Exodus 29

Thereis a lot in this chapter! Unfortunately, we cannot get into what every offering mans quite yet. We are going to save that for the Book of Leviticus. I think it is important to state that as we head toward Leviticus you are leaerning more and more about Levites. Levites were the tribe of Israel whom made up the priesthood. Therefore when we enter the Book of Leviticus we will be learning about the preisthood. In this chapter we are presented with the consecration of the Priests.
"You shall make an atonement for the altar seven days, and sanctify it. And it shall be a most holy altar. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy" (Exodus 29:37).

The Bible is writtten in three languages. The first language is Hebrew, which makes up most of the Old Testament. The second language is Arabic, for instance Daniel 2-6 are written in Arabic. Finally, the entire New Testament is written in Greek. Therefore, when we translate a word from the Old Testament and a word from the New Testament, and come up with the same word, we have to understand that this one translated word is coming from two different languages.
What is atonement? Atonement has two meanings. It has its Hebrew meaning and its Greek meaning. To understand why they would do the offerings we must understand atonement. Old testament atonement means "To cover." The blood (We will learn more about what blood represents later) would cover our sins. This sounds great. However as we further investigate we learn that the words entire meaning is "The covering of the eyes." Whose eyes? God's eyes. His eyes were covered from the sight of the people's.
Atonement in the New Testament means something else entirely! Romans 5:11 says, "And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement." This word atonement does not mean that the eyes of the Lord are covered. This word mean that our sins are gone! Atonement has taken place. We are now presented as holy (Remember holiness is the place where we are set apart, to be used of God).
We understand now how the law is beautiful int hat it gives us excellent pictures of what is to come. However, the law is sad in that it always falls short of the true salvation given through Christ. Gang, rest assured that you live in an age where atonement is sweet. Your sins are not just covered, but completely wiped away. We owe it all to that one true offering of our Lord, Jesus Christ.