13Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden, 14when they become aware of the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting. 15The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD. 16Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the bull’s blood into the Tent of Meeting, 17and he is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil. 18He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 19And he is to remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar. 20He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven. 21Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
The sin offering for the congregation was the same as the sin offering for the priest except that “The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD,”.
Last night I was listening to a preacher on the radio and he discussed John Dillinger when he was a child. His parents were at wits end and wanted him to attend Sunday school at church hoping that learning about Jesus would help him.
The parents that had children in the class found out about it and told the teacher that if Johnny attended they would pull their children from class.
John Dillinger wasn’t able to attend.
Could his life of crime been avoided if he attended Sunday school and was “saved”?
Did the parents of the whole congregation sin unintentionally when they told the Sunday school teacher if Johnny attended they would pull their children from class?
Or was it intentional?
Did they act with the love of Christ?
Was Johnny Dillinger the real little Johnny in all those stupid jokes?
Blessings, David
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