Day 5

Scripture to Read: Genesis 8:20-22

Today we continue to examine the sacrifice that Noah made to our Lord. We find in Leviticus 1:3-4 that God's Law states that when a burnt offering was made to Him, the offering had to “be accepted before the LORD…to make atonement for him.” And then in Leviticus 1:9; 1:13; 1:17, God’s Word says that the priest must burn the offering on the altar “with a pleasing aroma to the LORD.” The sacrifice had to be accepted by our Lord, and it had to please Him. The only way a sacrifice would be acceptable to our Lord and please Him is if it was offered in the exact way God commanded it to be offered. Through God's Word, we know that the sacrifice had to be an unblemished lamb, bull, goat, or clean bird. Through the atoning sacrifice, God covered man’s sin and it kept man in right fellowship with God. The sacrifices found in the Old Testament are incredibly important for us to understand the ultimate sacrifice made by our Lord Jesus Christ. God ultimately tells us, though, in Hebrews 10:1-7, that the blood of animals could never completely take away the sins of mankind. Because the blood offered through the sacrifice of animals could only cover mankind’s sin, our Lord Jesus Christ had to offer His perfect blood as the perfect sacrifice. For through the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, every follower of Christ is completely cleansed of all our sins. Only Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross provides for our salvation.

Challenge & Application

1. What did God teach you today about the sacrifice of animals and the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ? 2. Who will you share the Good News of Christ with this week to let them know they can be completely forgiven of all their sins?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

This week we will be unpacking Genesis 8 and Genesis 9. As we start in Genesis 8, we see the words that God had Moses pen. God has Moses begin Genesis 8 with some very Good News. In Genesis 8:1, God’s Word says But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the ear...

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Day 2

God’s salvation has been and always will be incredibly miraculous. God has provided numerous salvation stories throughout the Old Testament. The ultimate salvation can only be fully known through a relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. Each salvation story in the Old Testament, though, points to Christ. As we have seen in the story of Noah...

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Day 3

As the water receded and the earth dried out, God told Noah, in Genesis 8:16-17,“ Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on the earth, and ...

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Day 4

As we unpack Genesis 8:13-22, we see how God had, in a way, hit the “reset” button. But, on this “reset” there was something different. The one thing that was NOT “reset” was the sin nature. Noah and all of his family had been born with a sin nature. So, the problem of sin was still the same, even after the flood. But God in His sovereignty h...

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Day 5

Today we continue to examine the sacrifice that Noah made to our Lord. We find in Leviticus 1:3-4 that God's Law states that when a burnt offering was made to Him, the offering had to “be accepted before the LORD…to make atonement for him.” And then in Leviticus 1:9; 1:13; 1:17, God’s Word says that the priest must burn the offering on the al...

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Day 6

In Genesis 8:21-22 our Lord promised to never again curse the ground because of man’s sinfulness. God’s promise did NOT nullify the curse He gave in Genesis 3. The context of the Lord’s declaration in Genesis 8:21-22 was that He would NEVER flood the earth again. We will see God’s promise continue in Genesis 9 later on, in verses 7-17. In Gen...

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Day 7

In Genesis 9:7-17, God established His covenant with all humanity, for all time. God promised NEVER to flood the earth ever again. God’s covenant came with a sign, the rainbow. God would and never will use water to destroy all flesh as He did in the days of Noah. Then God has Moses (the writer of Genesis) share, in Genesis 9:18-20, a short li...

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