The brazen altar, which is typical of things shown in the Old Testament, stood just outside the Tabernacle. Sweet savor offerings were offered there on the table of the Lord, where the animal is offered, and no sin is seen in them. The sin offering and the trespass offerings were offered outside the city, thus Christ was killed outside Jerusalem. The brazen altar represents the earth, and in the sin offering blood was smeared on its horns, showing that private sin affects only those immediately involved. The blood indicates a reunion of man with God. Smoke from the sweet savor offering wafted into God's presence, where He received satisfaction from the fragrance.

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Offerings (Part One)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

The brazen altar is typical of things shown in the Old Testament. The sweet savor offerings were offered on the brazen altar that was just outside the door of the Tabernacle. The table of the Lord in this metaphor is the brazen altar where the food, where the animal is offered. The sin offering and the trespass offerings were offered outside the city. Thus Christ was killed outside the city of Jerusalem. In the sweet savor offerings there is no sin seen in them at all.

Offerings (Part Six)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

The brazen altar represents the earth. In the sin offering the blood from the sacrifice made by a ruler or a common person was taken by the high priest to the horns of the brazen altar and smeared on it. This shows that the sin of a private individual affects only himself and those immediately involved. Those persons remained free to carry out service to God in other areas on the earth. The blood always indicates a reunion of man with God.

Offerings (Part Two)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

The sweet savor offerings were offered on the brazen altar which stood right outside of the Temple and the Tabernacle. The smoke and the fragrance from that offering that was burning there wafted into the Temple or Tabernacle into the place of God's presence. God could receive satisfaction from the sweet fragrance of the meat that was cooking there on the altar. The sin offering and the trespass offering were burned not outside the Temple grounds but all the way outside the city outside the gates of the city outside the wall of the city.

The Sacrifices of Leviticus (Part 2)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The sacrifices were neither insignificant nor barbaric, but a teaching tool for us. In the burnt offering, we see Christ in His work for the already redeemed.

The Offerings of Leviticus (Part Seven): The Sin and Trespass Offerings

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

Sin and human nature affect everyone in society—from king to commoner—but God has covered sin from every angle in the sacrifice of His Son, fulfilling Leviticus 4-5.

The Offerings of Leviticus (Part Two): The Burnt Offering

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

The burnt offering is completely consumed on the altar. This type of offering teaches us about Christ's total dedication to God—and how we should emulate it.

Approaching God Through Christ (Part Two)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The brazen altar symbolized total sacrifice. We have to be willing to give up everything, bearing our own individual cross, forsaking all to follow Him.

Eden, The Garden, and the Two Trees (Part Two)

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The real cradle of civilization is not Mesopotamia, but Jerusalem, where God started His physical creation and where He will bring it to spiritual fruition.

Eden, The Garden, and The Two Trees (Part Three)

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Jesus' crucifixion took place outside the camp of Israel, just outside the border of the Garden of Eden, the general area where the Miphkad Altar stood.

Approaching God Through Christ (Part Seven)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

We have access to a Trailblazer, who has gone before us to show us the way. The only way can have fellowship with the Father is through Jesus Christ.

Approaching God Through Christ (Part Four)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Jesus Christ is symbolized by the table of showbread in the Tabernacle, having gold utensils and vessels for bread and wine, symbolizing our fellowship with God.

Examples of Divine Justice

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Nadab and Abihu, Ananias and Sapphira, and Uzzah, all aware of the penalties for their actions, rebelled against God's clear and unambiguous instructions.

Hebrews (Part Ten)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

Everything about the Priesthood of Christ is superior to the Levitical system, which only served as a type of the access to God that Jesus would fulfill.

Do Little Things Not Count?

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Those who ignore the clear biblical instructions for the wavesheaf offering with its unambiguous prohibitions risk the displeasure and judgment of God.

Warning of Judgment, Urgency to Prepare!

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

We need to prepare physically and mentally for God's expected judgment—a terrible thing for those not aligned to His divine purpose for humanity.

Pentecost Revisited (Part Two): Joshua 5

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

Joshua 5 makes no mention of a harvest, an altar, a priest, the waving of the sheaf, or the offerings God commanded to accompany the waving of the sheaf.