Leviticus 1: 3-9, “If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire: And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.”
When Noah first came out of the ark he offered a burnt offering to the Lord (Gen 8: 20, “And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.”) The Lord was pleased with this offering and He decided that He would never curse the ground again even though man’s heart was evil. The Lord is pleased with burnt offerings and He is satisfied with this kind of offering for sin. If a person in Israel wanted to give a voluntary offering to the Lord to cover their sin they could bring a burnt offering to the Lord and the Lord would accept the offering and make atonement. When atonement is made we are “at one “with the Lord again even though we have sinned. Even though the offering was burnt its blood was shed first and poured out on the altar. Blood represents a life given, in this case, the life is given as a substitute for the life of the sinner and the Lord is satisfied. We know this because the offering came up as a sweet smell to the Lord, making the Lord pleased.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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