Leviticus
7 – God Sums It up
The
trespass offering is for acts of sin. There was one part of the animal
that was not burned. It was the skin,
and that went to the priest. For the meal offering, everything was baked
in the oven or dressed in the frying pan and was to be for the priests in its
entirety. The Peace offering must
be a freewill offering for thanksgiving. The cakes and wafers were to be
unleavened because it is showing Christ as our peace offering and He is without
sin, without leaven. The bread was to be
leavened because it is the offeror who gives thanks for his participation in
the peace. His sins have been forgiven
and he has peace with God but there is still evil in him; leaven is still
present. Peace with God does not depend
on the believer attaining sinless perfection. The leaven bread was a heave
offering. It was to be elevated toward
heaven. Our hearts are to be opened to
God for Him to search us and know us and to lead us in the way
everlasting. The peace offering was to
be eaten at once. We are to stay close
to Christ for peace of conscience and for power over temptation. When you find that Christ is adequate and
wonderful, then the peace of God that passes understanding will enter your
heart. The unclean person who ate of the peace offering was
excommunicated. They were also forbidden
to eat the fat because the fat belonged to the Lord.
Aaron
and his sons, and the priests received as their portion of the fat offering the
breast and the shoulder. The breast
speaks of the love of Christ for us. The shoulder speaks of the power and
strength of Christ. He loves His own with an everlasting love and He can save
to the uttermost. This is our portion in
Christ. God was pleased when the sacrifices were brought in faith and
thanksgiving. God was displeased when
the sacrifices were brought as a dull routine and were polluted.
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J.
Vernon McGee Commentary
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