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TEXT – Isaiah 6:1-8

I saw the Lord…

1 – HE IS HIGH AND LIFTED UP – V. 1

2 – HE IS “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY” – V. 2-3

3 – HIS HOLINESS WOUNDS ME – V. 4-5

4 – HIS GRACE HEALS ME – V. 6-7

5 – HE SENDS ME – V. 8
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1 – HE IS HIGH AND LIFTED UP – V. 1

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3 – HIS HOLINESS WOUNDS ME – V. 4-5

4 – HIS GRACE HEALS ME – V. 6-7

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3 – HIS HOLINESS WOUNDS ME – V. 4-5

4 – HIS GRACE HEALS ME – V. 6-7

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I saw the Lord…

1 – HE IS HIGH AND LIFTED UP – V. 1

2 – HE IS “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY” – V. 2-3

3 – HIS HOLINESS WOUNDS ME – V. 4-5

4 – HIS GRACE HEALS ME – V. 6-7

5 – HE SENDS ME – V. 8]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Our Boundless King</title>
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	<title>Salvation Belongs to the Lord</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Sermon Title: Salvation Belongs to the Lord
Scripture: Jonah

Jonah 1:1-3 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,  “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”  But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

Slide 4
Hosea 7:11
Ephraim is like a dove,
    silly and without sense,
    calling to Egypt, going to Assyria


Slide 5
Psalm 139:7-10

Where shall I go from your Spirit?
    Or where shall I flee from your presence?
 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
    If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
 even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me.

Slide 6
Jonah 2: 8-9
Those who pay regard to vain idols
    forsake their hope of steadfast love.
But I with the voice of thanksgiving
    will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
    Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

Slide 7
Exodus 34:6 “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

Slide 8
The story of Jonah shows:

God’s boundless compassion

Slide 9
Exodus 33:19
And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

Slide 10
The story of Jonah shows:

God’s boundless compassion
God’s relentless grace

Slide 11
Matt 12:38-41
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”  But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.  The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Slide 12
Romans 5:10
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

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Scripture: Jonah

Jonah 1:1-3 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,  “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”  But ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sermon Title: Salvation Belongs to the Lord
Scripture: Jonah

Jonah 1:1-3 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,  “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”  But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

Slide 4
Hosea 7:11
Ephraim is like a dove,
    silly and without sense,
    calling to Egypt, going to Assyria


Slide 5
Psalm 139:7-10

Where shall I go from your Spirit?
    Or where shall I flee from your presence?
 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
    If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
 even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me.

Slide 6
Jonah 2: 8-9
Those who pay regard to vain idols
    forsake their hope of steadfast love.
But I with the voice of thanksgiving
    will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
    Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

Slide 7
Exodus 34:6 “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

Slide 8
The story of Jonah shows:

God’s boundless compassion

Slide 9
Exodus 33:19
And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

Slide 10
The story of Jonah shows:

God’s boundless compassion
God’s relentless grace

Slide 11
Matt 12:38-41
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”  But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.  The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Slide 12
Romans 5:10
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sermon Title: Salvation Belongs to the Lord
Scripture: Jonah

Jonah 1:1-3 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,  “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”  But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

Slide 4
Hosea 7:11
Ephraim is like a dove,
    silly and without sense,
    calling to Egypt, going to Assyria


Slide 5
Psalm 139:7-10

Where shall I go from your Spirit?
    Or where shall I flee from your presence?
 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
    If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
 even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me.

Slide 6
Jonah 2: 8-9
Those who pay regard to vain idols
    forsake their hope of steadfast love.
But I with the voice of thanksgiving
    will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
    Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

Slide 7
Exodus 34:6 “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

Slide 8
The story of Jonah shows:

God’s boundless compassion

Slide 9
Exodus 33:19
And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

Slide 10
The story of Jonah shows:

God’s boundless compassion
God’s relentless grace

Slide 11
Matt 12:38-41
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”  But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.  The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Slide 12
Romans 5:10
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.]]></itunes:summary>
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Scripture: Jonah

Jonah 1:1-3 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,  “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”  But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

Slide 4
Hosea 7:11
Ephraim is like a dove,
    silly and without sense,
    calling to Egypt, going to Assyria


Slide 5
Psalm 139:7-10

Where shall I go from your Spirit?
    Or where shall I flee from your presence?
 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
    If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
 even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me.

