GUILTY OF SIN

"The young bull for the sin offering was brought, and Aharon and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering."
Leviticus 8:14

According to Romans 3:10-19, all men from Adam forward are guilty of sin. It is because of this that we were in need of a Savior. However, before Yeshua came to earth, Adonia made a way for forgiveness through sacrifice. Through the young bull, the punishment of sin was forgiven. After first laying their hands on the bull and slaughtering it, Moshe was ordered to take the blood and put it on the horns of the altar around it entirly. There were four horns of the altar which pointed upward to Adonai. In this act not only were the priests cleansed, but also the altar itself. It is then on this altar that Moshe continued the offering, taking the inner organs, the liver's covering, the kidneys and their fat, as well as the fat of the animal as a whole, offering it up to Adonai.
In some ways it is hard to believe that an animal could pave the way of forgiveness for Adonai's people. Yet this is the way it was until the Messiah. His sacrifice paved once and for all the road for my forgiveness where as these animals only paved until the next time I would have sinned. I reflect on this and become so grateful for this sacrifice. And what better a time to reflect as we near Pesach. Perhaps you can take a moment or two to refelct with me on this blessing we have received, and how His sacrifice allows us to be free of the guilt of sin.

Leviticus 8:14-21