The Sacrifice

First given to Adam. The sacrifice was the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

God chose to be worshipped with a fruit offering

After the fall, Adam was given the blood sacrifice of an animal.

Cain offered the wrong sacrifice and was rejected

Abel offered up the proper sacrifice and was accepted.

Noah offered up the proper sacrifice, and God was pleased and he lifted a crippling curse off the earth, Genesis 8:20-22

Aaron’s sons burned the wrong sacrifice and were burned alive, Leviticus 10:1-3

David’s servant, Uzzah, touched the ark and was struck dead, 2nd Samuel 6:6-8

The priest in the book of Malachi, who offered broken, lame, diseased sacrifices, was cursed, Malachi 1:6-11

Lamb of God

The Lamb of God our sacrifice. We are told to eat his flesh and drink his blood as part of our sacrifice.

We have been made participants of Christ

Just as Adam served God by making a presentation of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, we serve God in serving our sacrifice, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.

Jesus said,

“If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.” John 12:26