Slide 6
Jonah 2: 8-9
Those wh]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>The Crushed King</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[The CRUSHED KING
Text: 2 Chronicles 34
Mike Cosper: “It’s often said that we tell stories to know who we are—to understand ourselves and our place in the world. It’s as though all of our stories are a way for the imagination to poke at the human condition, testing its borders and depths, looking for ways to understand the why behind the what of our lives. In his memoir, author Salman Rushdie describes how his father told him old folk tales and legends, teaching him that “man was the storytelling animal, the only creature on earth that told stories to understand what kind of creature it was.”
 

Mike Cosper: “We were made in the image of a storytelling God.” 
 

 

Source: Bible Project
 

Tim Keller: “There are two ways to read the Bible. One is it’s a set of stories about what you must do, sort of a set of Aesop’s Fables, a set of stories that say, “Here’s Abraham. He was tested. He failed. Don’t fail like him,” or, “He came through. Come through like him.” It’s a set of Aesop’s Fables. If you read the Bible like that, it will crush you. Mark Twain had a recurring nightmare in which he is lying in bed, and this huge Bible is on his chest pressing down and crushing and suffocating him. … Basically the Bible is about you, what you must do, how you have to live in order to have God bless you. It will crush you. 

There is another way to do it. Yes, David fought Goliath. Good for him. Yes, Adam was thrown out of the garden. Bad for him. Yes, Abraham did some good things (good for him) and bad things (bad for him). So there are a bunch of stories, except when we get to the New Testament. If you start to look up the references, you will see that the New Testament writers say Jesus Christ is the true Israel. He is the true Adam. He is the true Moses. He is the true David. In other words, the Old Testament is not just a set of stories about how you ought to live; it’s a plan of salvation Jesus Christ fulfilled.”



2 safety tips:
The Bible is NOT a series of disconnected stories, but a single story of redemption
The Bible NOT primarily about YOU and what you should DO, but about GOD and what he has DONE

Josiah was A KING WHO:
crushed idols (v1-7) 





Josiah WAS A KING WHO:
Was crushed by the book (v19-21)
[25] Because they have forsaken me and have made offerings to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore my wrath will be poured out on this place and will not be quenched. [26] But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, [27] because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.
2 Chron 34:25-27
But he was pierced for our transgressions; 
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, 
and with his wounds we are healed.
 
Isa 53:5

]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The CRUSHED KING
Text: 2 Chronicles 34
Mike Cosper: “It’s often said that we tell stories to know who we are—to understand ourselves and our place in the world. It’s as though all of our stories are a way for the imagination to poke at the human condit]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The CRUSHED KING
Text: 2 Chronicles 34
Mike Cosper: “It’s often said that we tell stories to know who we are—to understand ourselves and our place in the world. It’s as though all of our stories are a way for the imagination to poke at the human condition, testing its borders and depths, looking for ways to understand the why behind the what of our lives. In his memoir, author Salman Rushdie describes how his father told him old folk tales and legends, teaching him that “man was the storytelling animal, the only creature on earth that told stories to understand what kind of creature it was.”
 

Mike Cosper: “We were made in the image of a storytelling God.” 
 

 

Source: Bible Project
 

Tim Keller: “There are two ways to read the Bible. One is it’s a set of stories about what you must do, sort of a set of Aesop’s Fables, a set of stories that say, “Here’s Abraham. He was tested. He failed. Don’t fail like him,” or, “He came through. Come through like him.” It’s a set of Aesop’s Fables. If you read the Bible like that, it will crush you. Mark Twain had a recurring nightmare in which he is lying in bed, and this huge Bible is on his chest pressing down and crushing and suffocating him. … Basically the Bible is about you, what you must do, how you have to live in order to have God bless you. It will crush you. 

There is another way to do it. Yes, David fought Goliath. Good for him. Yes, Adam was thrown out of the garden. Bad for him. Yes, Abraham did some good things (good for him) and bad things (bad for him). So there are a bunch of stories, except when we get to the New Testament. If you start to look up the references, you will see that the New Testament writers say Jesus Christ is the true Israel. He is the true Adam. He is the true Moses. He is the true David. In other words, the Old Testament is not just a set of stories about how you ought to live; it’s a plan of salvation Jesus Christ fulfilled.”



2 safety tips:
The Bible is NOT a series of disconnected stories, but a single story of redemption
The Bible NOT primarily about YOU and what you should DO, but about GOD and what he has DONE

Josiah was A KING WHO:
crushed idols (v1-7) 





Josiah WAS A KING WHO:
Was crushed by the book (v19-21)
[25] Because they have forsaken me and have made offerings to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore my wrath will be poured out on this place and will not be quenched. [26] But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, [27] because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.
2 Chron 34:25-27
But he was pierced for our transgressions; 
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, 
and with his wounds we are healed.
 
