*[[Rom 12:1]] KJV* I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
*[[Eph 5:2]] KJV* And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.
*[[1Pe 2:5]] KJV* Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
When Jesus was a young child, of approximately five years old, he would have started his formal education. One of the first books he would have studied is the Book of Leviticus. The first chapter of this book deals with the burnt offering.
He was the Word made flesh and as such studying the law of Moses would have been second nature to him. It was, after all, a description of who he was. We cannot know how much he would have understood about how he was to be the sacrifices when he was so young. At the age of 30 when he enters his public ministry it is obvious that he fully understands them. It is not only in his death he fulfills the sacrifices taught in Leviticus but also in the way in which he lived his life.
Some of the attributes that of this sacrifice seen in both Jesus life and death are;
there must be no blemish... he the knew no sin became a sin offering for us
of his own voluntary will...no man takes my life but I lay it down
He shall lay his hand upon his head... the laying on of hands deals with transference from one to another in this case of sins; behold the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world
The body was cut and flayed and placed upon the altar...he was wounded for my transgression, he was bruised for my iniquity, the chastisement of my peace was upon him, and by his stripes I am healed
The inwards are washed and the feet...not my will but thine be done.
Then all is placed on the alter; this is the teaching of the whole burnt offering.
It would make sense to us that burnt refer to the flames burning the body but in truth the word for burnt means ascending referring to the smoke going up into heaven.
Seeing Jesus in the sacrifice is an easy enough task for most of us but seeing ourselves is harder. Yet both Jesus and His apostles continuously use language to indicate that we too are burnt offering.
Jesus has told us the disciple is not greater than his master but it is enough for him to be as his master.
He asked his disciples if they were able to drink of the cup with his father had given it to him.( a cup is a Jewish idiom for ones fate or destiny)
So it is buy our own voluntary will Jesus lays his hands upon us... transfers his spirit to us ...the old life of our blood is spilled out upon his altar and we are crucified with Christ... our flesh must be dealt with and taken away and placed upon the altar ...our head and all of our pieces must be placed within the altar of God ...Jesus said his word washes our inward parts... and when he washed the disciples feet he asked them to you know what I've done to you
For he had prepared them, as he prepares us , as a whole burnt offering. The flesh burns up upon his altar and the smoke of spirit rising up into heaven a sweet smelling Savior.
May God give us the grace to hold nothing back but become as he is a living sacrifice
He was the Word made flesh and as such studying the law of Moses would have been second nature to him. It was, after all, a description of who he was. We cannot know how much he would have understood about how he was to be the sacrifices when he was so young. At the age of 30 when he enters his public ministry it is obvious that he fully understands them. It is not only in his death he fulfills the sacrifices taught in Leviticus but also in the way in which he lived his life.
Some of the attributes that of this sacrifice seen in both Jesus life and death are;
there must be no blemish... he the knew no sin became a sin offering for us
of his own voluntary will...no man takes my life but I lay it down
He shall lay his hand upon his head... the laying on of hands deals with transference from one to another in this case of sins; behold the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world
The body was cut and flayed and placed upon the altar...he was wounded for my transgression, he was bruised for my iniquity, the chastisement of my peace was upon him, and by his stripes I am healed
The inwards are washed and the feet...not my will but thine be done.
Then all is placed on the alter; this is the teaching of the whole burnt offering.
It would make sense to us that burnt refer to the flames burning the body but in truth the word for burnt means ascending referring to the smoke going up into heaven.
Seeing Jesus in the sacrifice is an easy enough task for most of us but seeing ourselves is harder. Yet both Jesus and His apostles continuously use language to indicate that we too are burnt offering.
Jesus has told us the disciple is not greater than his master but it is enough for him to be as his master.
He asked his disciples if they were able to drink of the cup with his father had given it to him.( a cup is a Jewish idiom for ones fate or destiny)
So it is buy our own voluntary will Jesus lays his hands upon us... transfers his spirit to us ...the old life of our blood is spilled out upon his altar and we are crucified with Christ... our flesh must be dealt with and taken away and placed upon the altar ...our head and all of our pieces must be placed within the altar of God ...Jesus said his word washes our inward parts... and when he washed the disciples feet he asked them to you know what I've done to you
For he had prepared them, as he prepares us , as a whole burnt offering. The flesh burns up upon his altar and the smoke of spirit rising up into heaven a sweet smelling Savior.
May God give us the grace to hold nothing back but become as he is a living sacrifice
