Leviticus 3:6-11 Flock Peace Offering of Fat!

6If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.

7If he is presenting a lamb for his offering, he must present it before the LORD. 8He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.

9And from the peace offering he shall bring an offering made by fire to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them, 10both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys. 11Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Guzik says the fat tail is significant because it was considered a delicacy an weighed as much as 60 pounds.

The leftover meat was given to the priests for food.

I remember my mother used to take fat from meat and cube it very small and fry it up in a iron skillet until golden brown. Fat was considered a delicacy and people enjoyed eating it. But nowadays we are told fat is unhealthy for your heart and cholesterol.

How do you enjoy peace with God?

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 3:1-5 Enjoy Peace With God!

1“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD. 2He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on all sides of the altar.

3From the peace offering he is to bring an offering made by fire to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them, 4both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys. 5Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

A peace offering wasn’t a sin offering or to make peace with God, it was to enjoy peace with God.

What was the greatest peace offering in the Bible?

1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.

The reason Jesus made peace between the Father and the believer so peace could be enjoyed.(Guzik)

Have you made peace with Jesus?

Our world and nation is full of trouble, but a believer who has his salvation in Christ should have peace! The believer should be reading the Lords book (Bible) which gives us understanding in these times of trouble and what is to come! 

Have and enjoy peace knowing that your home is in heaven! 

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 2:14-16 Firstfruits!

14If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire. 15And you are to put oil and frankincense on it; it is a grain offering. 16The priest shall then burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all its frankincense, as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Proverbs 3: 9Honor the LORD with your wealth

and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;

10then your barns will be filled with plenty,

and your vats will overflow with new wine.

Those of us who like to cook know that if grains, nuts and herbs are roasted in a pan, it intensifies the aromatics and flavors. 

My wife has a favorite holiday dish she prepares, walnuts smothered in maple syrup with vanilla and a pinch of salt. The walnuts are roasted in a skillet and the syrup is added with the other ingredients and they are roasted until it starts to caramelize, they bubble up and boil. Then they are poured out on parchment paper and allowed to cool. If they are roasted long enough they are not wet or sticky.

Scrumptious!

Who is our firstfruits?

1 Corinthians 15: 20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Is He yours?

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 2:11-13 A Pinch of Salt!

11No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD. 12You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma. 13And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt; you must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering—you are to add salt to each of your offerings.

“As the burnt offering was to be ‘without blemish’ so the meal offering was to be without leaven.” (Morgan)

“My brethren, nothing in the service of God is trifling. A pinch of salt may seem to us exceedingly unimportant, but before the Lord it may not be so.” (Spurgeon)

“No leaven – the symbol of the rising pride and self.”

“No honey – that which is merely attractive and sensuous.” (F.B. Meyer)

Leaven in the Bible is synonymous with sin. 

A pinch of salt?

I have to control my salt intake by not ingesting salty foods. You don’t realize how much salt flavors food until you refrain from using it. 

My wife has to use salt daily!

We are opposites when it comes to salt!

Honey was a favorite in sacrifices to pagan deities.

Why is it that we try to fix life’s obstacles without God and we question why God wants His order in offerings?

What would our world be like today if Adam and Eve questioned the serpent’s intentions?

Blessings, David

Leviticus 2:4-10 Baked Grain Offering!

4Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil.

5If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle,a it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil. 6Crumble it and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.

7If your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan,b it must consist of fine flour with oil.

8When you bring to the LORD the grain offering made in any of these ways, it is to be presented to the priest, and he shall take it to the altar. 9The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 10But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.

Baked or cooked grain offerings must have had a pleasant odor! Have you ever baked a loaf of bread or corn bread? How pleasant they smell! 

Baking bread was one of my fathers favorite past times. He experimented with many types and would fine tune his recipes.

I remember one time I baked a loaf of bread at my cabin and was taking care of my mother’s dog. I was going outside to work and looked at her sleeping inside and decided to put the baked loaf on the back of the stove top. After I came back in the loaf was gone! I looked inside the oven and on the table, nothing! Then the dog still sleeping in the same spot but then she burped!

Do you give thanks for your daily bread?

Blessings, David

Leviticus 2:1-3 Grain Offering

1“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it, 2and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.

The grain offering was an offering of thanksgiving, not an atonement for sin. 

Similar to the original intent of our Thanksgiving, thanking Him for the harvest.

The remainder of the grain was to feed Aaron and his sons because their lives were serving the Lord as priests, it was their full time occupation.

Corruption, why does man corrupt everything? Look at our holidays, their original intent and what they have become and the Israelites also had the same issue!

It’s because our hearts are evil and when we drift away from the Lord we fall, our evil desires takeover.

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 1:14-17 Bird Offering!

14If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to offer a turtledove or a young pigeon. 15Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar. 16And he is to remove the crop with its contentsa and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes. 17He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

A bull, sheep, goat or a bird. It depended upon your wealth, what you could afford. If you didn’t own livestock then you would catch or purchase a turtledove or a young pigeon.

Leviticus 1 is about sin, transferring your sin (confession) to the animal and offering it as a burnt offering.

We also see a turtledove or two young pigeons were used In this example of consecration:

Luke 2: 22And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents (Mary & Joseph) brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”c), 24and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”d

23 c Exodus 13:2

24 d Leviticus 12:8

Are you glad Jesus completed the law?

Blessings, David