Isa 53:5

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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The CRUSHED KING
Text: 2 Chronicles 34
Mike Cosper: “It’s often said that we tell stories to know who we are—to understand ourselves and our place in the world. It’s as though all of our stories are a way for the imagination to poke at the human condition, testing its borders and depths, looking for ways to understand the why behind the what of our lives. In his memoir, author Salman Rushdie describes how his father told him old folk tales and legends, teaching him that “man was the storytelling animal, the only creature on earth that told stories to understand what kind of creature it was.”
 

Mike Cosper: “We were made in the image of a storytelling God.” 
 

 

Source: Bible Project
 

Tim Keller: “There are two ways to read the Bible. One is it’s a set of stories about what you must do, sort of a set of Aesop’s Fables, a set of stories that say, “Here’s Abraham. He was tested. He failed. Don’t fail like him,” or, “He came through. Come through like him.” It’s a set of Aesop’s Fables. If you read the Bible like that, it will crush you. Mark Twain had a recurring nightmare in which he is lying in bed, and this huge Bible is on his chest pressing down and crushing and suffocating him. … Basically the Bible is about you, what you must do, how you have to live in order to have God bless you. It will crush you. 

There is another way to do it. Yes, David fought Goliath. Good for him. Yes, Adam was thrown out of the garden. Bad for him. Yes, Abraham did some good things (good for him) and bad things (bad for him). So there are a bunch of stories, except when we get to the New Testament. If you start to look up the references, you will see that the New Testament writers say Jesus Christ is the true Israel. He is the true Adam. He is the true Moses. He is the true David. In other words, the Old Testament is not just a set of stories about how you ought to live; it’s a plan of salvation Jesus Christ fulfilled.”



2 safety tips:
The Bible is NOT a series of disconnected stories, but a single story of redemption
The Bible NOT primarily about YOU and what you should DO, but about GOD and what he has DONE

Josiah was A KING WHO:
crushed idols (v1-7) 





Josiah WAS A KING WHO:
Was crushed by the book (v19-21)
[25] Because they have forsaken me and have made offerings to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore my wrath will be poured out on this place and will not be quenched. [26] But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, [27] because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.
2 Chron 34:25-27
But he was pierced for our transgressions; 
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, 
and with his wounds we are healed.
 
Isa 53:5]]></itunes:summary>
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Text: 2 Chronicles 34
Mike Cosper: “It’s often said that we tell stories to know who we are—to understand ourselves and our place in the world. It’s as though all of our stories are a way for the imagination to poke at the human condition, testing its borders and depths, looking for ways to understand the why behind the what of our lives. In his memoir, author Salman Rushdie describes how his father told him old folk tales and legends, teaching him that “man was the storytelling animal, the only creature on earth that told stories to understand what kind of creature it was.”
 

Mike Cosper: “We were made in the image of a storytelling God.” 
 

 

Source: Bible Project
 

Tim Keller: “There are two ways to read the Bible. One is it’s a set of stories about what you must do, sort of a set of Aesop’s Fables, a set of stories that say, “Here’s Abraham. He was tested. He failed. Don’t fail like him,” or, “He came through. Come through like him.” It’s a set of]]></googleplay:description>
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Scripture: Leviticus 9

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[QUOTE]
“Are you bored by the repetitious descriptions in Leviticus 1-9…? ...in a sense, we are meant to be bored. It goes on and on. The process never suffices. Animals could never be an adequate substitute for human beings made in the image of God. The very inadequacy of these sacrifices confirms the inadequacy associated with the tabernacle structure.”
- Vern S. Poythress

[Insert picture of Tabernacle & High Priest’s garments]

In order to have fellowship with God, we must see that…
1. We Need A High Priest
The High Priest must:
1A. Prepare the people to encounter God (v.4 & 6)
[QUOTE]
“These sacrifices are not offered just once; they have to be repeated, because sin is deep-rooted in human nature and often recurs. There is no once-for-all cleansing known to the Old Testament.”
- Gordon Wenham

1B. Make atonement and intercession (v.7)

2. Sacrifice must be made (v.8-21)
[QUOTE]
“The worshipper has raised the animal himself or paid for it with his earnings, so that the animal represents a ‘sacrifice’ in the modern sense of the word. It costs something to the worshipper, and a port of the worshipper’s own life is identified with it. The worshipper lays his hands on the head of the animal, signifying his identification with it. He then kills the animal at the entrance way into the courtyard, signifying that the animal dies as a substitute for the worshipper.”
- Vern S. Poythress

