Monday, April 30, 2012

The meat offering


Leviticus 2: 1-10, “And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering. And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.”
There were various kinds of offerings for various purposes. The burnt offering was for sin but the meat offering was to give pleasure to the Lord so that He could receive a sweet savour from the offering. Some of this offering was burnt for the Lord but the rest of the offering was for the priest. The same principle applies today. The people who serve the Lord in a full time capacity need to be supported without restriction. They are not to look for the money or force others to give but the people who are blessed by their service should give graciously and gratefully for the Lord has given us all so much.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)

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