Topic: Atonement
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Covering for Shameful Nakedness
From Genesis 3, a look at how Adam and Eve’s shame was covered by God’s provision, not their own effort.
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The Day of Atonement: Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement pictured the costly, once-a-year covering for Israel’s sin, a shadow fulfilled once for all in Christ.
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Protoevangelium: The First Gospel
The 10th MITWS traces the ‘first gospel’ of Genesis 3:15 through the long war between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent to its fulfillment in Christ, pictured beforehand in the Day of Atonement.
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The Guilt Offering
The guilt offering answers a guilty conscience, not just before God but toward the person wronged – confession, restitution, and atonement together, a picture of Christ’s complete work.
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The Sin Offering
Leviticus 4’s sin offering teaches that sin, even committed unintentionally, requires atonement through the shedding of blood so that God’s presence can remain among His people.
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Agnus Dei
“Agnus Dei” — the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. This message moves from the world’s incurable sickness of sin to the substitution of the cross and the new-creation life of the Spirit.
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The Peace Offering
A study of the peace offering in Leviticus 3, the sacrifice of fellowship and thanksgiving that pictures reconciled communion with God.
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The Burnt Offering
From Leviticus 1, a look at the burnt offering as a picture of costly, wholehearted devotion to God.
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Jesus Christ, High Priest of Good Things to Come
Christ is the great High Priest of the good things to come, fulfilling and surpassing the Aaronic priesthood by entering heaven itself with His own blood.