BURNT-SACRIFICE The burnt-offering 1. typifies Christ offering Himself without spot to God in delight to do His Father's will even in death. 2. it is atoning because the believer has not had this delight in the will of God; and 3. substitutionary (Leviticus 1:4) because Christ did it in the sinn... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT HIS HAND UPON The laying of the offerer's hand signified acceptance and identification if himself with his offering. In type it answered to the believer's faith accepting and identifying himself with Christ (Romans 4:5); (Romans 6:3). The believer is justified by faith, and his faith is reckone... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRE Essentially as symbol of God's holiness. As such it expresses God in three ways: 1. In judgment upon that which His holiness utterly condemns (for example) (Genesis 19:24); (Mark 9:43); (Revelation 20:15). 2. In the manifestation of Himself, and of that which He approves (Exodus 3:2); (1 Pet... [ Continue Reading ]
SWEET SAVOUR The sweet savour offerings are so called because they typify Christ in His own perfections, and in His affectionate devotion to the Father's will. The non-sweet savour offerings typify Christ as bearing the whole demerit of the sinner. Both are substantial. In our place Christ, in the... [ Continue Reading ]