The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Leviticus 2:1,
"When anyone brings a grain offering to the Lord, their offering is to be of the finest flour."
As the Lord tells Moses how he wants the offerings that are to be brought to him to be, he uses the term "finest" (well, the term translated into "finest") as he describes the flour to be used. Four places in this chapter the flour to be used is the finest. Not the average, not whatever might be handy at the time, but the finest. The term here is not necessarily an indication of the size of the grind, but specifically the quality of the flour itself. Only the very best.
In that these offerings speak volumes about the offering Jesus Christ made of himself, the quality of items offered at the tabernacle were to be of the very best. Animals without blemish, flour of the finest quality, etc.
This speaks to me of the person of Jesus Christ, the perfect man, the perfect God, all in one person. The writer of Hebrews tells us, "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being..." Hebrews 1:3a. In 2 Corinthians 4:4 Paul says that Christ is the image of God.
In Colossians 1:15-20 we read, "The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross."
"When anyone brings a grain offering to the Lord, their offering is to be of the finest flour."
As the Lord tells Moses how he wants the offerings that are to be brought to him to be, he uses the term "finest" (well, the term translated into "finest") as he describes the flour to be used. Four places in this chapter the flour to be used is the finest. Not the average, not whatever might be handy at the time, but the finest. The term here is not necessarily an indication of the size of the grind, but specifically the quality of the flour itself. Only the very best.
In that these offerings speak volumes about the offering Jesus Christ made of himself, the quality of items offered at the tabernacle were to be of the very best. Animals without blemish, flour of the finest quality, etc.
This speaks to me of the person of Jesus Christ, the perfect man, the perfect God, all in one person. The writer of Hebrews tells us, "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being..." Hebrews 1:3a. In 2 Corinthians 4:4 Paul says that Christ is the image of God.
In Colossians 1:15-20 we read, "The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross."
If you were to design an offering that spoke of Jesus Christ, would you require anything other than the finest?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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