LEVITICUS 7


     We need to review just a moment the past lesson, so we can find a
place to start with this one. We are examining the peace offerings.
This is an offering of thanksgiving. This offering can be either a
male or female of the herd. All of the fat is to be burned on the
bronze altar as a sweet smelling savour to the Lord. The blood belongs
to God as well and must be sprinkled on the altar by the priests. We
discovered in the last lesson that the tail {rump} of the sheep must
also be offered to God, because it was fat.

     Now let us begin in Leviticus 3:10 "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."

     This is a  very important lesson here to be learned about the
fat. Perhaps, it is telling us that we should watch our diet and not
let our flesh cause us to be a glutton. We have spoken before about
Satan worshippers partaking of blood. Perhaps, the spiritual meaning
of believers not partaking of blood means that we should be
peacemakers and not warmongers. We should be interested in saving
life, not in destroying life. It is interesting to me that the
priests, the person who brings the offering, and God are all to
partake of this offering.  To me this indicates fellowship of the
believer with God: if you will, in the breaking of bread {sharing a
meal}.

     Leviticus 3:11 "And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: [it
is] the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD."

     The fact that God's part of the offering was completely burned
up, shows His consumption of His part of the feast.

     Leviticus 3:12  And if his offering [be] a goat, then he shall
offer it before the LORD.

     This is an interesting thing to have as an offering. Even to
associate the Lord Jesus with a goat almost seems sacriligios. But
remember, this offering does not foreshadow the flesh of Jesus. This
shadow of Jesus in this goat, perhaps, has to do with the fact that
this goat gave his life so that the rest of the flock would be spared.
Jesus gave His life that all others might be saved. Even though the
flesh of Jesus is not foreshadowed in the peace offering, Jesus is
foreshadowed as Saviour. John 11:50 "Nor consider that it is expedient
for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole
nation perish not."  John 18:14 "Now Caiaphas was he, which gave
counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for
the people."  It had been taught from the beginning that one should
die for the people. In this, only this goat that was chosen from the
flock to die that the others might live, foreshadows Jesus' dying that
all who would believe might live.

     Leviticus 3:13 "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."

     On the goat, as well, we see the person offering, laying his hand
upon the goat to make the goat's blood represent him before God. Had
the goat's blood or these other animal's blood not been shed, then the
blood of the person would have been required. The blood of the animal
was in place of the blood of the person. All of this was preparing the
way for mankind to believe that Jesus represented each of us to God:
and more than that, it was acceptable to God. One of the most vivid
examples of this, was when Abraham took his son Isaac to the mount to
sacrifice him and God stayed his hand and provided a substitute.
Genesis 22:13 "And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold
behind [him] a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went
and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead
of his son."

     Leviticus 3:14 "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,"


     We covered this in a previous lesson, but God thought enough of
it to repeat it, so we must look at it again to drive the lesson home.
We see repeated over and over that the fat belongs to God. It is not
enough that the fat was not to be eaten, but it was to be burned on
the altar. The odor of the fat burning was a sweet savour to the LORD
[Jehovah}. The first mention of fat being offered to the Lord was when
Abel offered to the Lord. Genesis 4:4 "And Abel, he also brought of
the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had
respect unto Abel and to his offering:"

     Leviticus 3:15 "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."

     The parts that God required would not be what any of us would
regard as the choice part of the meat. Perhaps, the training that
these Hebrews gave their children passed down to our customs today.
The spiritual lesson that I see in this is that God wants the inner
man.  To truly be a follower of the Lord, we must give Him our
innermost being.

     Leviticus 3:16 "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."

     We see in this Scripture that these items burned on the altar,
are food for God. This bears out what we said about God, the priests,
and the offerer all sharing in the food this animal provides.

     Leviticus 3:17 "[It shall be] a perpetual statute for your
generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor
blood."
     The word perpetual, in the verse above, means everlasting,
eternal and beginning of the world+ without end. Statute here means
custom, manner, ordinance, and site. This leaves no doubt that this
request from God is still in effect today. God's people are never to
eat fat or blood.

















































                             Questions 7

1.  The peace offering is what kind of offering?
2.  What was to be done with all of the fat?
3.  Who would sprinkle the blood on the altar?
4.  Why was the rump of the sheep to be burned?
5.  What sometimes causes us to be a glutton?
6.  Who was to partake of this offering?
7.  What shows that God consumed His part of this offering?
8.  What unlikely animal foreshadows Jesus ?
9.  What does John chapter 11 verse 50 tell us about this offering?
10. Who gave council to the Jews that one should die for the people?
11. Where should this animal be killed?
12. What was the offerer to do before killing the animal?
13. What would the blood of this Goat do for the offerer?
14. In Genesis who did God provide a substitute for to keep him from
    sacrificing his son?
15. What was the substitute God provided?
16. What was all of this preparing mankind to believe?
17. Where was the first mention in the Bible of the fat of the animal
    being offered to God?
18. What is the spiritual message in the fact that God wanted the
    innards of the animal?
19. What tells us that this is food for God?
20. What does the word perpetual mean?
21. What does the word statute mean?
22. Are we to  keep these ordinances today?