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Leviticus 7:22 - The very best Day 94

Good morning beloved,

I know, excuses excuses.  I worked yesterday and before I knew it was time for bed.  Read the passages, but didn't have time to write anything.  So in my "waking hours" in the middle of the night, I caught up.

I am constantly at the amount of thought that other people have put into things like study bibles notes and commentaries.  Matthew Henry's Commentary is physically impressive.  About 4 inches thick, large pages, small type and thin paper.  He wrote all of it by hand long before typewriters were thought of.  So I am blessed by having much of these things just "a click away".

Blessings

Jeff

I wondered why Israel was prohibited from eating the fat and the blood of an animal.  Here are some of the ESV Study Bible comments:

The procedure of this ritual involving a bull is the same as that of the burnt offering, up until the shedding of blood. Only the fatty parts of the animal, instead of all of it, are to be burned up. The fat in ancient Israel represented the very best part of the animal (cf. the “fat of the wheat,” Num. 18:12). The “fat” would be like filet mignon, i.e., the most succulent and savory part of the animal. To present this to the Lord was a way of acknowledging that he was the One worthy of most honor.

Since the peace offering was the one offering of which the offerer partook, it makes sense for this chapter to end by underscoring the two parts of the animal of which the offerer was never to partake, namely, the fat and the blood. The fat represented the very best part of the animal (see note on vv. 1–5). As such, it was to be given to the Lord as the One worthy of most honor (thus all fat is the LORD's). The blood was reserved for a very special purpose: atoning for the life of the Israelites. As a result, it too must not be consumed (see notes on 17:11; 17:12).

Instruction - What does God expect from me?  The very best of what He has provided.  Because Jesus fulfilled the laws regarding animal sacrifice, I tend to think those laws have  nothing to teach me.  I don't own any livestock and I stay out of the slaughter house if at all possible. I don't think putting a T-bone  steak in the offering plate is what God wants.  But He still wants my very best. 

Thanksgiving - O Lord, You are the One worthy of honor.  Hallowed be Your name in all that I do, say and think.  Living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to You. 

Confess - dishonoring the Perfect Sacrifice by quenching the Spirit. Not valuing time in the Word and prayer over recreation and entertainment. 

Petition - Teach me what "very best" means.

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