Numbers 8:1 – 26

The Nearness of God (Psalm 73:28) Tabernacle 1st Day, 1st Month, 2nd year Tent of Meeting

The Menorah, The Golden Lampstand

A Glimpse of Heaven in the Tabernacle “For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us” Hebrews 9:24 .

From the Passover Exodus 13:14-15: “And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.”

Hamartiology The Study of sin

Hermeneutics Prophecy: the fulfillment of statements. Typology: the correspondence of historical events, persons and objects:

Hermeneutics Typology: the correspondence of historical events, persons and objects: Adam/Christ: The Priests. The Exodus: a type of salvation. Joseph: a type of the Savior. A lamb: a type of the Savior (as sacrifice).

The Levites Exemption: God smites some, not others. Substitution: Exemption not due to righteousness, but blood. Redemption: buyback for service, not pleasure. Election: a special tribe, not just the firstborn. Consecration: special service on Mount Sinai. Separation: no land, but special service. Edification: the Levitical Cities, public education. Ordination: - Water not blood. - Shaving, not anointing (Leviticus 8:12-14). - Cleaning clothes, not special clothes. Transformation:

A Close, not a complete shave ההעביררתער ‘he-evir taar’ “Pass a razor over” גלח ‘gillach’ “Shave clean”

The Levites Exemption: God smites some, not others. Substitution: Exemption not due to righteousness, but blood. Redemption: buyback for service, not pleasure. Election: a special tribe, not just the firstborn. Consecration: special service on Mount Sinai. Separation: no land, but special service. Edification: the Levitical Cities, public education. Ordination: - Water not blood. - Shaving, not anointing (Leviticus 8:12-14). - Cleaning clothes, not special clothes. Transformation:

Spiritual Transformation Genesis Exodus Deuteronomy 32:28: “Who said of his father and his mother, ‘I did not consider them’; and he did not acknowledge his brothers, nor did he regard his own sons, for they observed Your word, and kept Your covenant. They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob, and Your law to Israel. They shall put incense before You, and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.” 34:25: “Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city unawares, and killed every male.” 32:28: “So the sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day.” 32:29: “Dedicate yourselves today to the Lord—for every man has been against his son and against his brother—in order that He may bestow a blessing upon you today.” 49:7: “Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel. I will disperse them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.”

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Substitutionary Atonement 2 Corinthians 5:21: “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” 1 Peter 3:18: “For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.”

The Presence of God

Soli Deo Gloria!!!