I want to share with you from Leviticus. Of all the books in the Bible, the book of Leviticus, usually, are the ones that are still, in most christians’ Bibles, still stuck together. People hardly teach on the book of Leviticus. But I want to teach from the book of Leviticus chapter 1. Alright? The very first chapter and the very first verse says: “Now the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from” “the tabernacle of meeting, saying,” And this word “now the Lord called” The word “called” is the Hebrew word where
the name of Leviticus is taken from. Of course, “Leviticus” means the Levitical priesthood, but actually in the Hebrew, this book is called “vayikra.” “Vayikra” means “called.” “He called.” Literally, the first word of Leviticus. “God called to Moses and spoke to him from” “the tabernacle of meeting, saying,” “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them,” “‘when any one of you brings an offering to the Lord,’” “‘you shall bring your offering of the livestock—’” “‘of the herd and of the flock.
’” Notice here that God is talking about the burnt offering. The word “offering” in the Hebrew “qorban”, means to “approach near.” An offering means to approach near. So the offering causes you to approach God, come near to God, draw near to God. The Bible says: “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
” Now, this is the burnt offering. “If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer” “a male without blemish; he shall offer it of” “his own free will at the door of the” “tabernacle of meeting before the Lord.” “Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering,” “and it will be accepted on his behalf” “to make atonement for him.
” So notice that the Bible says: “If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd.” Why? Because in this same chapter, they are three categories of burnt offerings. The first one is what we are reading here. The herd. From the herd. A bullock, a son of the herd in Hebrew. A son of the herd. For the son of the herd, usually, this bullock is raised not to do any work in the fields.
