Leviticus: Types of Christ in the Old Testament (III)

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2021 05 23

Leviticus 20:10 (NKJV)  The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death.

John 8:4-5 (NKJV) 4  they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. 5  Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?”

Last Week

  1. Burnt Offerings, Corban (Leviticus 1)
  2. Meal Offering (Leviticus 2)
  3. Peace Offering (Leviticus 3)
  4. Sin Offering (Leviticus 4)
  5. Trespass Offering (Leviticus 5)

This week

  1. The Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16; 23:26-32)
    1. Blood 0f Atonement (Leviticus 17:11)

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT

Leviticus 23:26-32 (NKJV) 26  And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 27  “Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. 28  And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29  For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people. 30  And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31  You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32  It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.”

  1. The High Priest alone did all the work on this special day. No one accompanied or assisted him (16:17).

Leviticus 16:17 (NKJV)  There shall be no man in the tabernacle of meeting when he goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself, for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.

  1. He had to offer a sin offering and a burnt offering (16:3).

Leviticus 16:3 (NKJV)  Thus Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with the blood of a young bull as a sin offering, and of a ram as a burnt offering.

  1. He had to lay his robes of beauty and of glory aside, bathe himself, and put on linen garments. (16:4).

Leviticus 16:4 (NKJV)  He shall put the holy linen tunic and the linen trousers on his body; he shall be girded with a linen sash, and with the linen turban he shall be attired. These are holy garments. Therefore he shall wash his body in water, and put them on.

Philippians 2:7 (NKJV)  but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.

  1. He had to make an atonement for himself and for his house (16:6).

Leviticus 16:6 (NKJV)  “Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.

Hebrews 7:27 (NKJV)  who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

  1. He had to bring two goats for the people, and to cast lots to select one for God and the other to be a scapegoat (16:7-8).

Leviticus 16:7-8 (NKJV) 7  He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 8  Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat.

Matthew 27:17-18 (NKJV) 17  Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” 18  For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy.

  1. The reason for using two goats is that it was physically impossible to combine all the features that had to be set forth in the sin offering in one animal (Hebrews 10:4, 12–14; 9:28; I Peter 2:24; Jn. 1:29). He cleanses us of all (every) sin (I John 1:6-7; Hebrews 9:14; 7:25).

Hebrews 10:4 (NKJV)  For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
Hebrews 9:28 (NKJV)  so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Hebrews 7:27 (NKJV) 27  who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
1 Peter 2:24 (NKJV)  who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness–by whose stripes you were healed.
John 1:29 (NKJV)  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

1 John 1:6-7 (NKJV) 6  If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Hebrews 9:14 (NKJV)  how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews 7:25 (NKJV)  Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

  1. After the choice had been made by lot, Aaron was to kill the sin offering for himself and his house (16:11).

Leviticus 16:11 (NKJV)  “And Aaron shall bring the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull as the sin offering which is for himself.

  1. After this he was to take burning coals of fire from off the altar, and with his hands full of incense enter within the veil, into the holiest of all. The cloud of incense covered the mercy seat (16:12, 13).

Leviticus 16:12-13 (NKJV) 12  Then he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from the altar before the LORD, with his hands full of sweet incense beaten fine, and bring it inside the veil. 13  And he shall put the incense on the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the Testimony, lest he die.

  1. He then sprinkled the blood with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward seven times (16:14).

Leviticus 16:14 (NKJV)  He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

  1. Then the goat for a sin offering for the people was killed, and the blood sprinkled in the same manner (16:15-19). The slain goat is a type of Christ’s death as being expiatory, by which the holiness and righteousness of God as expressed in the law has been honored and vindicated (Romans 3:24-26). The slain goat vindicates the holiness and justice of God (II Corinthians 5:21). Our sin bearer died in our place (Isaiah 53:4; Galatians 3:13).

