Christ Covenant Church

ADDENDUM to last week (Exodus 37-40):God’s “shekinah glory train” runs from the tabernacle/temple to Jesus to the church (Exo 40; 1Ki 8 w/Joh 1 w/2Co 8:23 and Joh 17:22).Moses’ finished tabernacle work (Exo 40:33) is meant to communicate that God’s new (or redeemed ) creation work is finished (Gen 2:2). As such this is how/where people will again come into God’s presence and receive His guidance.Leviticus 1-4The burnt, grain, peace and sin offering represent (four of the six) kinds of “sacrificial gift(s)” (1:10) a person could/would give to the Lord under the Old Covenant (chs 1-4). Each offering served a specific purpose: 1) the burnt offering was to atone for intentional sin (1:1-17; 1:4 w/16:5; see also Gen 3:20 w/Lev 7:8), 2) the grain offering was a memorial/tribute paid to God acknowledging our loyalty/service to Him as king (2:1-16 “frankincense” w/Mat 2:11; 2:2,9, 16, 12-14; Hebrew term for grain offering = tribute, Jdg 3:15), 3) the peace offering was to express thanksgiving and the continuance of f