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Four Sacrifices
There are four sacrifices in the beginning of Leviticus that bring before us, in type, Christ in four aspects of His person and work.
1. The burnt offering: Christ in His devotedness to God His Father, even unto death. “Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savor” (Ephesians 5:2).
2. The meat offering: Christ in the perfection of His sinless life of consecration to God. “Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth” (1 Peter 2:22). “The Father hath not left Me alone; for I do always those things that please Him” (John 8:29).
3. The peace offering: Christ as the basis of communion and fellowship with God. “Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ … . We have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:3, 7).
4. The sin offering: Christ made sin for those who stood in need of it. “For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
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