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GENTILE BELIEVERS OBSERVED SIMILAR LAWS AS THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM

We need first to get acquainted with the term used in the Jewish Scriptures for the non-Jew: "stranger."

Strong's Concordance defines "stranger" :1616 ger (gare); or (fully) geyr (gare); from 1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner: KJV-- alien, sojourner, stranger.

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Lexicon defines "stranger": 1616 ger or (fully) geyr- sojourner

• a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights
• b) used of foreigners within Israel, though they had conceded rights

In order to understand what comes next it would be important to begin to look for a "pattern" in the verses that follow not only in this article but the rest in this series as you will come to see that God included the non-Jews in the giving of the Torah. The reason for this is simple; it can be shown that non-Jews kept those parts of the Torah concerning the sacrificial system along with the Jews. This is startling revelation that has immense impact upon the role of the non-Jew in the Israel of God.

This pattern can be found not only in the Jewish Old Testament Scriptures but the New Testament as well. Having seen this then one has to wonder how we lost and deviated from such a pattern which was established in antiquity by God to the point where we have lost such obedience and observance today. One would have to ask Rome that question.

Leviticus 17

• 8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,

Leviticus 22

• 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever [he be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;

Numbers 15

• 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever [be] among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.

What must not escape our understanding in these verses is that according to Leviticus 24:22:

Leviticus 24

• 22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country (Jews): for I [am] the LORD your God.

Please understand that "this one manner of law" applied to not only the offerings but the whole of the sacrificial system as a form of the non-Jew's atonement as will be shown next:

Lev 17:8-11 8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. (KJV)

Answer for yourself: Did you notice that the non-Jew found his atonement the same way the Jew did...through the sacrificial system. Now...do you know how the sacrificial system worked? Before you say yes...you need to read the following because if you are a Christian I guarantee you don't because Christianity is almost totally ignorant of how the dynamic of the Sacrificial System in the Jewish Scriptures operated.

You need to re-read that verse above and let the implications of it sink in into your mind and spirit...because we have been taught incorrectly.....