Post by Lee on Jun 8, 2014 4:46:02 GMT
Cleansing the Sanctuary
In the case of a priest or the whole congregation (who were considered as a whole a "nation of priests"), the Sin offering was a bullock, and the blood must be sprinkled seven times before the veil of the Sanctuary and on the altar of incense. That is, the very priesthood itself must be purged and cleansed. The sin of one defiled all, because they were one inseparable body or unit. This is of great significance. The fat was to be burned upon the altar, and the remainder of the bullock was carried without the camp and burned. None was to be eaten by the priests as in the other sacrifices. The meaning of these items are interwoven, and are explained by Paul in the epistle to the Hebrews. He says that the priests were not permitted to partake of any animal whose blood had been offered to sanctify the whole Sanctuary. This indicated that while the Law served for the time then present, a greater Sacrifice outside and beyond the ordinances of the Law must in the fulness of times be offered to give power and efficacy to the shadowy, prophetic reconciliation of the Law. To partake of this, the Mosaic priesthood, as such, had no right, for this temporary, schoolmaster- priesthood must be done away before the Real and Greater Sacrifice could come into effect.
Without the Camp
Any animal whose blood sanctified the whole Sanctuary must be burned without the camp. This, says Paul signifies Christ, who was literally offered 'without the gate." More deeply, it signified that the seed of the woman must achieve salvation outside and above the framework of the Mosaic economy, which was "weak through the flesh." Paul's exposition refers most particularly to the one great central sin offering of the year, when the High Priest on the Day of Atonement entered the Holy of Holies with blood to sanctify the whole sacrificial system.
1966 Berean
In the case of a priest or the whole congregation (who were considered as a whole a "nation of priests"), the Sin offering was a bullock, and the blood must be sprinkled seven times before the veil of the Sanctuary and on the altar of incense. That is, the very priesthood itself must be purged and cleansed. The sin of one defiled all, because they were one inseparable body or unit. This is of great significance. The fat was to be burned upon the altar, and the remainder of the bullock was carried without the camp and burned. None was to be eaten by the priests as in the other sacrifices. The meaning of these items are interwoven, and are explained by Paul in the epistle to the Hebrews. He says that the priests were not permitted to partake of any animal whose blood had been offered to sanctify the whole Sanctuary. This indicated that while the Law served for the time then present, a greater Sacrifice outside and beyond the ordinances of the Law must in the fulness of times be offered to give power and efficacy to the shadowy, prophetic reconciliation of the Law. To partake of this, the Mosaic priesthood, as such, had no right, for this temporary, schoolmaster- priesthood must be done away before the Real and Greater Sacrifice could come into effect.
Without the Camp
Any animal whose blood sanctified the whole Sanctuary must be burned without the camp. This, says Paul signifies Christ, who was literally offered 'without the gate." More deeply, it signified that the seed of the woman must achieve salvation outside and above the framework of the Mosaic economy, which was "weak through the flesh." Paul's exposition refers most particularly to the one great central sin offering of the year, when the High Priest on the Day of Atonement entered the Holy of Holies with blood to sanctify the whole sacrificial system.
1966 Berean