Leviticus 2 - Wednesday Night

Lev 2.

Anyone bake bread in here?

Discuss how good fresh bread smells

Maybe talk about the fresh tortilla’s as a kid

This evening we are covering Lev 2.

Now, before we dig into chapter 2

lets review last week in chapter 1

If we remember from last week we covered the Burnt Offering

which was a freewill offering to the Lord

meaning we or they gave it not because they had to

but because they were convicted

the atonement was literally written all over it

and in fact Jesus was written all over that

then the fact that it didn’t matter your who

you were

or how much money you made

there was an opportunity

to have your sins forgiven

through the blood of an unblemished male animal

The bull

the sheep or goat

or the birds

turtle dove or young pigeon

And they would wash the insides and the

feet to make it clean

just like Jesus makes us clean on the inside first

then the blood was splattered on the alter

sending steam from the fire to heaven

symbolizing Gods wrath was quenched

and He was satisfied

there was so much Jesus in that

it was amazing

we also discovered it was a bloody mess right

but it was that way because what?

sin always leads to death

and something must die

whether that is something in our place

or us (spiritually)

But, that about wraps us Lev 1 that we covered last week

This week is similar…. Kinda

This week we are looking at Lev 2 which is the grain offering

How cool is it that we are learning of the grain offering

the bread offering

the same weeks we are in chapter 6 of John

on Sunday mornings..

Im not that smart to plan these things

God is just that awesome

Just like we will see briefly a little about

Cain’s offering in this

and that is one of the things we talked about

Sunday evening

so, isn’t it amazing how intertwined the bible is

Let’s read it!

And while we are reading see if you can keep track of anything that repeats itself

much like we saw last week with the word atonement

Anyone catch anything that repeated?

memorial

frankincense

oil (was in there a lot)

it made a few references to unleavened or no yeast

Cool!

So, the grain offering

in comparison to the burnt offering of last week

we have some things similar

in both cases the best quality is to be offered

both were offered by fire

they both resulted in a pleasing aroma to hte Lord

meaning this offering accepted by the Lord and it pleased Him

But..

The burnt offering was an animal

the grain offering was well grain

the grain as we just read

could be cooked or uncooked

The burnt offering was bloody right

The grain offering was not

The burnt offering all of it was consumed on the fire

the grain offering only some was

and the rest was given to the priests

Within this offering there were a couple of different ways you could present it

either as just fine flour

or cooked flour

So, V 1-4 deal with the fine flour

5-10 deals with if you bring it cooked

either baked in the oven

baked on a griddle

or cooked in a pan

11-13 deal with the regulations associated with its presentation

14-16 if it is given during the first harvest

As for our words that are repeated we saw Memorial a couple of times right?

That is because this grain offering

this bread offering is an offering of thanksgiving

thanksgiving for what God has provided

For his provision

is that what we talked about this past Sunday

the power in Gods provision

how he fed the 20,000 with what again

bread…

and that bread sustained them

however as we get more into chapter 6

we will see that Jesus is the what..

the bread of life

now

a lot of times this is given with the first harvest and it is really special

then… remember how Cain didn’t offer his best during this time…

…

But really it is an offering or a gift thanking God for what he was provided

and God always wants the best from us

he want’s all of us

that is why it is a memorial offering

what do we do on memorial day?

and we are remembering what God has given to us

what he has provided for us!

and this is probably the easiest of all the offerings

so that we could really remember what God has done for us

we are to remember that

He sustains us

not only with the daily provisions

but with eternal provisions

we are satisfied with all that he provides for us

and when we feel hungry we are to go to him for substance

when they were hungry walking around in the desert

God provided manna

bread was a serious part of their diet

they ate it very day

it was practically what kept them alive

it was their source of life

and that is what this bread offering represented

we see in V1 that it is to be fine flower

this is like our burnt offering in that it is unblemished

the unblemished male

here is the fine flour

so only the best

unlike what Cain gave

Now, when this was offered to God

only a portion was burnt and the rest was kept for the Priests

again, in Gods way of providing for them as well

remember this was their job and this was how

they were provided for

The ingredients

So, lets talk ingredients

For one there was to be no yeast, no Levin

those were both acceptable foods to eat

but because they grow they ferment

they have historically been associated with sin

they have been associated with corruption

We see that in other places of scripture right..

Luke 12:1 “1 Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to his disciples first, “Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”

corruption / false teaching

1 Corinthians 5:1–8 CSB

1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated among the Gentiles—a man is sleeping with his father’s wife. 2 And you are arrogant! Shouldn’t you be filled with grief and remove from your congregation the one who did this? 3 Even though I am absent in the body, I am present in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who has been doing such a thing. 4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus, and I am with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 hand that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. 6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough? 7 Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new unleavened batch, as indeed you are. For Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore, let us observe the feast, not with old leaven or with the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

sin can grow, it can produce

and if we aren’t careful it will take over

and that is why it is not permitted in the sacrifice

it has no place at the alter of God

therefore they were never used in an offering to God

right because when we worship God

we are to come to him confessing our sin

we are to come to him know that he has taken it away

knowing that we ourselves our sinners

but, if we bring sin to our worship and don’t acknowledge that sin

then we aren’t worshiping God with our best

does that make sense?

he is a quote..

Exalting Jesus in Leviticus We Exclude Corruption from Our Lives

The difference between the people who offer right worship and those who don’t is not that right worshipers are not sinners. The difference is that right worshipers know they are sinners, they know they need God, and they know they need atonement and salvation that only come from God in Christ. That was the purpose of the sacrificial system. God knew His people would transgress His laws, and He was providing a way to atone for their sin so they could offer worthy worship to Him. Worthy worship excludes corruption

So, no levin or yeast

one thing there isn’t

there isn’t any blood

Now lets talk about whats in it..

Frankensense

anyone know where else that was offered?

when Jesus was born

it is widely valued

Oil was a major ingredient

we see it talk about oil all over this chapter

and what did oil represent?

anointing

and the Holy Spirit

oil is a symbol of holiness

the messiah means the anointed one

and kings in those days were anointed with oil

see where I am going with this…

The 3rd ingredient was Salt

what was salt used for back then?

preservatives and well taste (I really like salt)

but specifically

it says in V 13 they are to use the

salt of the covenant

a covenant is an agreement or a contract

See God will preserve his covenant with us

He will preserve his provision for us

He will preserve the bread of life

and who is the bread of life?

Jesus Christ our Lord

Before Jesus died he offered

bread as a remembrance of Him

as a memorial to Him

And we must remember!

That God provided the first fruits

His Son

Born in a manger

who was offered frankincense at his birth

who lived a sinless (no levin or yeast) life

who was anointed (oil) with the Holy Spirit

in order to provide (this is all about provision) salvation for us

and we know that that salvation is

preserved (like salt does) for those of us that are in Christ Jesus

AMEN!