God wants us to follow a recurring pattern of intense work and then rest, intense work and then rest, and so forth. Whatever view one takes of the Sabbath, surely the six days of work and the one day of rest embedded in the creation remain relevant in some sense. Any routine of life that is unsustainable long-term cannot be of God. He calls us to work. But he also calls us to rest, in order to work most fruitfully. What sets us apart is this. We rest, in order to work; we do not work, in order to rest. We who believe the gospel are not living for the weekend, but for The End. In the meantime, we figure out rhythms of life that make fruitful labor sustainable.
Ray Ortlund

SACRIFICES

SACRIFICES

SACRIFICES

  1. Divine institution of # Ge 3:21 1:29 9:3 4:4,5 Heb 11:4
  2. To be offered to God alone # Ex 22:20 Jud 13:16 2Ki 17:36
  3. When offered to God, an acknowledgement of his being the supreme God # 2Ki 5:17 Jon 1:16
  4. CONSISTED OF 4a) Clean animals or bloody sacrifices

    # Ge 8:20

4b) The fruits of the earth or sacrifices without blood # Ge 4:4 Le 2:1 5) Always offered upon altars # Ex 20:24 6) The offering of, an acknowledgment of sin # Heb 10:3 7) WERE OFFERED 7a) From the earliest age # Ge 4:3,4 7b) By the patriarchs # Ge 22:2,13 31:54 46:1 Job 1:5 7c) After the departure of Israel from Egypt # Ex 5:3,17 18:12 24:5 7d) Under the Mosaic age # Le 1:1-7:38 Heb 10:1-3 7e) Daily # Ex 29:38,39 Nu 28:3,4 7f) Weekly # Nu 28:9,10 7g) Monthly # Nu 28:11 7h) Yearly # Le 16:3 1Sa 1:3,21 20:6 7i) At all the feasts # Nu 10:10 7j) For the whole nation # Le 16:15-30 1Ch 29:21 7k) For individuals # Le 1:2 17:8 7l) In faith of a coming Saviour # Heb 11:4,17,28 8) Required to be perfect and without blemish # Le 22:19 De 15:21 17:1 Mal 1:8,14 9) Generally the best of their kind # Ge 4:4 1Sa 15:22 Ps 66:15 Isa 1:11 10) DIFFERENT KINDS OF 10a) Burnt offering wholly consumed by fire # Le 1:1-17 1Ki 18:38 10b) Sin offering for sins of ignorance # Le 4:1-35 10c) Trespass offering for intentional sins # Le 6:1-7 7:1-7 10d) Peace offering # Le 3:1-17 11) To be brought to the place appointed by God # De 12:6 2Ch 7:12 12) Were bound to the horns of the altar # Ps 118:27 13) Were salted with salt # Le 2:13 Mr 9:49 14) Often consumed by fire from heaven # Le 9:24 1Ki 18:38 2Ch 7:1 15) When bloody, accompanied with meat and drink offering # Nu 15:3-12 16) No leaven offered with, except for # Ex 23:18 Le 7:13 17) Fat of, not to remain until morning # Ex 23:8 18) THE PRIESTS 18a) Appointed to offer # 1Sa 2:28 Eze 44:11,15 Heb 5:1 8:3 18b) Had a portion of, and lived by # Ex 29:27,28 De 18:3 Jos 13:14 1Co 9:13 19) Were typical of Christ’s sacrifice # 1Co 5:7 Eph 5:2 Heb 10:1,11,12 20) Were accepted when offered in sincerity and faith # Ge 4:4 Heb 11:4 Ge 8:21 21) Imparted a legal purification # Heb 9:13,22 22) Could not take away sin # Ps 40:6 Heb 9:9 10:1-11 23) Without obedience, worthless # 1Sa 15:22 Pr 21:3 Mr 12:33 24) The covenants of God confirmed by # Ge 15:9-17 Ex 24:5-8 Heb 9:19,20 Ps 50:5 25) THE JEWS 25a) Condemned for not treating with respect # 1Sa 2:29 Mal 1:12 25b) Condemned for bringing defective and blemished # Mal 1:13,14 25c) Condemned for not offering # Isa 43:23,24 25d) Unaccepted in, on account of sin # Isa 1:11,15 66:3 Ho 8:13 25e) Condemned for offering, to idols # 2Ch 34:25 Isa 65:3,7 Eze 20:28,31 26) Offered to false gods, are offered to devils # Le 17:7 De 32:17 Ps 106:37 1Co 10:20 27) On great occasions, very numerous # 2Ch 5:6 7:5 28) For public use often provided by the state # 2Ch 31:3 29) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 29a) Prayer # Ps 141:2 29b) Thanksgiving # Ps 27:6 107:22 116:17 Heb 13:15 29c) Devotedness # Ro 12:1 Php 2:17 29d) Benevolence # Php 4:18 Heb 13:16 29e) Righteousness # Ps 4:5 51:19 29f) A broken spirit # Ps 51:17 29g) Martyrdom # Php 2:7 2Ti 4:6

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