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Introduction
We're reading through the book of leviticus, and in the last few episodes we've been looking at the many sacrifices that god instructs the people of israel to offer him. And you might think, is this a little much? A little wasteful? The disciples of jesus asked a very similar question when a woman came and poured expensive perfume all over jesus feet. But Jesus called her act an olah offering, the ascension offering, or what we call the burnt offering. It's complete surrender. Tat's the most costly. I can't go into god's heavenly throne room, but here is a blameless animal that can go up on my behalf.