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Chronological Bible

Discipleshipweek eight

Leviticus 16

Iva May and Dr. Stan May

ReviewReview

ReviewReview

Creation Patriarchs Exodus

ReviewReview• Creation: God reveals His goodness

and mercy• Patriarchs: Job, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,

Joseph• Exodus:

• After several hundred years, God allowed His people to come to a place of desperation as slaves of Egypt so that they cried out to Him

• God heard their cries and acted in His own time to deliver the Israelites, demonstrating His power and glory through the plagues He sent on the Egyptians

• God watched over and cared for the Israelites during their journey through the wilderness, and worked through events and the giving of the law to shape them into a nation that was holy to Himself.

OverviewOverview

Key TruthKey TruthThe Day of Atonement reminds Israel of the necessity of a blood

sacrifice as payment for sin, of God putting those

sins away, and looks forward to the final

atoning Sacrifice of Christ which would bring a ‘once

for all’ atonement.

The Day of AtonementThe Day of AtonementThe Exodus Era

Leviticus 16

The Book of LeviticusThe Book of Leviticus• Leviticus means ‘and He called’• Written through the hand of Moses (Matt 8:4)

• Possibly as early as the first year of the Exodus (1446B.C.)• Two groups within Israel are directly addressed

• All the sons of Israel• The Levites and the priests

• Addresses 3 major areas of living a holy (set apart) life

• Moral – ethical absolutes for maintaining a godly life• Sacrificial law – set forth the great lessons of salvation from sin,

dedication to God, thanksgiving, fellowship with God• Legal – a system for the nation to handle criminal and civil claims

• Purpose of the Levitical directives• Separate Israel from the nations as holy unto the LORD• Reveal God’s holiness• Present the system of sacrifices required to approach God• Shape Israel as a nation through which all people would blessed

• Points to the necessity of a ‘once for all’ atonement for sin

The Day of Atonement in the Old Testament

The Day of Atonement in the Old Testament

Leviticus 16:11-22

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Day of Atonement in the OT

Highlights three celebratory days for the people of God The Passover

• Remembers Israel's deliverance from Egypt The Feast of Tabernacles

• Remembers the wilderness travels The Day of Atonement

• Acknowledges and addresses the holiness of God and the sinfulness of humanity

Of these, the Day of Atonement is by far the most significant

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Day of Atonement in the OT

The high priest enters the Holy of Holies twice First, he presents the blood of the bull for his own sin Second, he enters with the blood of one of the two goats for

the sins of the people Only on the Day of Atonement could the high priest enter

The meaning of the two sacrifices The blood of the bull and goat sprinkled at the mercy seat

testify of the substitutionary death for man’s sin The Law broken by man, (kept under the mercy seat) is then

covered by this blood Sin’s price is paid through the substitutionary death of

innocent animals for guilty sinners (high priest and the people)

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Day of Atonement in the OT

The purpose of the scapegoat The high priest has offered the blood of a bull for his own

sins and a ram for the sins of the people on the altar within the Holy of Holies

The second ram (goat), as determined by the casting of lots, is presented at the door of the tent of meeting

The high priest lays his hands on the scape goat and confesses the sins of the nation over it, before sending it out into the wilderness

Presents the picture of Israel’s sins being removed from God through the dual acts of confession and sacrifice

The Day of Atonement in the New Testament

The Day of Atonement in the New Testament

Hebrews 9:1-15, 23-26

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Day of Atonement in the NT

The earthly tabernacle described (1-5) The outer and inner courts The veil between the outer and inner courts The Holy of Holies (inner court) The ark of the covenant

The insufficiency of the Day of Atonement of the Old Testament (6-10) Must be done repeatedly (annually) The separation between the outer and inner courts

represented a division between God and man Gifts, sacrifices and rituals of the worshiper did not change the

heart

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Day of Atonement in the NT

The heavenly Day of Atonement (11-15) Jesus is the perfect High Priest able to enter into the heavenly

tabernacle of God While the blood of bulls and goats could only cover sin for

another year, the death, burial and resurrection of Christ pictures a permanent redemption offered for mankind

The ‘better’ attributes of Christ’s atonement His death become our substitute, bearing our sin His burial became our scapegoat, taking our sins upon Himself

and carrying them away His resurrection grants us His righteousness and access to the

very presence of God

Conclusions The Day of Atonement forces people to come face

to face with their sin, confess that sin to God and come to God His way for dealing with sin.

The Day of Atonement demonstrates that the broken law must be covered by the price of sin-death.

The Day of Atonement pictures the twin truths of sin paid for by the blood and sin put away “as far as the east is from the west”(Ps 103:12)

The Day of Atonement points to the one day when the final atoning Sacrifice would enter behind the veil in the true tabernacle not made with hands and bring once for all atonement for all sin.

What does this lesson teach about God? Man? Sin? Redemption?

God

Demands Holi-ness>The Day of Atonement pic-tures the cost of holiness through the sacrifice

Man

Requires the Blood of Sacrifice to Cover the Broken Law>The sacrifice of animals was a picture of the perfect sacrifice of Christ

>His death opened the way for all men to enter boldly into the presence of God

Sin

Demands a High Price>The OT Day of Atonement paid the price for sin through the death of innocent animals

>The NT Day of Atonement paid the price for sin through the death of a perfect man-Christ Jesus R

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Is Provided by the Perfect Sacrifice of Christ>The price for all sin (past, present and future) was paid when our great High Priest went behind the heavenly veil and offered Himself on the altar

• Do we continue to strictly follow the laws and customs laid out in Leviticus (why or why not)?• Moral laws?• Sacrificial laws?• Criminal / civil laws? (legal)

• Compare 1 John 1:9 with the placing of hands and confession of sin on the scapegoat.• 1 Jn 1:9 – If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to

forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.• Why is confession so important?• How does the confession of sin affect the power of sin in our

lives?

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE QUIZThe Book of Leviticus (1pt) What did the law require be done to a house that has a ‘mark of leprosy’ reappear after it had the affected walls scraped and repaired? “He shall therefore tear down the house,

its stones, and its timbers, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an unclean place.” (Lev 14:45)

When harvesting their fields, what were the people commanded to do in order to provide for the needy? “Now when you reap the harvest of your

land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard” (Lev 19:9-10)

BONUS ROUNDBonus Question (5pts)

What did the son of the Israelite woman and Egyptian man do that warranted the penalty of death by stoning? Blasphemed the name of God and cursed

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