Leviticus 6:8-30
We have noticed the parallel between the four main offerings and the aspects under which the four evangelists present the work of Christ. In John, Jesus is the holy burnt offering, the One whom the Father loved because He laid down His life of Himself (John 10:17-18). Luke makes us wonder at the life of the perfect Man, of which the meal offering speaks. Mark sets before us God’s Servant, represented by the sacrifice of consecration, or peace offering. Finally Matthew, more than the others, proclaims Him as He who will "save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21).
Chapters 6 and 7 take up these four types of offerings again, to lay down the law concerning them, in other words, the way in which the priest should offer them. The burnt offerings had to be continual (v. 13), the meal offering was to be "a statute for ever" (v. 18). Yesterday we noticed the fears of the Israelite who was never sure of being made perfect by the same sacrifices offered continually. But ch. 10 of Hebrews shows us the priest "standing daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices", his work never being finished. Then the same chapter presents Jesus who having offered one sacrifice, has sat down at the right hand of God "for ever" (Hebrews 10:1; Hebrews 10:11-12).