The Sin-Offering a Type of Christ

    I. THE blood of the Sin-offering was to be poured out; showing how the blood of Jesus Christ, our true Sin-offering, should be poured forth.

    II. "The priest," saith the Lord, "shall dip his finger in the blood of the beast, and sprinkle thereof seven times before the Lord;" shadowing the perfection of that expiation, and satisfaction for sin, which Christ should make, in the virtue, quality, and perpetuity thereof; the number of seven being the number of perfection, Heb 9:11.

    III. The priest shall bring in the blood of the bullock into the tabernacle of the congregation; showing thereby, how Christ should enter into heaven, by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption for us, Heb 9:12.

    IV. The priest was to take some of the blood, and put it upon the four horns of the altar; signifying thereby, that the preaching remission of sins by the atonement of Christ's blood, should be proclaimed to the four corners of the earth, Mr 16:15; Mt 28:19.

    V. The bodies of those beasts, whose blood was brought into the sanctuary by the high priest, was burnt without the host, or camp; signifying, that Christ should suffer without the gate; teaching us also to go forth into a public profession, and bear his reproach, Heb 13:11-12.

    VI. The Priest was to eat the sin-offering in the holy place, whose blood was not brought into the tabernacle of the congregation; signifying, that Jesus Christ doth not only reconcile us to God, but also feed and nourish the souls of all his royal priesthood, unto eternal life.

    VII. "The priest shall make an atonement;" still is this repeated, always signifying that it is Christ, our High-priest, and his sacrifice only, that makes a real atonement and reconciliation for our sins.