How to draw near to God?
如何亲近上帝？
Let’s learn from the book of Leviticus- the book
about worshipping God. How to draw near to
God?
让我们从利未记 学习怎样来敬拜是上帝。如
何亲近上帝？
Leviticus利未记 1:1-5
The Burnt Offering
1 Now the LORD called to Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of
meeting, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When
any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering
of the livestock—of the herd and of the flock.3 ‘If his offering is a burnt
sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it
of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the
LORD. 4 Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it
will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him. 5 He shall kill
the bull before the LORD; and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the
blood and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar that is by the door of
the tabernacle of meeting燔祭之例
1 耶和华从会幕中呼叫摩西，对他说： 2 “你晓谕以色列人说：你们
中间若有人献供物给耶和华，要从牛群羊群中献牲畜为供物。 3 “他
的供物若以牛为燔祭，就要在会幕门口献一只没有残疾的公牛，可以
在耶和华面前蒙悦纳。 4 他要按手在燔祭牲的头上，燔祭便蒙悦纳，
为他赎罪。 5 他要在耶和华面前宰公牛。亚伦子孙做祭司的，要奉上
血，把血洒在会幕门口坛的周围。
Leviticus利未记 1:6-9 (CUVMPS)
6 那人要剥去燔祭牲的皮，把燔祭牲切成块子。 7 祭司亚
伦的子孙要把火放在坛上，把柴摆在火上。 8 亚伦子孙
做祭司的，要把肉块和头并脂油摆在坛上火的柴上。
9 但燔祭的脏腑与腿，要用水洗。祭司就要把一切全烧在
坛上，当做燔祭，献于耶和华为馨香的火祭。. 6 And he
shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. 7 The
sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay the
wood in order on the fire. 8 Then the priests, Aaron’s sons,
shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat in order on the
wood that is on the fire upon the altar; 9 but he shall wash its
entrails and its legs with water. And the priest shall burn all
on the altar as a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a
sweet aroma to the LORD.
The people has been in Egypt as slaves and saw
the Egyptian worship of idols, human sacrifices
and prostitution. Perhaps, they have learnt to the
worship the golden calf.
以色烈人在埃及看到埃及人拜的偶像神明和燔祭,
人祭，行淫。很可能也学了拜偶像如金牛神。
They need a transformation of their minds from
Idols to the true & living God.
他们需要洗脑受改造才会来拜真和活的神。
How to draw near to God?
如何亲近上帝？
• Holy Living
圣洁的生活
• Offerings
奉献
• Sacrifices as offerings 燔祭牺牲奉献
Holy Living 圣洁的生活
• God is holy. Those who want to draw near to
him must be holy.
• “For I am the LORD your God. You shall
therefore consecrate yourselves, and you
shall be holy; for I am holy.” 我是耶和华你们
的神，所以你们要成为圣洁，因为我是圣
洁的。
(Lev 11:44 NKJ, 1 Pet 1:16)
What does God mean when he asks us to
be holy as he is holy?神说“你们要成为
圣洁，因为我是圣洁的。”是何意？
“Holy" or "holiness" (qadosh, hagios) carry a strong
secondary connotation of moral purity.
The most basic meaning of the words is to be “set
apart” or “dedicated” to God—to belong to God.
圣洁的生活是何意？有两个意思：
次要是道德圣洁。主要是分别为圣，让神使
用. 你的生命肯定要有道德圣洁。
Offering 奉献
‘If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let
him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it
of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle
of meeting before the LORD. (Lev 1:3) 3 “他的供物
若以牛为燔祭，就要在会幕门口献一只没有残
疾的公牛，可以在耶和华面前蒙悦纳。”
We must offer up our best.
我们要奉献上我们最好的。
Sacrifices as sin offerings
赎罪燔祭奉献
he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt
offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to
make atonement for him.
他要按手在燔祭牲的头上，燔祭便蒙悦纳，
为他赎罪. (Lev利未记 1:4)
Can an animal replace a human being?
动物的生命是否能代替人的生命吗？
No！
不可能！
Hebrews 10:1-2 (NKJV)
Animal Sacrifices Insufficient动物的燔祭的不足
For the law, having a shadow of the good things to
come, and not the very image of the things, can never
with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually
year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2 For
then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the
worshipers, once purified, would have had no more
consciousness of sins.
律法既是将来美事的影儿，不是本物的真像，总不能
借着每年常献一样的祭物，叫那近前来的人得以完全。
2 若不然，献祭的事岂不早已止住了吗？因为礼拜的
人，良心既被洁净，就不再觉得有罪了。
希伯来书 10:3-4 (CUVMPS)
3 But
in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins
every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of
bulls and goats could take away sins.
3 但这些祭物是叫人每年想起罪来， 4 因为公牛
和山羊的血断不能除罪。
Hebrews 希伯来书10:4
4 For
it is not possible that the blood of bulls
and goats could take away sins.
4 因为公牛和山羊的血断不能除罪。
Hebrew word “Kaphar”
Kaphar is to cover up and not to remove
希伯来文Kaphar的意思就是遮盖，而不是除
去的意思.
The blood of sacrificial lambs could not remove
sins. The most they do is there to cover up sins.
旧约的燔祭羊的血是不能除去罪，只能遮盖
我们的罪。
The blood of a sacrificial lamb could only give
us a temporary relief of our guilty feeling. The
OT people were looking forward to the day
when Jesus shed his blood which would
remove all our sins.旧约的燔祭羊的血只能暂
时宽慰我们的良心，不能除去罪。旧约时代
的人们在等待耶稣的宝血来完成除去罪的事
工。
John 约翰福音1:29
Jesus is the lamb of God who takes away the
sins of the world.
耶稣是那代罪的羔羊能除去世人一切的罪.
The blood of Jesus removes all the sins of the
past, present and the future.
耶稣的宝血洗净除去过去，现在和将来所有
一切的罪过。
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