Today’s passage: Leviticus 2
Helpful thoughts:
- Chapter 2 describes the Grain Offering.
- The Grain Offerings included fine flour, oil, frankincense and salt.
- These ingredients were special and reminded the people to bring their best before the Lord.
- Unlike the burnt offerings, a portion of the grain offerings were to be set aside for the priests as their food. This was one of God’s ways of providing for the priests, and if Israel would be faithful to bring their offerings, the priests would have everything they needed through their service to the Lord and Israel.
- The memorial portion of the grain offering was called that because when it was offered to the Lord, he committed to remember (Memorial/Remember) their petitions and prayers.
- These offerings were given to accompany the other offerings of animal sacrifice.
Questions to consider:
- Knowing that portions of these offerings were used to feed the priests, how would the faithfulness of Israel and the priests have served as a blessing to all? In what way did God set up a system where faithfulness would be a blessing to all? Adversely, once the people started lacking in faithfulness, what would have been the domino effect that led to greater and greater unfaithfulness? How important is every member of the body to make the whole body healthy?
- Did God need help remembering people’s prayers, as if he needed some burned grains to spark his memory? What were the benefits for Israel of giving these offerings? What was God doing for them in giving these commands?