Reading
SAA Notes
With the Fellowship Offerings, all the separable fat together with the liver and the kidneys were burnt, and never eaten. This prohibition on blood and separable fat has health implications – they are restrictions that prevent many cardiovascular diseases and viruses and their spread.
SJA Notes
* Great God Above, You alone are worthy of our praise – Hallelujah Lord God, for You are faithful and true!
“… Without blemish.”
We read this over and over through these passages – that the offerings are to be the first-fruits, having nothing wrong with them.
If we only take this as a physical meaning, then it is a hard thing to work through.
We all have blemishes. We have faults in our physical nature, our mental workings, and most of all we are without any ability to work spiritual growth and good in and of ourselves.
That is why we need Jesus!
God sent Himself as the lamb without blemish, slain for us.
It is only through Jesus that the offering of ourselves as living sacrifices make sense.
Because it is only by His work, and through His sacrifice, and because of His continual (even now) interceding for us as High Priest – That we can come before the Lord and offer up ourselves as fragrant offerings.
Amen and Hallelujah!
* Dear Lord God,
Thank You that Jesus is the lamb without blemish, slain for us.
Thank You that through Him we can offer up ourselves, that we can be a pleasing offering to You.
Thank You Lord!
Amen.