Leviticus 7: 35-38, “This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest’s office; Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations. This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.”
Everything in the ceremonial procedures demanded of Israel had to be done in an orderly way. While sin leads to a random, arbitrary and chaotic world the Lord offers and orderly world that is perfect and at rest. Aaron and his sons were the people charged with representing the Lord to the people and the people to the Lord so it was important that they do everything in an orderly way. Even though they had to offer sacrifices for their own sin before they were able to represent the people they had to be orderly and act without fear or favour when they were representing the Lord. The Lord commanded all these things to Moses so that the ceremonial religion of the Israelis could be the closest approximation to the perfect rest that the Lord created on earth and so draw all the families of the earth to Himself to bless them. However, the sacrifices had to offered on daily basis showing that the orderly rest designed by the Lord was in fact a reminder of sin (see Heb 10: 3, “But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.”) However, the Lord Jesus Christ died once and then rose again dealing with sin once and forever (Heb 10: 12, “But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;”) There is no longer any need for sacrifices and offering so there is no longer any reminder of sin. All that is left for us is to offer the sacrifice of praise (Heb 13: 15, “But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;”) on a daily basis and to take the Lord’s Supper as a reminder of what He has done for us (Luke 22: 19, 20, “And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”)
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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