12If one’s offering is a goat, he is to present it before the LORD. 13He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.
14And from his offering he shall present an offering made by fire to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them, 15both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys. 16Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
17This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
“All the fat is the LORD’s.”
How many of us would say? Lord if all the fat is yours, take mine away!
Fat serves a purpose, it helps you survive in lean times. Years ago you couldn’t go to a grocery store to buy food, you raised it, grew it and harvested it.
Fat was your body’s storehouse (granary) for lean times!
....”You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
Fat affects your cholesterol and can cause heart disease.
But what about consuming meat with blood?
Blood in the Bible represents the symbol of life.
Blood was the only atonement of sin.
“God wanted to ensure that the blood of the sacrifices was always considered precious. To preserve the people’s appreciation of the sacrifices, God could not allow blood to become a common food.”
I had a friend that loved Blood Sausage, it’s a Polish delicacy.
I thank the Lord that Jesus completed the Law!
Do you?
Blessings, David
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