever seen this explained. Thank you!
I would love to join in on a zoom discussion!
I would
God requires our best, set aside for Him. Yet God gave us his best, Jesus, the holiest once for all sacrifice.
This book usually looses me with all the rules and expectations that I know that they could not follow. I am reminded of why we need a savior each time I read this book. Father thank you for giving us Jesus to do what we cannot, reconciliation with you! Amen!
@Elin I’m praying for you and your family!
Elin praying for you and your family in Sweden. Like many of those here I was struck by the brutality of the animal sacrifices and then it hit me that Jesus was sacrificed in an equal brutal way for our sins… sobering to think of but joyful that it is finished.
I will be honest I am excited to dig into Leviticus but today I found my self asking questions like why does their have to be such a brutal sacrifice for sin? Then I also was amazed to be reminded how meticulous our God is in everything. He leaves no detail put on how to do things. Things are very intentional even when it might seem like the long way around to us.
Good evening ladies. I am not participating in Leviticus. I will be following The Utmost For The Highest. I will check in over the next 3 weeks to see how everyone is doing. See you in Hebrews.
I’m excited from here on out!
So informative! I loved the first part of the podcast too!
This is my first She Reads Truth Study! I’m so excited to see how God uses this to work in my life!!
Praying for you Elin! Praying the Father’s protection over your family! We your sisters in Christ are blessed to suit up in the armor the Father has given us and stand in the gap for you and your family!❤️
Thank you for your prayers for our 8 year old granddaughter. Her surgery was successful and she is home recuperating now. Will be off school for at least a week. There is some swelling and some discomfort but that it to be expected. Thank you for praying for her. Also our daughter and granddaughter are flying back to their home in the panhandle of Florida tomorrow. The course of the potential hurricane looks to be headed east of them. Please pray for safe travel for them and protection from any effects of the storm. Thank you so very much!
This reading plan for today was an answer to my prayers last night! I didn’t look to see what today’s reading was going to be. My prayer has been me being unsatisfied in my relationship with Him and wanting to go deeper. I love how the first section is called Drawing Nearer to A Holy God.
This should be a good one. :) Is there a SRT virtual Zoom? Would love to meet some of you all and discuss our studies. (is that even allowed?? ha ha)
I was struck by the wording in Ex. 20:24 “in every place where I cause my name to be remembered.” There is no coincidence in God’s involvement in our lives, but it is the Spirit moving in our hearts and bringing revelation of who He is and who we are. Such a beautiful picture of the relationship and connection there is through offering what we have to God and how he returns the gift to us.
**Edit** The leaven of the Pharisees was an unhealthy emphasis on the legalism of religion (Matt 23:14-16).
Leviticus. The book of holiness. I was once very intimidated by this book and a missionary friend who was the teacher of the Word at the time, she told me, if you need to remember something about this book, remember it’s about holiness. The first 3 chapters we read about today has the holiness implied with many complex rituals of sacrifice. God is so orderly and detailed I must say. There are 2 things that caught my attention:
1- All the fat belongs to the Lord (Leviticus 3:16). I imagined bacon fat rendering and sizzling away, which gives the best aroma. All the fat belongs to the Lord. Why? “take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’ (Genesis 45:18), the fat signifies the best part of the land. Isaiah 34:6 says “The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made FAT with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams”. God wants us to give Him the best part of offering, and not the left overs. Truly that is a humbling request from God to us, as He also promises to give us His best in return, Isaiah 55:2, “Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.”
What is the fatness of me that will be a pleasing aroma to God?
2- Bread offering needs to be unleavened (Leviticus 2:11). Something I found in my KJV Study bible: Leaven is used throughout the Old Testament to represent sin, because of its degenerative influence. In the New Testament it usually signifies malice and wickedness, in contrast to sincerity and truth (1 Corinthians 5:6-8). Jesus identified three forms of leaven during His ministry. The leaven of the Pharisees was an unhealthy emphasis on the legalism of religion (Matt 23:14-1). The leaven of the Sadducees was their denial of the supernatural (Matt 22:23, 29). The leaven of the Herodians was worldliness (Mark 3:6). The corruptive influence of a little leaven emphasizes the need for churches to practice church discipline when sin becomes rampant in the lives of the members of a congregation (1 Corinthians 5: 6,7). This is such a reminder and a conviction for the church in these last days, when things get darker and darker because sin has made its way into the church, to flaunt itself and even to threaten truth right in the church.
May we give the best of what we are (living sacrifice) to God, and preserve ourselves diligently from the leaven that the Lord has warned us about. Be blessed dear sisters.
