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Day 32 or February 1 Offerings from Faithful Followers

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Our thoughts today are rooted in Leviticus chapter 1 verses 1 and 2.

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The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting.

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He said, Speak to the Israelites and say to them, When anyone among you brings an offering

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to the Lord, bring as your offering an animal from either the herd or the flock.

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Now the big picture surrounding these verses.

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The storyline of God's people has paused while they erect the tabernacle for the very first time.

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Now in the book of Leviticus it's back to the lecture hall for a whole series of teaching about

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the offerings and feasts of Judaism. This book takes place at the foot of Mount Sinai

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and prepares the people to be God's holy people. Of course there have been no sacrificial offerings

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since the Romans destroyed the temple almost 2,000 years ago in 70 AD. The sacrificial emphasis of

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Judaism has been fulfilled in the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ. He is a sacrifice

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once and for all. Hebrews chapter 10 verse 10. So there is no need for any more.

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That's probably why God allowed the Romans to raise the temple to the ground. It was no longer

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needed. Now today's action step. There are three sacrifices detailed in the first three chapters of

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Leviticus. Each one of them is intended for the use of anyone who is in fellowship with God,

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but who has failed in some way. All of us know this experience and we can all empathize with the

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sinner. Our relationship with God through Jesus is not a once-for-all cure for daily sinning.

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It's a once-for-all forgiveness, which we constantly need to hear as we are refreshed by the

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Holy Spirit. Of course we do not offer an actual sacrifice nowadays, but a prayer for forgiveness

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instead, because Jesus Christ has covered the cost of being the ultimate sacrifice. However,

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every time we fail it's as if we are saying that the sacrifice of Christ is inadequate. None of us

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would say that. So we need to live our lives to show that we don't believe it either.