In Numbers 28 God gives Israel instructions for their daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly offerings. He explains the daily offering, the sabbath offering, the monthly offering, and the passover offering.
Daily offering:
Every day, Israel was to offer two one year old male lambs without blemish. One in the morning and one in the evening. These sacrifices were to be offered continually. The important idea is that worship and atonement were not occasional things. Israel was reminded every day that approaching a holy God required sacrifice.
Sabbath offering:
On the Sabbath, additional sacrifices were offered. The Sabbath was a special day set apart for God, and the additional offering reinforced Israel’s dependence on Him.
Monthly offering:
At the beginning of each month, Israel offered bulls, a ram, and seven lambs, along with grain and drink offerings. These sacrifices marked the beginning of each new month and reminded Israel that their time, possessions, and worship belonged to God.
Passover offering:
The Passover was celebrated on the 14th day of the first month, followed by the Festival of Unleavened Bread. This is particularly important when we look at Jesus. The Passover lamb was killed so that Israel would be spared from judgment in Egypt. Centuries later, Jesus was crucified during Passover.
1 Corinthians 5:7 says, “Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new unleavened batch, as indeed you are. For Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed.” Jesus became the fulfillment of what the Passover lamb represented. The sacrifices of Numbers 28 were repeated because they could never permanently remove sin. Jesus’ sacrifice was offered once and was sufficient forever. Israel’s priests had to keep standing because their work was never finished. Jesus sat down because His sacrificial work was finished. He stood up on his nail pierced feet and in his final breath he said “it is finished.” Jesus wasn’t just another sacrifice. He was the perfect sacrifice. He was the spotless Lamb who took our place. Love y’all! Have a great day!

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