All the different ways of people to approach the meeting room with different types of sacrifices speaks toe about how much God wants to connect with us. He will not compromise His holiness, however still has a plan and a way to seek Him.
I love the great lengths that God goes to, to meet with his people. I pray that I wouldn’t forget how much he loves me and longs to meet with me.
I’m excited about starting this study with all of you Shes! I have never read all of Leviticus, but I’m so glad we are doing it together. The Study Book has been super helpful so far. I’m reminded of just how grateful I am for Christ’s ultimate sacrifice. Be blessed today and every day sweet friends!
Elin, Lifting you and your son and family up in prayer today!
May I ask you in this beautiful community to pray for me and my family? I am a 28 year old mom been married almost 3 years and our son is almost 2 years old. Please pray for healing for my boy and for protection over our marriage. Please pray for restoration and peace.
Elin, a She reading truth along with y’all here in Sweden
May I ask you in this beautiful community to pray for me and my family? I am a 28 year old mom been married almost 3 years and our son is almost 2 years old. Please pray for healing for my boy and for protection over our marriage. Please pray for restoration and peace.
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I think my biggest take always from this are the following:
– you sacrifice your best, to receive the best (God’s relationship and forgiveness)
– everything has a purpose (all parts of the animal mean something important); one thing is not more important than another
– God wants our best
– I need to discipline myself better to take care of what I have, because our efforts are noticed in everything we do.
I think my biggest take always from this are the following:
– you sacrifice your best, to receive the best (God’s relationship and forgiveness)
– everything has a purpose (all parts of the animal mean something important); one thing is not more important than another
– God wants our best
I think my biggest take always from this are the following:
– you sacrifice your best, to receive the best (God’s relationship and forgiveness)
– everything has a purpose (all parts of the animal mean something important); one thing is not more important than another
I think my biggest take always from this are the following:
– you sacrifice your best, to receive the best (God’s relationship and forgiveness)
I think my biggest take always from this are the following:
Thank you Dorothy
I’m grateful for this book, because Leviticus invites us to explore why the blood of Christ is so powerful and why we need it.
While all Bible study is exciting and humbling, I truly enjoy digging into a book or topic I know little about – I KNOW I will get to learn so much.
To those squeamish and dumbfounded as to how you would take killing your own sacrifice on, I think it is helpful to remember that in their day/culture, cultivating and processing one’s own meat was a very typical, if not daily task. The ins and outs of animal dispatching and butchering was done all the time. Every member of the family, from young to old, would be completely conditioned to the normalcy it was. We are detached in our modern world with our neatly packaged meat at the grocery store – unless you are a farmer or hunter. All that said, I am sure they felt the weight of doing it before the very presence of the LORD in a way we will never comprehend! Profound thought!!
Michelle – I love when you and others offer a glimpse into your/their testimony. It is always a gift to be given testimony of the LORD’s redemptive work all around us! To God be the glory for your return to the light!
I am excited to be with you all as we take on this deep, complex, and very important book. May we delight in the awe inspiring and the challenging aspects. May we wrestle with the hard to understand and seek to see a new facet of our steadfast, unchanging Father!
Mindy, thank you for posting the link for the Bible project. Helped me understand Leviticus a bit better.
Reading this makes me so thankful for Jesus; the ultimate sacrifice that allows us to be in God’s presence.
Good morning She’s! I have read “through” Leviticus several times as I read by Bible through but am really grateful to be studying it here with all of you. This book always, always makes me think about the multiple sacrifices that the Israelites had to make to get close to God. How many animals and birds did they have to keep just for sacrifice, AND how did they remember all of them and what to do?! Also, I can’t imagine having to kill them myself! I am so grateful for Jesus Christ that he sacrificed himself for us on the cross. I am excited to study this book with all of you and gain your insights. Love these studies so much. I always learn even from the “hard books”. Have a blessed day everyone!
Oppps…I hate it when the app glitches and it posts before I’m ready….anyway, I’m also seeking pray for my son, Joe. (age 14) He is having surgery Tuesday to remove a pituitary tumor…praying for successful surgery, benign tumor and restoration of vision. Thank you!!
Admittedly, I’ve been dreading this study…it’s always been discouraging and confusing for me to read Leviticus…but after this mornings reading and your comments im feeling excited to take this on, agreeing to submit myself to what the Lord has to teach me. So glad I have fellow sisters here that I can walk with!! MICHELLE P…would you please pray for my daughter, Jayna? She is walking down that path that you traveled. Praying for her to turn from the darkness and trust her life and heart to Jesus.
By obeying His rules and following His commands we are brought near to God.
