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Levitcus Chapter 6

...continued again.

Jesus' sacrifice is for all time. His sacrifice makes the animal sacrifice an appropriate substitute for the sinner because the animal sacrifice reaches forward in time to appropriate the sacrifice of Jesus to the Israelites who lived before Jesus came. God has ordained this and it is true.

I was reading commentary on these verses from: Homilies by W. Clarkston, who made the following points to consider:

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SIN IS A GERM AS WELL AS A FRUIT

...dishonest thought goes beyond fraud to falsehood and when necessary, from falsehood to perjury (swearing falsely). This is true of life. Sin is not only the consequence of the evil that came before it, but it is cause of the more sin that is to follow-it is not only the child but also the parent of wrong. Learn that-

I. NO MAN WHO SINS CAN TELL HOW FAR SIN WILL TAKE THEM (think David looking upon Bathsheba bathing on the rooftop).

II.IT IS IN THE NATURE OF SIN TO TEMPT TO FURTHER SIN

III. IT IS A PART OF THE PENALTY OF SIN THAT IT SHOULD DO SO. (We sometimes think that sin carries no penalty....(yet) it results in certain, immediate, spiritual injury).

IV. THIS FACT OF THE DIFFUSIVENESS OF SIN HELPS TO EXPLAIN GTHE EXCEEDING EVIL IT IS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.

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So, in Chapter 6:1-6 we have: lying, fraud, deceit, violence, or social wrong involving conscious trespass of the rights of our neighbor. God has determined that individuals are to have possessions that they own-things they can call "mine". So, in the spirit of the law we should uphold all civil governance that protects rightful ownership of possessions, property, earnings. We should oppose governance that steals these things from an individual.....