the Law of the Peace Offering Leviticus 3

 

Leviticus 3 – The Law of the Peace Offering

 

This offering speaks of the communion and fellowship of believers with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.   Just as we need four Gospels in the New Testament to set forth His earthly life, we also need the five offerings of Leviticus to set forth His person and work. The emphasis is not upon the peace that He made by the blood of the cross, but upon the peace He is because of the blood of the cross. It is chiefly on the communion.  God is satisfied with what Jesus did for you and now we can come to God. 

The peace offering can be either male or female- but without blemish.  It is the offeror who finds something in Christ.  He will never find as much in Christ as God finds in Him. The offering was placed on that altar.  In the peace offering, only a portion was offered.  It was to be the choice portion which included the fat and the inward parts.  These speak of the hidden riches, the precious qualities, the priceless value of the character of Christ that God alone knows. God sees more in Christ than you and I see in Him.  God sees the inward parts.  The offering was consumed by fire, and this speaks of the total dedication of Christ and his human testing and sufferings. It is His perfect life that is in view, not His death for sin.  This offering was put together with the burnt offering. 

The lamb is probably the most complete representation of Christ, the lamb of God, of all the sacrifices.  The fat was God’s portion.  It was considered the better part of the animal.  “All the fat that is upon the inwards and the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them” was to be for Him. The fat was totally consumed, but the priest received the breast and the shoulder.  The offeror ate the remainder, and he did it in God’s house.  God was the host and the offeror, the sinner, was the guest.  God provides the table.  It is the table of salvation.  First we accept God’s salvation by accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior, then we come to the table of fellowship.  God provides the table of fellowship.

The goat represents the complete identification of Christ.  He was made sin for us.  He totally paid the penalty for our sins. He can save to the uttermost.  This is our portion in Christ.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.