Just as there are
regulations for the person making the burnt, sin, grain or guilt offering, so
there are regulations for the priests receiving and overseeing the giving of
these offerings to the Lord.
God has a precision for
things. Nothing in the sacrificial system is left to happenstance. God gives the
way.
It was, however, the
instruction about the guilt offering that was helpful for me. I was still
pondering the differences I noted yesterday when my questions were answered.
Guilt offering seems to be for intentional sins. The guilt offering accompanies
the making of restitution which is the value of the wrong committed + 20%. The
restitution goes to the person who suffered the loss do to my sin. The guilt
offering goes to the Lord, to pay atonement for my sin.
In these regulations, God
reminds me (us) that when we sin we hurt people and part of the forgiveness
process is ‘making things right (or as right as they can be made with the person
injured by my sin).
Sin hurts people, so for
community sake and for relationships sake, repairing the person/people hurt is
important!
This is a profound thought.
Forgiveness from God is a gift of enormous proportion. It cleans the spiritual
leger of my life, but caring for the person hurt still remains.
Wow! I need to ponder this
more…
Lord, sin
costs; my sin costs. Forbid, Lord, that I should take sin lightly… I am sorry
that I do just that, far too often. Forgive me, Lord, for this as well as my
intentional and unintentional sins…
Through
Jesus, I pray. Amen.
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