Scott Allen leads today's lesson from Leviticus 9:15-24 and 10:1-3 with a preview of 16:1-10. Many types of offerings were prescribed for the Israelites so they might relate to God. These various offerings made it clear that there were significant barriers for sinners hoping to worship a holy God. As we look at the burnt offering, sin offering, grain offering, and fellowship (peace) offering, we develop an appreciation for what Jesus provided believers under the new covenant, while respecting that humankind cannot choose their own path to God. Only Jesus properly mediates a way to lasting fellowship with the holy, mighty God of the universe. The underpinnings of the path to our pardon are provided in the Jewish system of sacrifices, and all of Jewish history services to teach us two crucial lessons: we all desperately need a divine Savior, and those who believe in Jesus now serve as the priests who connect others to a right standing with God.
