Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Leviticus 6:8-13



Leviticus 6:8-13

Leviticus 6:8 And the Lord said to Moses,
Leviticus 6:9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall remain on the altar all night until morning; the fire shall be kept burning on the altar.
Leviticus 6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen breeches on his body, and take up the ashes of what the fire has consumed with the burnt offering on the altar and put them beside the altar.
Leviticus 6:11 And he shall put off his garments and put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
Leviticus 6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be allowed to go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning and lay the burnt offering in order upon it and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
Leviticus 6:13 The fire shall be burning continually upon the altar; it shall not go out.

a. Two burnt offerings are mentioned, the evening offering, Leviticus 6:9, and the morning offering, Leviticus 6:12.

b. This was previously mentioned earlier in the book of Exodus.

1). Exodus 29:38-41Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
Exodus 29:39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
Exodus 29:40 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
Exodus 29:41 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

c. The priest had the responsibility to keep the fire burning continually, it was not allowed to go out.

1). Leviticus 6:12, 13 And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be allowed to go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning and lay the burnt offering in order upon it and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
Leviticus 6:13 The fire shall be burning continually upon the altar; it shall not go out.

d. Seeing that the Old Covenant priesthood is a type and foreshadow of things in the New Covenant, we should see things in the New Testament that verify it.

1). We are the temple of God. Our God is a consuming fire and we have been baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire. We have the responsibility of keeping the fire lit and burning.

a). 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Corinthians 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

b). Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.

c). Matthew 3:11, 12 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

d). 2 Timothy 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

(1). stir [329  * anazopureo; ana-up or again; soos-alive; pur-fire][Strong: to re-enkindle:--stir up.][Thayer: to kindle up, inflame one's mind, strength, zeal.]

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