Like the sun, we cannot touch it but we can see it from a distance. But we need the sun to live. We need God in our lives every. Single. Day.
By obeying His rules and following His commands we are brought near to God.
Donna Wolcott, here’s a website they might answer your question about how often they made sacrifices: https://www.learnreligions.com/how-often-did-people-offer-sacrifices-in-the-old-testament-363169.
Thank you, Kristina Lopes for providing the verses!
I was thinking of all these entailed and WOW! I tried looking up how often these took place and if I read correctly, it was on the Day of Atonement and was done as a group. Anyone who knows please post. It’s hard to imagine that every Israelite did this and how often. Thanks for insight from many.
So many good and helpful comments to bring understanding to this practice. I understand the need for sacrifice to have atonement, but I can’t imagine killing an animal. I was squeamish reading this today. I’m so thankful we have Jesus sacrifice that covers our sins. But it made me think. Would we be more careful with sin if we had to go through this practice? Do we take for granted that we will just be forgiven? It is important to remember what Jesus went through for us! The pain and humiliation. The ultimate sacrifice. I don’t ever want to take that for granted.
Tha k you!!!
@ANGIE MILLS – thanks for that… I was trying to mentally keep track as I was reading and having it written done like you did is helpful :)
God’s intense holiness is something I don’t think any of us, this side of the resurrection, will fully comprehend. I do wish we made more of an effort though… These specific an intentional sacrifices that were being made wasn’t just because God wanted them to have to go through something hard or annoying to really “feel” their sin… It was necessary because of His superior, unfathomable holiness. He WANTED to be near His people and this was literally the only way it could happen without His holiness next to their sinfulness literally killing them on the spot. He was unnecessarily making a way. He didn’t have to be near them- He WANTED to be near them. I hope we can approach Him with the reverence and awe that I know I tend to personally forget He deserves. ❤️
No scripture for me either—but I have my book.
Today I read through a lot of the extras at the front. And I got something I never noticed before. There was no seat in the Tabernacle or the Temple because the priests job was never done! But upon Jesus resurrection and ascension, He is seated. Seated at the right hand of the Father because His work is completed. Mind blown! Thank you Jesus because I can’t imagine living a life with constant, bloody sacrifices.
I was also blown away by this! I had never made that comparison before
@michellepatire, thank you for sharing! No judgment here! We’re all tempted in different ways and drawn to fleshly things not of God!
No scripture for me either—but I have my book.
Today I read through a lot of the extras at the front. And I got something I never noticed before. There was no seat in the Tabernacle or the Temple because the priests job was never done! But upon Jesus resurrection and assention, He is seated. Seated at the right hand of the Father because His work
No scripture for me either—but I have my book.
Today I read through a lot of the extras at the front. And I got so
No scripture for me either—but I have my book.
From the podcast: There is no growth in comfort. LOVE THAT!
Thank you!
WOW!!! A lot to take on. But God, these are the bases of the Christian faith and many, if not most, of the American laws. God expected obedience out of His people back then and He expects out us now. In the introductory part for Leviticus in my devotional/journaling Bible they wrote this, “Anyone can talk faith, but our God WANTS MORE THE WORDS — He wants OUR HEARTS TO BE DEDICATED TO HIM (emphasis is mine).”
I’m so looking forward to this study and how it relates to my Christian faith. YES, Christ was our ultimate sacrifice but some of these laws, regulations and ways for living STILL should be followed.
My Wonderful, Almighty, Father help me to dedicate my life to You and only You. When I stray please forgive me and bring me back to your fold. Help me to do more than just talk. Amen.
Sisters, be blessed and dedicate/rededicate your life to God, Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Scripture Readings: Leviticus 1:1-17, Leviticus 2:1-16, Leviticus 3:1-17, Exodus 20:24, 1 Peter 1:18-19
I find the Bible Project’s videos so helpful – this is a great overview of Leviticus to watch as we begin reading through the book: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/leviticus/?utm_source=web_social_share&medium=shared_video
Good morning fellow She’s! I, also, have never read through the book of Leviticus (at least not that I remember). I’m looking forward to learning more. Have a blessed day!
Scripture Reading: Leviticus 1:1-17, Leviticus 2:1-16, Leviticus 3:1-17, Exodus 20:24, 1 Peter 1:18-19
I loved this Jennifer, thank you.
There’s nothing to read under the scripture section. Can someone please post todays reading? Thanks!
Thank you for the help to study the books that are not always the most interesting to read but as you say, important to understand the analogies and metaphors of the New Testament. I am grateful to know you ladies (and gents in the background) are building such a resource. One that I look forward to sharing with my girls. They might be 1 and 3 now, but one day hopefully we can do SheReadsTruth together.
