In Leviticus we switch from the building of the tabernacle to the different types of offerings. I don't understand the significance of all the different types of offerings (would be good to study these out more), although of course, I know they all point to Jesus in some way.
I thought it was interesting that the grain offering was to be seasoned with SALT. "‘And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt." (Lev. 2:13)
This is what Desire of Ages says about the salt:
"In the ritual service, salt was added to every sacrifice. This, like the offering of incense, signified that only the righteousness of Christ could make the service acceptable to God. Referring to this practice, Jesus said, “Every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.” “Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.” All who would present themselves “a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God” (Romans 12:1), must receive the saving salt, the righteousness of our Saviour. Then they become “the salt of the earth,” restraining evil among men, as salt preserves from corruption. Matthew 5:13. But if the salt has lost its savor; if there is only a profession of godliness, without the love of Christ, there is no power for good. The life can exert no saving influence upon the world. Your energy and efficiency in the upbuilding of My kingdom, Jesus says, depend upon your receiving of My Spirit. You must be partakers of My grace, in order to be a savor of life unto life. Then there will be no rivalry, no self-seeking, no desire for the highest place. You will have that love which seeks not her own, but another’s wealth." (Desire of Ages, p. 439)
In Leviticus 3 we see that no fat or blood should be eaten. In fact, the Bible says, all the "fat" is the Lords.
I think FAT/FLESH could be another symbol for the excessive spiritual baggage and sins that we hold on to. We don't need them, but we clutch them selfishly as idols until we are dragging around all kinds of idols, and God says "No!!! You don't need that selfishness anymore! You don't need that spiritual pride anymore! You don't need that gluttony anymore! You don't need all those materialistic things that take your eyes off me anymore. You need to let the baggage go! You need to let the FAT OF SIN go. Lay it upon the altar!"
"It shall be a perpetual statue for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat not blood." Lev. 3:17
In Acts of the Apostles it says, "God had given these injunctions to the Jews for the purpose of preserving their health. The Jews regarded it as sinful to use blood as an article of diet. They held that the blood was the life, and that the shedding of blood was in consequence of sin." (p. 191)
From a medical standpoint, it is the blood that contains the diseases of the body, so this is even more important why we shouldn't eat blood. CHRIST blood is the only blood we should drink...figuratively, of course.
1 Cor. 11:23-26, "After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come."
Powerful!
I think FAT/FLESH could be another symbol for the excessive spiritual baggage and sins that we hold on to. We don't need them, but we clutch them selfishly as idols until we are dragging around all kinds of idols, and God says "No!!! You don't need that selfishness anymore! You don't need that spiritual pride anymore! You don't need that gluttony anymore! You don't need all those materialistic things that take your eyes off me anymore. You need to let the baggage go! You need to let the FAT OF SIN go. Lay it upon the altar!"
"It shall be a perpetual statue for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat not blood." Lev. 3:17
In Acts of the Apostles it says, "God had given these injunctions to the Jews for the purpose of preserving their health. The Jews regarded it as sinful to use blood as an article of diet. They held that the blood was the life, and that the shedding of blood was in consequence of sin." (p. 191)
From a medical standpoint, it is the blood that contains the diseases of the body, so this is even more important why we shouldn't eat blood. CHRIST blood is the only blood we should drink...figuratively, of course.
1 Cor. 11:23-26, "After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come."
Powerful!
Dear Lord May we surrender the FAT today! May we surrender the DISEASED blood of the flesh and drink Your Living blood; The blood that heals us of all our disease. May all our offerings be covered with the SALT of Your righteousness.
[PS: I feel bad not commenting on Acts 5 -- so many lessons there as well. But again, I'm focusing on only a few brief nuggets to comment on each day. But the reality is that each reading of God's Word opens a vast Treasure Chest of which there is no end to its depth. It's beautiful! I'm so enjoying this reading program outlined in Dr. Hasel's book, Longing for God.]
Tomorrows Reading: Lev. 4-5 and Psalms 20-21
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