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The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
1:1-9 {s} The law of the whole burnt offering (olah) of the herd
1:10-13 {p} The law of the whole burnt offering (olah) of the flock
1:14-17 {s} The law of the whole burnt offering (olah) of the birds
2:1-3 {s} The law of the grain offering (minchah) of flour
2:4 {s} The law of the grain offering (minchah) of unleavened cakes
2:5-6 {s} The law of the grain offering (minchah) of unleavened bread
2:7-13 {s} The law of the grain offering (minchah) of unleavened porridge
2:14-16 {p} The law of the grain offering (minchah) of firstfruits
Strong themes of the parashah
1:1-13 {s+p} The law of the voluntary whole burnt offering of the herd or flock
1:14-2:16 {sx5+p} The law of the voluntary burnt offering of birds or grain
Lev 1:1-2:16 Chiastic Structure
Download the fully expanded Lev 1:1-2:16 Triennial Vayikra chiasm pdf.
Theme of the parashah
The law of the voluntary burnt offering (olah + minchah)
Finding Messiah in Triennial Vayikra
Shall we find Messiah in Leviticus?
“For had you believed Moses, you would have believed Me; for he wrote of Me.” Yeshua, Joh 5:46
All of Torah, including Leviticus, prophesies of Messiah.
If any man of you brings an offering unto YHVH, you shall bring your offering of the livestock, even of the herd, and of the flock. Lev 1:2
“Offering” is derived from קרב qarab, Strong’s H7126, a verbal root meaning, “to draw near.” The pictographs are quph + resh + bet.
quph ק = sun on horizon, thus condense, circle, time
resh ר = head of man, thus head, first, top, beginning, man
bet ב = house, thus house, household, family, in, within
The parable being told is that which gathers (quph, as the light is gathered back to its source when the sun is on the horizon) the man (resh) home (bet).
Where is man’s home, from God’s perspective? With Him! So the purpose of bringing a qorban, an offering, is to draw near to God. It is a form of worship. All the different types of offerings described in this first section of Leviticus share this same purpose.
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 YHVH. Then he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. Lev 1:3-4
“Burnt sacrifice” is in Hebrew, עלה olah, Strong’s H5930, the whole burnt offering. It literally means, a rising up as smoke in worship. The olah was a voluntary offering brought by a man in right relation with God.
That Messiah was a male without blemish:
… You were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain manner of life received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Messiah, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 1 Pet 1:18-19
That Messiah had our sins put upon Him, transferred to Him, by the laying on of hands:
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and YHVH has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isa 53:6
That Messiah’s death was substitutionary:
For He has made Him, who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Cor 5:21
That Messiah’s death made atonement for us:
And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Yeshua Messiah, by whom we have now received the atone-ment. Rom 5:11
Messiah Yeshua fulfilled all the law of the olah in His life, death, and resurrection, causing us to draw near to God with a true, or circumcised, heart, in full assurance of faith. He is the qorban which gathers us home to God.
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 70 (my notes) | Mic 6:9-7:8 (my notes) | 2 Cor 3 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Vayikra
Leviticus 1, Bible for Beginners
Leviticus 2, Bible for Beginners
Leviticus 1, The living olah
Leviticus 1 and 2, Qorban: The offering which gathers home
The ancient Hebrew parable of the sweet aroma
Leviticus 1:1-2:16, Fully expanded chiasm
Leviticus 1:14-2:16, The puzzle of the strong theme of the grain offering
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | LEVITICUS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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