20131029 Tuesday, October 29 2013
Leviticus 07: Laws Of Freedom and Trespass

by Wayne Blank
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"Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it"

The English word "free" originated from an ancient Anglo-Saxon word (the Anglos were a tribe of the Saxons; Saxony is in Germany), freis, that also happens to be the origin of the English word "friend." The original words meant to love, as in to not harm. That original meaning is very different to what "freedom" has been declared to mean in most of the world today - from what should be done for other people, to what is wantonly inflicted to other people now.

The English words "free" and "freedom" very-accurately translate the Hebrew word of the Scriptures, pronounced khof-shee.

The English word "trespass" originated from a French word, trespasser, that originated from a compound Latin word, trans passer, that meant to go beyond, as in to unlawfully cross a boundary, of any sort.

The English word "trespass" very-accurately translates the Hebrew word of the Scriptures, pronounced aw-shawm (which, perhaps not coincidentally, sounds very much like the English word ashamed).

Laws for righteous freedom and against trespass existed from eternity. Crossing the line between "freedom" and "trespass" is what made the winner Lucifer into the loser Satan (see Satan's Fall: From Conservative To Liberal).

"28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee." (Ezekiel 28:13-15 KJV)

"14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High." (Isaiah 14:13-14 KJV)

For humans, the law for righteous freedom and against trespass began in the Garden of Eden. Man was created free, but not lawless (see Grace In The Garden).

"2:15 And the LORD God took the man [see also Adam and Adamah], and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it [see also Seed-Bearing Plants: For Food Or For Folly?].

2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." (Genesis 2:15-17 KJV)

Everything that was done at the Tabernacle was commanded by the LORD (Who was and is Jesus Christ see Genesis 1: In The Beginning Was The Word and The Kingdom Of The LORD God) to be done as a living prophecy of Christianity (see Exodus 26: The First Christian Tabernacle). The offerings that were made portrayed repentance, and were repentance (see Leviticus 3: The Offering Of Fellowship and Christ Died For Repentant Sinners), while the High Priest's acceptance and deliverance of that "freedom" (keeping in mind the actual and original meaning of the word) portrayed the Messiah's atonement of the people to God (see The Forerunner Of Man and Of God and the Fact Finder question below).

The "trespass offering" (see Leviticus 6: Atonement Offerings and Leviticus 4: Sins Through Ignorance; see also Leviticus 1: The Burnt Offerings Of The Ancients).

"7:1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy. 7:2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar. 7:3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, 7:4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: 7:5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering. 7:6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.

7:7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it. 7:8 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. 7:9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it. 7:10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another." (Leviticus 7:1-10 KJV)

The "thanksgiving" offering (see also Thanksgiving In History and Prophecy):

"7:11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.

7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 7:13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. 7:14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. 7:15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.

7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: 7:17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. 7:18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

7:19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. 7:20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 7:21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people." (Leviticus 7:11-21 KJV)

The LORD's dietary laws were about health, not "religion." While humans were still vegetarians, Noah understood the difference between "clean" and "unlean" as a matter of health (see Genesis 7: The Flood and Genesis 8: Noah's Altar).

"7:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. 7:24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it. 7:25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. 7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 7:27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people." (Leviticus 7:22-27 KJV)

The "peace" offerings (see Leviticus 3: The Offering Of Fellowship):

"7:28 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 7:30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD. 7:31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 7:32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 7:33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. 7:34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.

7:35 This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office; 7:36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.

7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; 7:38 Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai." (Leviticus 7:28-38 KJV)

Fact Finder: When did the Messiah actually pay for all sin? When He made the Sacrifice? Or when He delivered it to God?
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