Jun. 19, 2024

Connecting the Dots Lesson 17

Aaron and the Priesthood - based on the principle of Representational Righteousness – is a pre-figuring of Christ’s representational and substitutionary sacrifice on our behalf.

The Priest:

•    He ministers in sacred things.

•    He is made a priest by God Himself.

•    He is a true mediator.

Christ serves as our high priest in heaven.

The Day of Atonement – (Lev. 16) the one day per year the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies and atone for the sins of the people.

Before entering the high priest must bathe himself and wear special garments.

Sacrifice a bull for a sin offering for himself, his family, and the Israelites – sprinkle some of the blood on the Ark of the Covenant.

Washings – Symbolic Significance

1.    Washing and cleansing of the High Priest

2.    Washing of the man who released the goat

3.    The man who took the sacrificed animals outside the camp to burn the carcasses.

Christ and the Two Goats – propitiation and expiation Rom.5:9, Ps. 103:17, Hebrews 8:12, 9:12, 24, 10:17

The Seven Feasts

Feast    Scripture    Date

Passover    Lev. 23:4-5    Nisan 14

Unleavened Bread    Lev. 23:6-8    Nisan 15

FirstFruits    Lev. 23:9-14    Nisan 16-23

Pentecost    Lev. 23:15-21    Sivan 6

Trumpets    Lev. 23:23-25    Tishrei 1

Atonement    Lev. 23:26-32    Tishrei 10

Tabernacles    Lev. 23:33-44    Tishrei 15

Passover – (Lev. 23:5) Fulfilled on the exact day by Christ by giving up His life on the cross as the perfect Lamb of God.

Unleavened Bread – (Lev. 23:6) Leaven or yeast in the Bible symbolizes sin or evil. Unleavened bread eaten over a seven-day period symbolized a holy walk with God. (1 Cor. 5:7-8; John 12:24)

Firstfruits – (Lev. 23:10-11) Israelites were to bring the first fruits of their Spring harvest as an offering – Christ was resurrected on this feast become the firstfruits of God’ redemptive plan, first implying a second and third, etc. (1 Cor. 15:22-23, Matt. 27:52-53)

Pentecost – (Feast of Weeks) (Lev. 23:15-17) Two “wave Loaves” with leaven, represents sinful man, possibly Jew and Gentile, The Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost. (Matt. 12:11; Romans 11:24-28; Acts 1:3, 2:1

Trumpets – (Lev. 23:24) Trumpets were used throughout the Old Testament – Jericho, Year of Jubilee, and in the New Testament signaling the rapture of the church. (Jos. 6:5; Is. 27: 12-13; Matt. 24:40; 1 Thes. 4:16-17; 1 Cor. 15:51-52)

Atonement – (Lev. 23:27) Highest holy day, a day of confession for the nation, the only day of the year the high priest entered the Holy of Holies, will not be fulfilled by the Church as Christ paid in full for our atonement, to be fulfilled at the second coming. (Lev. 23:28-30, 32; Zechariah 12:10, 13:1, 6; Rom. 11:26

Next Time - Tabernacles