Leviticus 16:1-19
English Standard Version, David Cochran Audio
The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died, 2 and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat. 3 But in this way Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with a bull from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat and shall have the linen undergarment on his body, and he shall tie the linen sash around his waist, and wear the linen turban; these are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water and then put them on. 5 And he shall take from the congregation of the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
6 “Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering for himself and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. 7 Then he shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel.[a] 9 And Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord and use it as a sin offering, 10 but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel.
11 “Aaron shall present the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. He shall kill the bull as a sin offering for himself. 12 And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil 13 and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is over the testimony, so that he does not die. 14 And he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat on the east side, and in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
15 “Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it over the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat. 16 Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleannesses of the people of Israel and because of their transgressions, all their sins. And so he shall do for the tent of meeting, which dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses. 17 No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time he enters to make atonement in the Holy Place until he comes out and has made atonement for himself and for his house and for all the assembly of Israel. 18 Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar all around. 19 And he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleannesses of the people of Israel.
Now why can't people get in interested in Leviticus. Be very impressed with the idea of going up to your local Church altar, but instead it is the Ark of the Covenant- present. Even in a dream, it would get your attention. And complete this with the Presence of the LORD in a Cloud over HIS Mercy Seat. Now that would just be phenomenal. You would never stop thinking about it, if you experienced something even remotely similar.
And then, it seems strange the LORD starts out telling what a grieving Father should wear. Why does our FATHER GOD, tell us this. Because God is saying that He Loves us.
Loves us so much that HE is going to dress Aaron up and have him come in to see Him and not the First Rate Moses. First He tells Aaron to be cleaned up. In order to kill a goat. Now, in our era, that is not a pleasing thing. But you know, this is not a Neanderthal crowd. Aaron built things in Egypt, he didn't run around enjoying killing a farm animal standing still. The blood offering is to say - you hurt Father God when you sin. You are so precious to Him, He wants to clean you up and bring you home, but nope. When you get to His House, you are going to be beneath HIM. And He is going to allow you to spread your filth around HIM.
But when you just can't kill the second animal, because by now, it is too heavy - God is going to let the second thing go.
There is a very sad movie about child death starring Mary Tyler Moore. The father eventually realizes, his wife is a very cold person. After his wife emotionally abandoned the less perfect child, he remembers the fit his wife threw over the tie worn to the child's funeral.
Yet God is saying what to wear to a grieving Father -
I AM GOD.
The first thing is this - Love the LORD your GOD, with all your heart. Lean not unto your own understanding.
Having experienced child death - loving the LORD. Father God. Is like this - your wife runs over your best dog, ruins your rifle. Or accidentally runs over your child. You are going to forgive her. For the sake of love. We LOVE Father God, because He first loved us. No one ever is Good. But God is.
Aaron must be nigh well destroyed his sons are dead. Yet he knows as he throws the blood around - his sons live in God's promises.
Hebrews 10:10
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Matthew 8:11
The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died, 2 and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat. 3 But in this way Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with a bull from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat and shall have the linen undergarment on his body, and he shall tie the linen sash around his waist, and wear the linen turban; these are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water and then put them on. 5 And he shall take from the congregation of the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
6 “Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering for himself and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. 7 Then he shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel.[a] 9 And Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord and use it as a sin offering, 10 but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel.
11 “Aaron shall present the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. He shall kill the bull as a sin offering for himself. 12 And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil 13 and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is over the testimony, so that he does not die. 14 And he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat on the east side, and in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
15 “Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it over the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat. 16 Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleannesses of the people of Israel and because of their transgressions, all their sins. And so he shall do for the tent of meeting, which dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses. 17 No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time he enters to make atonement in the Holy Place until he comes out and has made atonement for himself and for his house and for all the assembly of Israel. 18 Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar all around. 19 And he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleannesses of the people of Israel.
Now why can't people get in interested in Leviticus. Be very impressed with the idea of going up to your local Church altar, but instead it is the Ark of the Covenant- present. Even in a dream, it would get your attention. And complete this with the Presence of the LORD in a Cloud over HIS Mercy Seat. Now that would just be phenomenal. You would never stop thinking about it, if you experienced something even remotely similar.
And then, it seems strange the LORD starts out telling what a grieving Father should wear. Why does our FATHER GOD, tell us this. Because God is saying that He Loves us.
Loves us so much that HE is going to dress Aaron up and have him come in to see Him and not the First Rate Moses. First He tells Aaron to be cleaned up. In order to kill a goat. Now, in our era, that is not a pleasing thing. But you know, this is not a Neanderthal crowd. Aaron built things in Egypt, he didn't run around enjoying killing a farm animal standing still. The blood offering is to say - you hurt Father God when you sin. You are so precious to Him, He wants to clean you up and bring you home, but nope. When you get to His House, you are going to be beneath HIM. And He is going to allow you to spread your filth around HIM.
But when you just can't kill the second animal, because by now, it is too heavy - God is going to let the second thing go.
There is a very sad movie about child death starring Mary Tyler Moore. The father eventually realizes, his wife is a very cold person. After his wife emotionally abandoned the less perfect child, he remembers the fit his wife threw over the tie worn to the child's funeral.
Yet God is saying what to wear to a grieving Father -
I AM GOD.
The first thing is this - Love the LORD your GOD, with all your heart. Lean not unto your own understanding.
Having experienced child death - loving the LORD. Father God. Is like this - your wife runs over your best dog, ruins your rifle. Or accidentally runs over your child. You are going to forgive her. For the sake of love. We LOVE Father God, because He first loved us. No one ever is Good. But God is.
Aaron must be nigh well destroyed his sons are dead. Yet he knows as he throws the blood around - his sons live in God's promises.
Hebrews 10:10
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Matthew 8:11
I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven
Psalm 103:12
as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us
Psalm 103:11-12
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
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Psalm 103:11-12
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
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