Y’all might judge me for that comment down below, but I pray it exposes the darkness in the world and equips someone to know how to love their “gothic” loved one. Lol. I felt a little uncomfortable posting that for everyone to read. But I pray y’all see my heart is for Jesus and truth– and I just want people to know the reality of pagan blood magic and temptation.
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Honestly reading about washing internal organs made me cringe a little bit and I thought “why am I reading this?” lol. But reading what Tameshia said, “Leviticus connects us to this imagery; without it, the full significance of these metaphors and analogies is lost to us” really put things into perspective. Everything that is in the Bible was meant to be there, even when it’s hard to understand. So glad I’m doing this study!
@Lanie H- I appreciate your insight from your stance in the healthcare field. I was thinking, there is a reason these parts of the animal aren’t consumed. And I assume a huge reason is the impact on our health.
I was also keeping in mind the pagan sacrifices of their day — which still probably exist today. In Leviticus 3- “you shall eat neither fat or blood” stood out to me.
When I was in high school, I identified a lot with the gothic (in my day they called it “emo”) style and lifestyle. God’s grace cover me now!!!… but I remember being fascinated with a heart-shaped glass blood vile necklace that carried human blood. Never did I feel right to purchase that or use my own blood, but there was a lure to this darkness because of who and what I surrounded myself with — ungodly things and people.
I pray grace over myself because who I am now is repulsed by this, but I can see the influence of the world so easily to our flesh. I was saved at the time, just deeply confused. I know Holy Spirit was saying “no”– but my flesh was so strong.
I say this to remind myself of how easily I have been deceived — so I can have grace for others. Let no thorn of pride prevail. Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy. May we have grace and wisdom as we walk this Earth and try to love our unbelieving friends, family, and neighbors. May the eyes of our hearts be enlightened and may we be gentle, but firm, in our words.
I have been redeemed from my empty way of life …by the precious blood of Christ. Praise God! Amen & Amen!!
I am grateful for this community approach to a book I’ve only skimmed. Lifting up all the Shes as we journey together. May we encourage and be encouraged by one another. May the peace Jesus came to give cover us.
Love Leviticus ! Looking forward to this study !
Leviticus. Who has read it all the way through? Certainly not me. Until now I had not considered the importance. Or the maturity required to open the book of bloody rituals, sacrifices, and regulations required for holy living. It was easy to just brush it off and move on. Because Jesus. He fulfilled the law, right? But God wanted me to know and remember the massive amount of blood required to bridge the distance between us and God. The constant and costly sacrifices. “Salvation through the blood of the lamb” lands more deeply in me this morning. I am catching a glimpse of why reading and meditating on Leviticus is vital on this side of Jesus. It is a deep dive into covenant and living in right relationship with God. The law may have been fulfilled, but the daily dying to my own will and sacrificing to God is still required of me. It is about holiness. And approaching our Father with a willing heart. And why Jesus had to die the way He did. Father, help me remember the high cost of my freedom. The passion of Christ. The blood of the Lamb that removed my sins and gave me access to You and Your Kingdom forever. I lay my hands on the feet of Jesus in awe and gratitude. Thank You for Your mercy. Thank You for Your grace. Thank you for loving me. Thank You for making a way for me to be near You. Always. From here on earth, until… Selah. Maranatha. Amen.
I totally agree!
Thank you so much!
My app is not working this morning
So excited to join you all in this new study! I don’t think I’ve ever read through Leviticus before. I pray I would live my life in a way that pleases God and gives a pleasing aroma that attracts others to know His love and the sacrifice Jesus made for us so we could have fellowship with God!
Thank you @Angie Mills for your insightful comment!
CAROLINE, if you go to She Reads Truth website is there too. Just in case Here are the Scripture Reading: Leviticus 1:1-17, Leviticus 2:1-16, Leviticus 3:1-17, Exodus 20:24, 1 Peter 1:18-19
I am in healthcare and I am really interested in digging into the food aspects of this study. Two things that really stood out to me today is the connection to fat, specifically the overindulgence of fat to many of our diseases today. And 2. The fact that the liver and the kidneys are what filter our blood, removing the toxins and making our blood clean again. Food for thought.
The scripture reading went missing today and my book is currently at home.
Thank you!
And here we go – love it!
ANGIE MILLS – thanks for posting the offering explanations
ARINA ❤ Yes! Except for the birds, every animal in these voluntary offerings were killed by the one offering it. The priests brought the blood and the prepared pieces to the bronze altar. It truly COST the person something to want to move closer to God.
