Leviticus 3:12–17
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We moderns, particularly we modern evangelicals, have a tendency to treat the book of Leviticus like an old, dusty attic. We know it's part of the house, but we don't go up there much, and when we do, we're a bit bewildered by what we find. We have Christ, so why bother with the intricate details of goat fat and blood splatter? This is like trying to understand the oak tree while despising the acorn from which it grew. Leviticus is not an obstacle to understanding Christ; it is the divinely authored picture book that explains His work with visceral, unforgettable clarity. The sacrifices were, as I've said before, a kind of audio-visual aid for a spiritually rudimentary people. He was teaching them the difference between clean and unclean, sacred and profane, life and death. And here in chapter 3, we come to the peace offering, or the fellowship offering.