Leviticus 16:15-19 (NKJV) 15  “Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat. 16  So he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, for all their sins; and so he shall do for the tabernacle of meeting which remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17  There shall be no man in the tabernacle of meeting when he goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself, for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel. 18  And he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD, and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar all around. 19  Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, cleanse it, and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

Romans 3:24-26 (NKJV) 24  being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25  whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26  to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV)  For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Isaiah 53:4 (NKJV)  Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
Galatians 3:13 (NKJV)  Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),

  1. After having made atonement by the blood of the sin offering, Aaron brought the live goat before God (16:10, 20). The sins of the congregation were then symbolically transferred to this goat by the laying on of Aaron’s hands (16:21, 22). The goat, laden with the sins of the people, was then led away by the hand of a qualified man into the wilderness.
  2. The scapegoat is a type of Christ’s death as putting away our sins before God, and as risen from the dead and living as our High Priest, enabling God to declare righteousness the sinner who believes in Christ.

Hebrews 9:26 (NKJV)  He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
Romans 4:25 (NKJV)  who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.
Romans 5:1 (NKJV)  Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 8:33-34 (NKJV) 33  Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34  Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

BLOOD OF ATONEMENT

Leviticus 17:11 (NKJV)  For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’

  1. Blood cleanses from sin (I John 1:7).
  • 1 John 1:7 (NKJV) But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
  1. It is the basis of the covenant (Hebrews 9; 13:20).
  • Hebrews 13:20 (NKJV) Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
  1. It obtains remission (Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Hebrews 9:22b; Isaiah 53; Hebrews 13:12).
  • Matthew 26:28 (NKJV) For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
  • Mark 14:24 (NKJV) And He said to them, “This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.
  • Hebrews 9:22 (NKJV) And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
  • Isaiah 53:1-12 (NKJV) 1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2  For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. 3  He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4  Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5  But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. 6  All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 7  He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. 8  He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken. 9  And they made His grave with the wicked– But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. 10  Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand. 11  He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities. 12  Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.
  • Hebrews 13:12 (NKJV) Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
  1. The blood of Jesus obtains our sanctification (I Corinthians 1:2; Hebrews 2:10-11; 9:13-15).
  • 1 Corinthians 1:2 (NKJV) To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
  • Hebrews 2:10-11 (NKJV) 10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11  For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,
  • Hebrews 9:13-15 (NKJV) 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, 14  how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15  And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
  1. His blood obtains our redemption (Ephesians 1:7; John 1:29; Colossians 1:14; I Peter 1:18-19; Revelation 5:9; Acts 20:28).
  • Ephesians 1:7 (NKJV) In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
  • John 1:29 (NKJV) The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
  • Colossians 1:14 (NKJV) in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
  • 1 Peter 1:18-19 (NKJV) 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19  but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
  • Revelation 5:9 (NKJV) And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
  • Acts 20:28 (NKJV) Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
  1. It is God’s propitiation (Romans 3:25).
  • Romans 3:25 (NKJV) whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
  1. It is our peace through Christ’s blood (Ephesians 2:13; Colossians 1:20).
  • Ephesians 2:13 (NKJV) But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
  • Colossians 1:20 (NKJV) and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
  1. It brings reconciliation with God (Colossians 1:20-22; Romans 5:l0ff).
  • Colossians 1:20-22 (NKJV) 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. 21  And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22  in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—
  • Romans 5:10 (NKJV) For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
  1. It obtains our victory (Revelation 12:11); Justification (Romans 5:9).
  • Revelation 12:11 (NKJV) And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
  • Romans 5:9 (NKJV) Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
  1. Though His blood we enter into the Holy of Holies (Hebrews 10:19-20).
  • Hebrews 10:19-20 (NKJV) 19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20  by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,

Review

  1. Burnt Offerings, Corban (Leviticus 1)
  2. Meal Offering (Leviticus 2)
  3. Peace Offering (Leviticus 3)
  4. Sin Offering (Leviticus 4)
  5. Trespass Offering (Leviticus 5)
  6. The Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16; 23:26-32)
  7. Blood 0f Atonement (Leviticus 17:11)

Next Week

  1. The Feasts (Leviticus 23)
  2. Our Kinsman Redeemer (Leviticus 25:25)
  3. Our Great High Priest
  4. Tabernacle.
  5. Priesthood.
  6. Scapegoat.
  7. Holiness codes.

 

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