(Ok going to geek out here) God fullfilled these offerings in VOLUNTARILY giving Jesus (think the unblemished Lamb [burt offering], the Bread of life [grain offering], the Incarnation [fellowship offering]) so that we could come into His presence.
SUSAN LINCKS – praying for your healing.
CHURCHMOUSE – praying your granddaughter’s surgery goes smoothly
Thank you
Thank you!
Leviticus 1-3.. Exodus 20:24. 1st Peter 1:18-19
Thank you!
Good morning! The scriptures for today are Leviticus 1-3, Exodus 20:24, 1 Peter 1:18-19
Scripture Reading: Leviticus 1:1-17, Leviticus 2:1-16, Leviticus 3:1-17, Exodus 20:24, 1 Peter 1:18-19
BURNT OFFERING: A voluntary offering in which the whole unblemished bull, ram, male goat, turtledoves, or pigeons were burned up as an atoning sacrifice for the worshiper’s
sin. It signified complete surrender & devotion to God, as well as total commitment to Him. Jesus is our atoning sacrifice. He redeems us from our sin. He completely surrendered Himself to His Father for our sake. We must completely surrender & devote ourselves to God because of Jesus’ sacrifice for us. Just as Jesus’ commitment was a total commitment to His Father, so should our commitment to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit be.
GRAIN OFFERING: A voluntary offering in which part of the grain or bread offered was burned up & the rest given to the priests. This sacrifice symbolizes the worshiper’s thanksgiving to God for His provision & for the firstfruits that were given. Jesus called Himself the Bread of Life. The apostles called Him the Firstfruit. We should offer our lives to God with thanksgiving because of all that God provides for us, especially our salvation, atonement, redemption, and forgiveness.
FELLOWSHIP OFFERING: A voluntary sacrifice in which the fat & certain organs of a worshiper’s sacrifice of an unblemished animal from the flock or herd was burned up. The rest of the sacrifice was given to the worshiper & the priest to eat. This sacrifice symbolized the fellowship man has with God. Jesus’ blood reconciles sinners to God & one another. We are no longer separated from God & can have fellowship with Him.
The more I read about these sacrifices, the more I noticed the phrase “a pleasing aroma”. The other day as we were cooking, my dad and I got busy doing other things. The meat on our stove was burning and there was smoke that caused our smoke alarm to go off. When meat or bread begins to cook and when it is cooked through, ready to eat, it gives a tantalizingly pleasant aroma. However, the more you cook that meat or bread, the more bitter & acrid becomes the smell. The smell is no longer pleasant. If you are standing near the burning meat, the smoke will get in your eyes & they will begin to tear up. Smoke will also get in your lungs & you will cough. The meat slowly turns from something edible into ashes. Death is not pleasant. It is a consequential curse that has been given to us because of our nature & choice to sin. However, God desires fellowship with His people so He provides a way for us to be atoned from our sin so that we can have fellowship with Him. What Jesus went through & did for us was not pleasant, but God sees it as good & pleasant because of what it accomplished — our atonement & redemption. He took what was meant for evil & changed it into something that became good for us. Our lives should now show a change. We are now dead to sin. We are now living sacrifices to God, holy & pleasing to the Lord. Our complete surrender to Him is right & good. To those who are not of God, our lives should smell of death as it reminds them that none of us are perfect and we all need redemption. To God, though, our lives should be a pleasing aroma as we live our lives wholeheartedly devoted to Him and His ways.
My app is also not working correctly. There’s nothing to read under the scripture section! Can someone please post todays passage references? TIA!
My app is also not working correctly. There’s nothing to read under the scripture section! Can someone please
Same for me too
Father God thank You for the precious Blood of Christ! Amen
My app is not working correctly this morning. Can someone share the references for reading passages with me please?
Amen amen.
Excited about this study! There are so many redemptive truths in Leviticus.
Amen
I never knew that when bringing an offer, people had to kill the animal themselves. It wasn’t enough to find a good animal in your herd and give it to the priest. You yourself had to be part of the ritual, laying your hands onto the animal and then killing it. So that you would fully realize what it costs to sin. Fellowship with God is impossible without atonement. We are so blessed that we can come freely to God in prayer. I don’t have to kill an animal before I can come to God. Only through the sacrifice of Christ am I able to come in God’s presence.
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Amen, Tameshia. Amen.
BUT (for) GOD..
AMEN.
So looking forward to sharing in the Word with you, my people!
Happy Monday dear hearts wrapped in love, hugs and prayers..❤