This was the third type of offering, the peace offering. It represented the desire of the person bringing it to have fellowship with God. God’s redemption brings peace and fellowship, and this act of worship symbolized that. The peace offering was similar to the burnt offering, but the peace offering accepted both male and female animals as sacrifices. This is interesting since this type of sacrifice was brought to initiate and celebrate fellowship with God.<\/p>\n
We learn in the New Testament that in Jesus Christ, with respect to blessings and privileges, there is no longer any distinction between male and female. Paul wrote: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28). This is perhaps the clearest statement of equality between sexes found in any document, religious or secular. God desires fellowship with any who would come to him. This was such a revolutionary idea in Jesus’ day that even His own disciples were shocked when they found Him speaking with the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4). All are invited to come to Him.<\/p>\n
There is a second fact about this peace offering that catches our eye. The priest was to “kill it at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.” This offering was not as holy as the others, which were to be eaten only by the priest. Part of the fellowship offering was also to be eaten by the person bringing the offering. This was a picture of humanity and God, sitting down at a table together and sharing a meal. For the New Testament believer, God still invites us to come and share a meal with Him through communion. The 2 familiar elements, bread and wine, remind us of what our Savior did for us through His broken body and shed blood.<\/p>\n
“LORD, we desire to walk with You and have close fellowship with You all through this day.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n =============================================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leviticus 3 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1<\/sup>\u00a0And if his oblation\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer\u00a0it\u00a0<\/em>of the herd; whether\u00a0it be\u00a0<\/em>a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the\u00a0LORD.\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it\u00a0at\u00a0<\/em>the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron\u2019s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>upon the inwards,\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0And the two kidneys, and the fat that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>on them, which\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.\u00a0\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0And Aaron\u2019s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>upon the wood that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>on the fire:\u00a0it is\u00a0<\/em>an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the\u00a0LORD. 6<\/sup> And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the\u00a0LORD\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.\u00a07<\/sup>\u00a0If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the\u00a0LORD.\u00a08<\/sup>\u00a0And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron\u2019s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.\u00a09<\/sup>\u00a0And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD; the fat thereof,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>upon the inwards,\u00a010<\/sup>\u00a0And the two kidneys, and the fat that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>upon them, which\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.\u00a011<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall burn it upon the altar:\u00a0it is\u00a0<\/em>the food of the offering made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD. 12<\/sup> And if his offering\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>a goat, then he shall offer it before the\u00a0LORD.\u00a013<\/sup>\u00a0And 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.\u00a014<\/sup>\u00a0And he shall offer thereof his offering,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>an offering made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>upon the inwards,\u00a015<\/sup>\u00a0And the two kidneys, and the fat that\u00a0is<\/em>upon them, which\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.\u00a016<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall burn them upon the altar:\u00a0it is\u00a0<\/em>the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0LORD\u2019S.\u00a017<\/sup>\u00a0It shall be\u00a0<\/em>a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This was the third type of offering, the peace offering. 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