Levítico 1

Levítico 1

Johnson has an interesting comment on the "fragrant aroma" of Christ in Eph 5:2 - Now when he says “to God, for a sweet-smelling savor,” students of the Bible know immediately what Paul is talking about....he’s talking specifically about such places as the burnt offering. Three times in the description of the burnt offering, when the Israelite brought the animal, put his hand on the animal’s head, and the animal was slain, three times in Leviticus 1 odor of rest to the Lord (Ed: Hebrew word translated sweet is nihoah = restful, quieting, tranquilizing as nihoah is derived from nuach meaning to rest). In other words, it’s an expression that means, essentially, that as God looks at the sacrifice which is offered in payment of a debt owed to Him, He rests! He finds it an "odor of rest." So, instead of executing His judgment against the person who (Ed: in faith, not mechanically, not simply "intellectually") has offended the throne of God, He rests and is satisfied (Ed: propitiated)! The penalty is paid (Ed: Cp Jesus' words "It is finished" = "Paid in Full! - tetelestai in John 19:30-+) So that he no longer desires and finds it necessary to execute his judgment. An odor of rest. The Lord Jesus expressed this when he said on the cross, “It is finished!” And the finishing of the offering led the throne of God to smell a sweet savor, an odor of rest. So that God is satisfied by the cross of Christ, and men are saved when they, too, become satisfied with what Christ has done and stop relying on their own good works, or anything else they may be relying upon in order to be saved. GotQuestions- Question: "Why would the aroma of a sacrifice be important to God?" Answer: On sixteen different occasions in the book of Leviticus, an “aroma” is mentioned as something pleasing to the Lord. Specifically, the aroma of a sacrifice is important to God. The importance of a sacrifice’s aroma is not the smell but what the smell represents—the substitutionary atonement for sin. The very first mention of God smelling the aroma of a burnt offering is found in Genesis 8:21. Noah offered a burnt offering of clean animals and birds after leaving the ark. We are told it was a “pleasing” aroma to God. The idea is that Noah’s sacrifice was a propitiation, or satisfaction, of God’s righteous requirement. God was pleased with the sacrifice and then gave the promise to never again destroy every living creature with a flood. (Read full article) Leviticus 1:10 'But if his offering is from the flock, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer it a male without defect. Flock: Lev 1:2 Ge 4:4 8:20 Isa 53:6,7 John 1:29 Male: Lev 1:3 4:23 22:19 Mal 1:14 But - always pause to prayerfully ponder (even the most straightforward) terms of contrast. Offering (07133)(qorban/korban from qarab signifies coming into near, intimate proximity of another [in Leviticus into intimate proximity with Jehovah!] The Septuagint (Lxx) translates qorban in this passage with the noun doron which means a gift or present to show honor and respect (Mt 2:11 of gifts of Magi [Mt 2:7-10] at His birth). Doron also described sacrifices and other gifts offered to God (Mt. 5:23-24-+; Mt 8:4; 15:5; 23:18-19; Mk 7:11; Heb 5:1+; Heb 8:3-4+; Heb 9:9+) Burnt offering (05930)(See discussion of 'olah from 'alah = to ascend and thus the picture of going up in smoke) refers to a whole burnt offering (one which goes up in smoke, to the Lord), which was voluntary, was understood as a sacrificial gift to God, resulting in a pleasing aroma acceptable to Jehovah. Shall offer ("will present" - NLT, "have brought" - YLT) (07126) (qarab/qarav) has the basic meaning of being or coming very near. It speaks of intimate proximity in some contexts, which would seem to be the intent of the OT offerings - a drawing near to God. Lxx translates qarab/qarav in this verse with the verb prosago which means to bring forward something (or someone) to another, to conduct into the presence of, figuratively used of Christ's reconciling work in bringing people to God, so surely these OT sacrifices are fulfilled in His finished work, "For Christ also died for sins once for all, [the] just for [the] unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit." (1Pe 3:18+) See the derivative noun prosagoge, a beautiful picture of what Christ does for us. He - The offerer. Without defect - Heb = tamim; ; Lxx = amomos - unblemished, used of the Lamb of God (1Peter 1:19- +) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: burnt offering was the most important of all the sacrifices; and no part of it was eaten either by the priest or the offerer, but the whole was offered to God. It has been sufficiently shown by learned men, that almost every nation of the earth, in every age, had their burnt offerings, from the persuasion that there was no other way to appease the incensed gods; and they even offered human sacrifices, because they imagined that life was necessary to redeem life, and that the gods would be satisfied with nothing less. Henry