Leviticus 3: 6-17, “And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD. And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’S. It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.”
Sin can be compared to a blemish in a person’s life. When Adam and Eve first sinned they marked the perfect relationship they had with the Lord with a blemish. From that time forward every person is stained by sin. When someone wanted to bring a peace offering to the Lord it was vital that the offering have no blemish or stain. An animal that had a blemish was not satisfactory because the person looking for peace with God needed to do something about the animal’s problem rather than offer it on his behalf. There is a reminder that the person needed to identify with the animal to be killed because the wages of sin is death (Rom 6: 23). The person offering the peace offering deserved to die but the Lord graciously accepted the animal in his place. When the animal was killed the blood was sprinkled around the altar because the life is in the blood (Gen 9: 4) and this blood was given as a substitute for the sinner’s blood. The rich and valuable part of the animal were burnt because it was important that no one else profit from the sins of another person.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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