A Biblical Vision, Part I: Mastering the Old Testament Witness to Christ

Sess ion 4: Jesus as Ful f i l lment of the Tabernacle, Pr iesthood, Sacr i f ices, and Fest ival s 69

A. The Whole Burnt offering

Heb. 9.14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

1. Type: Lev. 1; wholly consumed upon the altar as God’s meat; an offering given as a sweet smelling savor offering to God, when the worshiper comes for acceptance of his own voluntary will, not to make an atonement for sin but as an offering for life, Lev. 1.4, 9

2. Antitype: Jesus Christ gave himself of his own free will wholly to God to live according to God’s holy will, demonstrating in all he did his moral perfection and commitment to God and his law, Heb. 9.14

Matt. 3.16-17 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; [17] and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” Eph. 2.14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his

B. The Meal offering

1. Type: Lev. 2.; a sweet smelling savor offering not of the life, but of the fruits, offered as a dedication to the Lord

2. Antitype: Jesus Christ presented and dedicated his life and sufferings to God, acceptable to him in every way, Matt. 3.16-17; Heb. 5.7 with John 4.34

C. The Peace offering

1. Type: Lev. 3; 7.11-21, 29-34; a sweet smelling savor offering to the Lord; offerer kills it, and the offerer, God, and the priest are fed by it (cf. Lev. 7.15, 31-34); offered as a thanksgiving or as a vow

flesh the dividing wall of hostility.

2. Antitype: Jesus Christ himself is our peace, the peace of our lives before God and peace in life with God, Heb. 4.1ff.; Eph. 2.14