January 24

From: Daily Sacrifice By: Henry Allan Ironside

Leviticus 2:1,11

“And when any will offer a meat (or meal) offering... his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil upon it and put frankincense thereon.”

“No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire”— Leviticus 2:1, 11¹And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: (Leviticus 2:1)
¹¹No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire. (Leviticus 2:11).

THE meal offering spoke of the perfection of Christ as Man here on earth. The fine flour typified His flawless humanity. In Him was no leaven of corruption—no sin of any kind. Nor was there in Him the honey of mere natural sweetness. All was divinely perfect. His whole Being was devoted to the will of the Father. The mingling of oil with the fine flour speaks of His Divinity and Humanity commingled in the Incarnation. The anointing with oil prefigured His anointing by the Spirit as He began His ministry. The salt in every meal offering speaks of the preservative power of righteousness.

“His nature, not only God’s Son,

In Manhood He had His full part,

And the union of both joined in one

Form the fountain of love in His heart.”

—Hawkes

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