Notice:
2A. The Meaning of the Sacrifices (chapters 1-5)
I. The Burnt Offering (Leviticus 1) - total destruction & judgment
II. The Sin Offering (Leviticus 4) - punishment & cleansing
III. Guilt/Trespass Offering (Leviticus 5) - removal of guilt & restitution
IV. Grain/Food Offering (Leviticus 2) - giving back to God in gratitude
V. Fellowship/Peace Offering (Leviticus 3) - celebrating restored fellowship

2.B The Order of the Sacrifices (v.15-18)
2C. The Response in Worship (v.22-24)
3. Christ Fulfills it All
God has provided! Jesus Christ is our…
3A. Great High Priest
Who sympathizes with us (Hebrews 4:15-16)
and intercedes for us (Hebrews 7:23-25)
3B. Substitutionary Sacrifice
Who perfectly atones for sin (Hebrews 9:12-14)
once for all (Hebrews 10:11-14)
3C. Everything
[ONE SLIDE]
He is:
The Greater Moses (Deut. 18:18)
The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29)
The Sin offering (Heb. 13:13)
The Burnt offering (Eph. 5:2)
The Guilt offering (Isa. 53:10)
Our peace (Rom. 5:1) and fellowship with God (1 John 1:7)
True Israel (Matt. 2-4)
The Tabernacle & Temple (John 1:14 & 2:19)
Abraham’s Promised Seed (Gal. 3:16)
The Seed of the woman who crushes the serpent’s head (Gen. 3:15)
The Eternal Davidic King (Isa. 9:6-7 & Matt. 1:1)
All the promises of God in the Old Testament find their “yes” and “amen” in Christ (2 Cor. 1:20)!
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Scripture: Leviticus 9

[Insert slide for Law of Moses class]

[QUOTE]
“Are you bored by the repetitious descriptions in Leviticus 1-9…? ...in a sense, we are meant to be bored. It goes on and on. The process never suff]]></itunes:subtitle>
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Scripture: Leviticus 9

[Insert slide for Law of Moses class]

[QUOTE]
“Are you bored by the repetitious descriptions in Leviticus 1-9…? ...in a sense, we are meant to be bored. It goes on and on. The process never suffices. Animals could never be an adequate substitute for human beings made in the image of God. The very inadequacy of these sacrifices confirms the inadequacy associated with the tabernacle structure.”
- Vern S. Poythress

[Insert picture of Tabernacle & High Priest’s garments]

In order to have fellowship with God, we must see that…
1. We Need A High Priest
The High Priest must:
1A. Prepare the people to encounter God (v.4 & 6)
[QUOTE]
“These sacrifices are not offered just once; they have to be repeated, because sin is deep-rooted in human nature and often recurs. There is no once-for-all cleansing known to the Old Testament.”
- Gordon Wenham

1B. Make atonement and intercession (v.7)

2. Sacrifice must be made (v.8-21)
[QUOTE]
“The worshipper has raised the animal himself or paid for it with his earnings, so that the animal represents a ‘sacrifice’ in the modern sense of the word. It costs something to the worshipper, and a port of the worshipper’s own life is identified with it. The worshipper lays his hands on the head of the animal, signifying his identification with it. He then kills the animal at the entrance way into the courtyard, signifying that the animal dies as a substitute for the worshipper.”
- Vern S. Poythress

Notice:
2A. The Meaning of the Sacrifices (chapters 1-5)
I. The Burnt Offering (Leviticus 1) - total destruction & judgment
II. The Sin Offering (Leviticus 4) - punishment & cleansing
III. Guilt/Trespass Offering (Leviticus 5) - removal of guilt & restitution
IV. Grain/Food Offering (Leviticus 2) - giving back to God in gratitude
V. Fellowship/Peace Offering (Leviticus 3) - celebrating restored fellowship

