Movatterモバイル変換


[0]ホーム

URL:


Bible >Topical > Oblations
Oblations
Topical Encyclopedia
In the context of the Bible, "oblations" refer to offerings or sacrifices presented to God as an act of worship, devotion, or atonement. The term is often used interchangeably with "offerings" and encompasses a variety of gifts, including grain, animals, and other valuable items. Oblations are a significant aspect of the religious practices outlined in the Old Testament, serving as a means for the Israelites to express their reverence and obedience to God.

Old Testament Context

The concept of oblations is deeply rooted in the sacrificial system established by God for the Israelites. In Leviticus, the Lord provides detailed instructions for various types of offerings, including burnt offerings, grain offerings, peace offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. Each type of offering had specific purposes and procedures, reflecting the multifaceted relationship between God and His people.

For instance,Leviticus 2:1-2 describes the grain offering: "When anyone presents an offering of grain to the LORD, his offering shall consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it, and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the fine flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this memorial portion on the altar as a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD."

Oblations were not only a means of worship but also a way to maintain the covenant relationship with God. They served as a tangible expression of faith, gratitude, and repentance, acknowledging God's sovereignty and provision.

New Testament Perspective

While the New Testament does not emphasize the ritualistic offerings of the Old Testament, the concept of oblations evolves into a more spiritual form of worship. Jesus Christ's sacrificial death is seen as the ultimate offering, fulfilling the requirements of the Law and rendering the old sacrificial system obsolete.Hebrews 10:10 states, "And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."

In the New Testament, believers are encouraged to offer themselves as living sacrifices.Romans 12:1 exhorts, "Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship." This shift highlights a move from external rituals to internal devotion and transformation.

Symbolism and Significance

Oblations in the Bible symbolize the act of giving back to God what He has graciously provided. They represent a heart of worship, gratitude, and submission to God's will. The offerings were a constant reminder of God's holiness and the need for atonement and reconciliation.

The prophetic books often critique the Israelites for offering sacrifices without genuine repentance or faith.Isaiah 1:11 declares, "What is your multitude of sacrifices to Me? says the LORD. I am full of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I have no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats." This underscores the importance of the heart's posture over mere ritualistic compliance.

Conclusion

Oblations, as depicted in the Bible, serve as a profound expression of worship and devotion to God. They illustrate the importance of approaching God with sincerity and faith, recognizing His holiness and grace. Through the ultimate oblation of Jesus Christ, believers are called to live lives of spiritual sacrifice, embodying the principles of love, obedience, and service.
Library

WhetherOblations are Due to Priests Alone?
... OFOBLATIONS AND FIRST-FRUITS (FOUR ARTICLES) Whetheroblations are due
to priests alone? Objection 1: It would seem thatoblations...

OfOblations and First-Fruits (Four Articles)
... OFOBLATIONS AND FIRST-FRUITS (FOUR ARTICLES). We must next consideroblations and
first-fruits.... (1) Whether anyoblations are necessary as a matter of precept?...

Whether a Man May MakeOblations of Whatever He Lawfully Possesses...
... OFOBLATIONS AND FIRST-FRUITS (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether a man may makeoblations
of whatever he lawfully possesses? Objection 1: It...

So Also were Sacrifices andOblations.
... Chapter XXII."So also were sacrifices andoblations. "And that you may
learn that it was for the sins of your own nation, and...

victor "Decides" thatOblations Should be Offered up for those who...
... Book II. Chapter 15 [XI.]"Victor "Decides" ThatOblations Should Be Offered
Up for Those Who Die Unbaptized. Still he chafes with...

Concerning Sacrifices andOblations, and those who Truly Offer...
... Against Heresies: Book IV Chapter XVIII."Concerning sacrifices andoblations,
and those who truly offer them. 1. The oblation...

Whether Men are under a Necessity of Precept to MakeOblations?
... OFOBLATIONS AND FIRST-FRUITS (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether men are under a necessity
of precept to makeoblations? Objection 1: It would...

Being Attacked by Fever, He is in Great Danger.
... 8, above, where he derides his friend's baptism. [403] Psalm 51:19. [404] 1 Timothy
5:10. [405] Watts gives the following note here:--"Oblations were those...

On Helping the Poor.
... With What Fear Men Ought to Partake of the Lord'sOblations.... Amen. WhoseOblations
are to Be Received, and Whose Not to Be Received. VI....

