Sacrifice For Sins

[mini]

Heb 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

How does the life and death of Jesus compare to the old testament requirements for a sin offering? In Matt 5:17, Jesus says "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil."  What were the points of the law for the sacrifice of sins, and how did he fulfill them?

Ill add a bit more to this discussion.

Leviticus 4

   1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
   2. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
   3. If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
   4. And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.
   5. And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
   6. And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the veil of the sanctuary.
   7. And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
   8. And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
   9. And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,
  10. As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
  11. And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
  12. Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.

How do those items figure in to the sacrifice for sin that Jesus made? Surely he did these things, or perhaps their is another sin offering (Old Testament) that I am missing.  If he did not do these things, could he be considered not a offering for our sin?

Also, was the time while he was on the cross, dying, and the veil was ripped in two, did it symbolize that those "shalls" from the last part of this passage in Leviticus, i.e. the fat, the burning, was no longer needed?

[onli-one-jehovi]

The bullock sacrifice was for individual, accidental sin between each Passover. At Passover, a lamb was sacrificed for national sins en masse. The blood of animals never cleansed anything. It simply covered the sin and met GOD's requirements at that time. Jesus was sacrificed once and for all at Calvary. His blood cleansed sin and not just covered it up for a year. Therefore, no need for any sacrifce again. GOD was/is satisfied with Jesus' blood.

He was crucified outside of Jerusalem, just as the Law commanded. It is all types and shadows of Christ.

The torn veil represented an open approach to the LORD. Until that time, only the High Priest could access HIS presence. Now - with the blood of Christ cleansing sin - whosoever will can boldly enter and approach the throne of GOD.

It's not difficult to understand. You might want to start by reading the Book of Hebrews. That book deals with this subject.

[titushome]

Another way to state it is that the sacrifice of animals pointed ahead to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus.  Even in the days before Christ, God was "looking ahead," so to speak, to Jesus' suffering and death.  The Old Testament believers who staked their faith in God were justified by the yet-to-happen sacrifice of Jesus, just as we are justified by it after-the-fact.

[Robert Williams]

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Shalom and God bless!
RW