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| MarkStaneart | Feb 10 2011, 06:17 AM Post #1 |
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And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. (Exodus 30:10 KJV) "Substitutiary Atonement" is one of my favorite big words that makes me feel smart. It’s sort of my Christian spuercalifragelistikexpialadocious. It means that in order for me to have access in relationship with Adonai, death has to occur. The substitutiary part means that the death doesn’t have to necessarily be mine. Adonai didn’t see fit to use big words when describing His plan for us and process of entering into relationship with Him. He gives us object lessons, practical experiences and stories. Before the Tent of Meeting could become the Tabernacle of God, three things had to occur: Expiation, Consecration, and fellowship. The sin offering is a bull: a demonstration of power and dominance. A bull can feed most families for the whole year. It is mild in nature and generally cares for itself. In order for the priests to fill the necessary role of ministering to the Most High God and for the people, the bull must die. In placing their hands upon the bull, they identify with it personally. They recognize, "here is my sin." I am self-willed and autonomous by nature. When our sin is slaughtered before our eyes, the life of it, is sprinkled upon the horns of the altar. The organs, the parts that seem most precious to us are burned before our eyes. And the part with which we would feed and clothe our families, that is taken outside the camp and burned. It is a declaration that all that I am and have and can do is an abomination in the sight of God if it is not through my relationship with Him that it is done (and without faith it is impossible to please God.) The second animal, the sacrifice of consecration, is a ram. Rams are not fun to be around. They are aggressive and dangerous. Generally a herd of several dozen ewes is "maintained" by one ram. This makes them valuable in that they are either scarce or high maintenance. The Hebrew word "miloo" carries the idea of filling ones place, or being set apart. While the blood of the bull, the sin offering, is put upon the horns of the altar, the blood of the ram is applied to the priest (the servant of God). The breast, the fleshy roast, the bosom in which compassion resides, is eaten by the priests in the presence of the Most High. The rest of the animal is burned. Finally, before Adonai can call this place home, the daily fellowship offering of a lamb every morning and every evening is to be offered. The meat of this animal is eaten together by the community as they come to worship: a daily barbeque in worship and in fellowship with the Most High God. It’s disappointing that so many who come into a relationship of faith with God, stop with the sin offering, recognizing and testifying their need for a Savior and accepting His sacrifice as cleansing us from sin. Some may go so far as to offer the offering of consecration, dedicating their lives in obedience, and tasting the sweet savor or the lamb’s breast. Yet, once they’ve come this far, being saved freely by His grace, they disdain the Tabernacle and the system of worship ordained by God. They’ve gotten what they needed, not realizing that the best is yet to come. The Christian Church teaches that we must come to the Altar for deliverance from sin and attain salvation through His sacrifice, through His substitutiary atonement; but then abandon the offerings that are yet to come, walking in obedience and fellowship. The sad reality is that they would rather be the ram out in the field than share at the Table with the Lord of all. We believe that salvation comes by grace through faith, that by the death of our Messiah, we are made clean, if we only place our hands upon Him and accept the sacrifice as our own substitution. We believe that our lives are to be given over to Him and we offer the ram of consecration. Yet, precious few ever return to the Tabernacle again, to walk in daily fellowship with Him. |
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