Today's Reading - February 16, 2010

LEVITICUS 1:1-3:17
MARK 1:29-2:12
PSALM 35:17-28
PROVERBS 9:13-18

Question of the day: Why are there different offerings that had to be made to the Lord?

There were different offerings because of different sins and varying situations. The offerings also foreshadowed Christ. The sacrifices and offerings of the Old Testament were types and shadows of the finished work of Christ. The burnt offering was the work of Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. The meal offering symbolized the righteous earth walk of Christ as the bread of life. The burnt offering would not be effective if not for the sinless earth walk of Christ. The peace offering was the celebration and worship that God accepted Christ as the final sacrifice.