Whether There Should be Seven Sacraments?
... i) says that the sacraments of the Old Law wereoblations, tithes and sacrifices....
Thereforeoblations also and tithes should be called sacraments....

Thesaurus
Oblations (24 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version ConcordanceOblations (24 Occurrences). Leviticus 2:13 And
every oblation of thy meal-offering shalt thou season with...

Burnt-offerings (86 Occurrences)
... same day the king hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of
Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and theoblations, and the...

Firstfruits (37 Occurrences)
... Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will
I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of youroblations, with all...

First-fruits (45 Occurrences)
... Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will
I require your offerings, and the first-fruits of youroblations, with all...

Voluntary-offerings (4 Occurrences)
... These shall ye offer to Jehovah in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your
voluntary-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for youroblations, and for...

Nahath (5 Occurrences)
... called "Toah" (1 Chronicles 6:34) and "Tohu" (1 Samuel 1:1). (3) A Levite who, in
the time of Hezekiah, assisted in the oversight of "theoblations and the...

Obligate (2 Occurrences)

Free-will-offerings (6 Occurrences)
... Chronicles 31:14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter towards the east,
was over the free-will-offerings of God, to distribute theoblations of the...

Fatted (17 Occurrences)
... Amos 5:22 For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and youroblations, I will
not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts...

Resources
What does it mean to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly (Micah 6:8)? | GotQuestions.org

Bible ConcordanceBible DictionaryBible EncyclopediaTopical BibleBible Thesuarus
Concordance
Oblations (24 Occurrences)

Leviticus 2:13
And every oblation of thy meal-offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering: with all thineoblations thou shalt offer salt.
(ASV)

Leviticus 7:38
Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer theiroblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Numbers 18:9
This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, of all theiroblations, and of all their sin-offerings, and of all their trespass-offerings, which they render unto me, it is most holy for thee and for thy sons.
(DBY)

Numbers 29:39
These shall ye offer to Jehovah in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your voluntary-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for youroblations, and for your drink-offerings, and for your peace-offerings.
(DBY)

1 Samuel 2:29
Wherefore do ye trample upon my sacrifice and upon mine oblation which I have commanded in my habitation? And thou honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the primest of all theoblations of Israel my people.
(DBY)

1 Kings 8:64
The same day the king hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and theoblations, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too small to receive the burnt-offerings, and the oblations, and the fat of the peace-offerings.
(DBY)

1 Chronicles 29:21
And they sacrifice to Jehovah sacrifices, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the morrow of that day, bullocks a thousand, rams a thousand, lambs a thousand, and theiroblations, even sacrifices in abundance, for all Israel.
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 7:7
And Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offerings and theoblations and the fat.
(DBY)

2 Chronicles 29:35
And also, burnt-offerings 'are' in abundance, with fat of the peace-offerings, and withoblations for the burnt-offering; and the service of the house of Jehovah is established,
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 31:10
And Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since 'the people' began to bring theoblations into the house of Jehovah, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Jehovah hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
(ASV)

2 Chronicles 31:12
And they brought in theoblations and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.
(ASV)

2 Chronicles 31:14
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute theoblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Ezra 7:17
Therefore thou shalt buy diligently with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with theiroblations and their drink-offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is at Jerusalem.
(DBY)

Nehemiah 13:5
had prepared for him a great chamber, where formerly they laid theoblations, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine and the oil, which was commanded for the Levites and the singers and the doorkeepers, and the heave-offerings of the priests.
(DBY)

Psalms 20:3
Remember all thineoblations, and accept thy burnt-offering; Selah.
(DBY)

Isaiah 1:13
Bring no more vainoblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 17:26
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the south, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, andoblations, and incense, and bringing thanksgiving unto the house of Jehovah.
(DBY)

Jeremiah 19:13
and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been -- as the place of Tophet -- defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour outoblations to other gods.'
(YLT)

Jeremiah 33:18
neither shall there fail to the priests the Levites a man before me to offer up burnt-offerings, and to burnoblations, and to do sacrifice continually.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 20:40
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of youroblations, with all your holy things.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Ezekiel 44:30
And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of youroblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Amos 5:22
For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and youroblations, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts.
(DBY)

Amos 5:25
Did ye bring unto me sacrifices andoblations in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
(DBY)

Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name'shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense'shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name'shall be great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Oblations

Related Terms

Obligated (9 Occurrences)

Oblations (24 Occurrences)

Oblation
Obligate
Top of Page
Top of Page















[8]ページ先頭

©2009-2026 Movatter.jp