from trespass. (The reference in Lev. 4: 31 will be dealt with in the article dealing with

the sin offering).

THE TRESPASS OFFERING.--The chief distinction is in the element of restitution,

the making amends by the payment of the principal, and the addition of a fifth part.

We learn from these points of difference something of the fulness of the sacrifice of

Christ for us. Both our sin and our trespass have been dealt with before God, and the full

acceptance that inheres in a complete whole-hearted obedience to the claims of God and

our neighbour is ours by virtue of the same offering. In Christ both sinful man and a

Holy God find common ground, "He is our peace". Seeing that these typical sacrifices

promise so much light upon the foundation of our salvation, we trust that none will think

the time ill-spent that patiently and prayerfully weighs over these weighty words of God

in the balances of the sanctuary.

Having looked at the five offerings of Leviticus as a whole, we must now consider

each separately. The scriptural title for this offering is olah, or the "ascending" offering,

referring apparently to the fact that this offering is wholly consumed upon the altar, and

that its fragrance ascends in the smoke. While each offering has some peculiar feature

that marks it off from the rest, there is one feature common to them all, and that is

expressed by the word "satisfaction". This, however, is true if we have a broad view of

the word satisfaction, for in the case of the burnt offering and the meat offering sin is not

in view.

It is natural but not scriptural to limit the satisfaction rendered by the Lord Jesus to the

Father as related to human guilt, but was there no satisfaction in His spotless purity, His

humble and wholehearted submission? When the closed heavens at length opened, and

there was heard the voice of God saying, "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well

pleased", it was uttered at the close of His private life, and the opening of His public

ministry, long before He died the just for the unjust that He might bring us to God. The

burnt offering and the meat offering speak only of satisfaction intrinsically. The sin

offering and the trespass offering of satisfaction for sin.  The peace offering of

satisfaction that is mutual. The first occurrence of the burnt offering is found in Gen.

8: 20, 21:--