What is it that makes atonement for the soul according to Leviticus 17?
According to Leviticus 17, the blood makes atonement for the soul. The life of the flesh is in the blood, and God gave it upon the altar to make atonement for souls. For it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul, and it had to be applied.
Les explains from Leviticus 17 that God says the life of the flesh is in the blood, and this is why blood had to be sacrificed for the remission of sin—death for life. God says He gave the blood upon the altar to make atonement for souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. Les also points out that the blood had to be applied: it had to be sprinkled on the altar, on the Ark of the Covenant, the Mercy Seat, and Christ also had to present His blood in heaven. Therefore God still demands that even under grace we do not partake of these things.
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.