2.B The Order of the Sacrifices (v.15-18)
2C. The Response in Worship (v.22-24)
3. Christ Fulfills it All
God has provided! Jesus Christ is our…
3A. Great High Priest
Who sympathizes with us (Hebrews 4:15-16)
and intercedes for us (Hebrews 7:23-25)
3B. Substitutionary Sacrifice
Who perfectly atones for sin (Hebrews 9:12-14)
once for all (Hebrews 10:11-14)
3C. Everything
[ONE SLIDE]
He is:
The Greater Moses (Deut. 18:18)
The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29)
The Sin offering (Heb. 13:13)
The Burnt offering (Eph. 5:2)
The Guilt offering (Isa. 53:10)
Our peace (Rom. 5:1) and fellowship with God (1 John 1:7)
True Israel (Matt. 2-4)
The Tabernacle & Temple (John 1:14 & 2:19)
Abraham’s Promised Seed (Gal. 3:16)
The Seed of the woman who crushes the serpent’s head (Gen. 3:15)
The Eternal Davidic King (Isa. 9:6-7 & Matt. 1:1)
All the promises of God in the Old Testament find their “yes” and “amen” in Christ (2 Cor. 1:20)!
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Scripture: Leviticus 9

[Insert slide for Law of Moses class]

[QUOTE]
“Are you bored by the repetitious descriptions in Leviticus 1-9…? ...in a sense, we are meant to be bored. It goes on and on. The process never suffices. Animals could never be an adequate substitute for human beings made in the image of God. The very inadequacy of these sacrifices confirms the inadequacy associated with the tabernacle structure.”
- Vern S. Poythress

[Insert picture of Tabernacle & High Priest’s garments]

In order to have fellowship with God, we must see that…
1. We Need A High Priest
The High Priest must:
1A. Prepare the people to encounter God (v.4 & 6)
[QUOTE]
“These sacrifices are not offered just once; they have to be repeated, because sin is deep-rooted in human nature and often recurs. There is no once-for-all cleansing known to the Old Testament.”
- Gordon Wenham

1B. Make atonement and intercession (v.7)

2. Sacrifice must be made (v.8-21)
[QUOTE]
“The worshipper has raised the animal himself or paid for it with his earnings, so that the animal represents a ‘sacrifice’ in the modern sense of the word. It costs something to the worshipper, and a port of the worshipper’s own life is identified with it. The worshipper lays his hands on the head of the animal, signifying his identification with it. He then kills the animal at the entrance way into the courtyard, signifying that the animal dies as a substitute for the worshipper.”
- Vern S. Poythress

Notice:
2A. The Meaning of the Sacrifices (chapters 1-5)
I. The Burnt Offering (Leviticus 1) - total destruction & judgment
II. The Sin Offering (Leviticus 4) - punishment & cleansing
III. Guilt/Trespass Offering (Leviticus 5) - removal of guilt & restitution
IV. Grain/Food Offering (Leviticus 2) - giving back to God in gratitude
V. Fellowship/Peace Offering (Leviticus 3) - celebrating restored fellowship

2.B The Order of the Sacrifices (v.15-18)
2C. The Response in Worship (v.22-24)
3. Christ Fulfills it All
God has provided! Jesus Christ is our…
3A. Great High Priest
Who sympathizes with us (Hebrews 4:15-16)
and intercedes for us (Hebrews 7:23-25)
3B. Substitutionary Sacrifice
Who perfectly atones for sin (Hebrews 9:12-14)
once for all (Hebrews 10:11-14)
3C. Everything
[ONE SLIDE]
He is:
The Greater Moses (Deut. 18:18)
The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29)
The Sin offering (Heb. 13:13)
The Burnt offering (Eph. 5:2)
The Guilt offering (Isa. 53:10)
Our peace (Rom. 5:1) and fellowship with God (1 John 1:7)
True Israel (Matt. 2-4)
The Tabernacle & Temple (John 1:14 & 2:19)
Abraham’s Promised Seed (Gal. 3:16)
The Seed of the woman who crushes the serpent’s head (Gen. 3:15)
The Eternal Davidic King (Isa. 9:6-7 & Matt. 1:1)
All the promises of God in the Old Testament find their “yes” and “amen” in Christ (2 Cor. 1:20)!]]></itunes:summary>
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[QUOTE]
“Are you bored by the repetitious descriptions in Leviticus 1-9…? ...in a sense, we are meant to be bored. It goes on and on. The process never suffices. Animals could never be an adequate substitute for human beings made in the image of God. The very inadequacy of these sacrifices confirms the inadequacy associated with the tabernacle structure.”
- Vern S. Poythress

[Insert picture of Tabernacle & High Priest’s garments]

In order to have fellowship with God, we must see that…
1. We Need A High Priest
The High Priest must:
1A. Prepare the people to encounter God (v.4 & 6)
[QUOTE]
“These sacrifices are not offered just once; they have to be repeated, because sin is deep-rooted in human nature and often recurs. There is no once-for-all cleansing known to the Old Testament.”
- Gordon Wenham

1B. Make atonement and intercession (v.7)

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