Not surprisingly, the middle offering is the place where God and His own meet to fellowship. The middle offerings were called shelamim, linked with the well-known word for peace, shalom. What does it mean? J.A. Seiss in The Gospel in Leviticus writes: “With most persons it signifies a cessation of hostilities, harmonious agreement, tranquility, the […]
Here’s a perfect opportunity to think about the Perfect One being made perfect. What? Let me spend one more session on the grain offering, specifically the cakes baked by fire, because I think it helps us with a very challenging idea. The writer to the Hebrews declares: “It was fitting for Him…in bringing many sons […]
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If the grain offering speaks of the life of Christ, why would they need to add anything to it? Recall the three items not in the grain offering: no blood, no leaven, no honey. Now let’s take a look at the added ingredients: “And he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it” […]
The things missing from the grain offering were as important as the ingredients added to it. In our previous lesson on the mincha or grain offering, we thought about three categories: a handful of flour, baked cakes, and green heads of grain roasted in the fire. Now we want to notice the three things missing […]
Long before Calvary, God’s Son “endured such hostility from sinners against Himself” (Heb 12:3). What is the reason for FIVE offerings instead of one? One offering could never illustrate the meaning and blessings that come to us through our Lord Jesus Christ. This is especially true of the next offering, the mincha, the food or […]
Does Dad gain by giving his little ones money to buy him a gift? Yes! They turn his money into love. Although there were differences in the ways of preparing offerings from the herds, the flocks, and the fowls, the basic principle was always the same. The Hebrew word qorb?n, translated 36 times in Leviticus […]
To the believing Jew, what could be better than a sleek bull from Bashan offered to God? Those who admire fancy words sometimes call this system of sacrifices and priesthood sacerdotal. However, the word can be misleading. It comes from two Latin words meaning “priest” and “make holy.” However, contrary to the teachings of the […]