As the names suggest, the Daily Service took place on a day to day basis while the Yearly Service was performed only once per year on a designated day.
The Common People: If any of the common people sinned he was required to take a female goat's kid to the priest at the altar of burnt offering. There he would lay his hand on the head of the animal and kill it. The priest would then sprinkle some of the blood on the horns of the altar and pour out the rest at the bottom of the same altar. The sin would be forgiven. (Leviticus 4:27-31)
The Ruler: The same procedure would be followed for any ruler who sinned, except that instead of a female, he would choose a male kid. (Leviticus 4:22-26)
The lesson to be found in this aspect of the Daily Service was that as individual sinners we must first lay hold on Christ (the goat) knowing that only the Saviour's death will pay for his sins. The altar represents Calvary where Christ's blood was poured out for our sins and all we have to do is to lay ourselves on Him now.
When we lay hold on Christ and He dies for us He doesn't leave us there. We become one with Him. This is why in the services mentioned above, it is said that the priest makes an atonement for the sinner. If pronounced by its syllables the word at-one-ment really suggests a process of making the two individuals who are separated (Christ and the sinner) become at one.
The Congregation: If the congregation sinned they were required to take a bullock and kill it. The priest would then sprinkle some of the blood before the veil in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, smear some of it on the horns of the Altar of Incense (inside the Tabernacle), then pour out the rest at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering (outside the tabernacle). (Leviticus 4:13-21)
The congregation was already at one with Christ, (having joined themselves to Him as individuals), so they were now considered to be in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. This is substantiated by the seven-branched candlestand representing both Jesus the light of the World and the seven churches (congregation) (Revelation 1:12, 13, 20), and the Shewbread representing both Jesus the Bread of Life and the twelve tribes of Israel (congregation). Because of this, the blood making atonement for them was sprinkled inside the tabernacle.
The Priests: the service for the priest was similar to that for the congregation, in that the blood was also sprinkled inside the tabernacle. However, since the priest represented Jesus, there is no parallel human comparison. The only reason they offered sacrifices was because they were humans themselves who could err. Their place of abode was also symbolically in the Tabernacle so their offering was made there.
