Whoever says that there was no requirement for a sin
offering other than for sins of omission is not rightly dividing the word of
truth, or is deliberately misleading and misquoting Scripture.
The
provision is, “if his offering be a burnt sacrifice, of the herd, let him put
his hand upon its head, (signifying acceptance and identification of himself
with his offering}, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.”
The burnt
offering typified Christ offering Himself without spot to God willingly pleased
to do his Father’s will even to suffering unto death. It is atoning because the
is not able to please the Father because of his sin; so it is substitutionary,
Christ having to do it in the place of the sinner.
Having killed the offering, and cut
it into pieces, Aaron’s sons as priests had to place in order a fire on the
altar and burn it for a sweet savor to the Lord.
The
offering is said to be a sweet savor because it typifies Christ’s perfection,
his sweet nature, in obeying the will of the Father; the non-sweet savor, on
the other hand typifies Christ in his capacity of becoming sin for us, as we may
see by way of contrast when Jesus from the cross cried, “My God, my God, why
has thou forsaken me?” At a moment when he was by way of atonement figuratively
sin for us. More
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