Old Covenant Offerings: Shadows of Christ's Sacrifice For Us

On the Emmaus Road, Jesus discloses to the Disciples how Christ fulfilled the Old Testament types and shadows. 

..."These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Luke 24:44

So, how does Jesus fulfill the sacrificial system in the Old Covenant? In Nancy Guthrie's book The

Lamb of God, she provides rich insight. Here is some of the material she covers with regard to the Levitical sacrifices and Jesus' fulfillment.

🐑 Burnt offering (Propitiation/satisfying God's wrath (Leviticus 1 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+1&version=HCSB):

~1 Peter 1:18 For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

~Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 24 They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed. 26 God presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous the one who has faith in Jesus.

🌾 Grain offering (Dedication: Leviticus 2 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+2&version=HCSB):

~John 6:48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

🕊️ Peace offering (Fellowship: Leviticus 3 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+3&version=HCSB):

~Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah. 14 For He is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In His flesh,

💦 Sin offering (Purification: Leviticus 4&5 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+4-5&version=HCSB):

~Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

~Hebrews 13:11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the most holy place by the high priest as a sin offering are burned outside the camp. 12 Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that He might sanctify[a] the people by His own blood.

😔 Guilt offering (Restitution: Leviticus 5&6 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+5-6&version=HCSB):

~Isaiah 53:10 Yet the Lord was pleased to crush Him severely.

When You make Him a restitution offering,

He will see His seed, He will prolong His days,

and by His hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.

~Philippians 3:9 and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith. Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift in the person of The Beloved Son, the Lamb of God, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ the Righteous!