Atonement in the Old Testament

Submitted by saltysteve on Sat, 05/30/2009 - 07:56

Kelllog's "Atonement in the Old Testament" is taken from his Commentary on Leviticus.

Extract: Both in the burnt offerings and in the peace offerings, Israel was taught--as we are taught--that all consecration and all fellowship with God must begin with, and ever depends upon, atonement made for sin. But this was not the dominant thought in either of these two offerings; neither did the atonement, as made in these, have reference to particular acts of sin. For such, these offerings were never prescribed. They remind us therefore of the necessity of atonement, not so much for what we do or fail to do, as for what we are. But the sin of believers, whether then or now, is more than a sin by nature. The true Israelite was liable to be overtaken in some overt act of sin; and for all such cases there was ordained, in this section of the Law (Leviticus 4:1-13), the sin-offering; an offering which should bring out into prominence the thought which has already been revealed in the other sacrifices, though less fully, that in order to obtain pardon from sin, there must be expiation.

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