"THE whole burnt-offering had its origin at the gate of the garden of Eden, (Gen. 4:4; 8:20) and extended to the cross; and it will never lose its significance as long as mankind is subject to temptation and sin. *The entire sacrifice was laid upon the altar and burned, (Lev. 1:2-9) typifying not only a surrender of sin, but a consecration of the entire life to the service of God.
---"Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." (1 Sam. 15:22)---
The whole burnt-offering was offered as an atonement for sin. (Lev. 9:7)
The individual making the offering laid his hands on the head of the animal, confessing his sins; (Lev. 1:4; Num. 8:12) and then, if it was from the flock or the herd, with his own hands he took its life.
If the burnt-offering was a bird, the priest killed the offering.
The blood was sprinkled round about upon the brazen altar, in type of the cleansing blood of Christ, and then the offering was burned upon the altar.
---Every morning and evening a lamb was offered at the sanctuary as a whole burnt-offering. (Ex. 29:38-42)
---Each Sabbath day four lambs were offered, two in the morning and two in the evening. (Num. 28:9,10)
*These sacrifices typified a re-consecration of the whole congregation each morning and evening to the service of God."
Stephen Haskell
