Leviticus 2:13
Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.
As earlier posted, salt is one of the most significant item talked about throughout the bible. In the grain offering which the people of God were instructed to perform, salt was to be used to season the grain. The grain offering was presented after the burnt-offering (done for the pardon of sin). The purpose of the bloodless, grain offering was an offering of tribute to God for His goodness and provisions. While the people were the one who laboured to reap the grains, it was God which blessed and provided them with the final harvest. Thus, the grain offering represents the consecretion to God of the fruit of one's labour.
But why add salt? Salt is used universally to preserve and maintain the purity of food. We see this in the first miracle which Elisha performed after Elijah had been taken up by God is captured in 2 Kings 2:19-22, below:
The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive." "Bring me a new bowl," he said, "and put salt in it." So they brought it to him. Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what the LORD says: 'I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.' " And the water has remained wholesome to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.
Salt was used by Elisha to make the water wholesome for farming and it gave the land a new lease of life. Similiarly, as much as the grain offering was given by the people as an offering of God's abundance, God were pointing to the people that their sacrifices, in themselves, were unsavoury. The instructions of adding salt to the grain offering was to remind the people of the benefits of the covenant that God has made with His people - He would be their God and they His people. Likewise, as children of God, we need to know how this affects us. The bible says that by Grace we have been saved, not by works lest anyone of us should boast.
Do not forget that each week as you come into the sanctuary of the Lord, we should come ready to consecrete to God the fruit of our week's labour. Even as we are called to be salt of the world, we often come into the sanctuary defeated and/or exhausted. Why so?
Instead, every week we should come ready to be renewed by God. Don't rob God of the worship which He deserves, neither should you deprive yourself of the glorious destiny which He has promised to us who are children of God.
For by the Grace and through the blood of Christ, we need to understand that we have lived through the week with God's Grace. Thus, we must come with the right attitude and enter the sanctuary with our thanksgiving (grain) offerings of praise, worship and monetary giving that is a grateful tribute to God. Then, before we offer it, we will give thanks for by the work of Christ on the cross, our thanksgiving has been sanctified. We should also be reminded of the covenant of God's faithfulness to our lives and be renewed for the next week ahead. (not just sit in the pews and go through the motion.)
So even as you come into the sanctuary this week and every other week, God is saying, don't forget to offer me consecreted, pure tribute of offering and rememeber that you are more than conquerors because of Christ Jesus in you. Rejoice therefore and may you live victoriously!
blessings,
M.
"For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." Romans 5:17
22 May 2007
Add Salt to all your Offerings
Leviticus 2:13
Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.
As earlier posted, salt is one of the most significant item talked about throughout the bible. In the grain offering which the people of God were instructed to perform, salt was to be used to season the grain. The grain offering was presented after the burnt-offering (done for the pardon of sin). The purpose of the bloodless, grain offering was an offering of tribute to God for His goodness and provisions. While the people were the one who laboured to reap the grains, it was God which blessed and provided them with the final harvest. Thus, the grain offering represents the consecretion to God of the fruit of one's labour.
But why add salt? Salt is used universally to preserve and maintain the purity of food. We see this in the first miracle which Elisha performed after Elijah had been taken up by God is captured in 2 Kings 2:19-22, below:
The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive." "Bring me a new bowl," he said, "and put salt in it." So they brought it to him. Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what the LORD says: 'I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.' " And the water has remained wholesome to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.
Salt was used by Elisha to make the water wholesome for farming and it gave the land a new lease of life. Similiarly, as much as the grain offering was given by the people as an offering of God's abundance, God were pointing to the people that their sacrifices, in themselves, were unsavoury. The instructions of adding salt to the grain offering was to remind the people of the benefits of the covenant that God has made with His people - He would be their God and they His people. Likewise, as children of God, we need to know how this affects us. The bible says that by Grace we have been saved, not by works lest anyone of us should boast.
Do not forget that each week as you come into the sanctuary of the Lord, we should come ready to consecrete to God the fruit of our week's labour. Even as we are called to be salt of the world, we often come into the sanctuary defeated and/or exhausted. Why so?
Instead, every week we should come ready to be renewed by God. Don't rob God of the worship which He deserves, neither should you deprive yourself of the glorious destiny which He has promised to us who are children of God.
For by the Grace and through the blood of Christ, we need to understand that we have lived through the week with God's Grace. Thus, we must come with the right attitude and enter the sanctuary with our thanksgiving (grain) offerings of praise, worship and monetary giving that is a grateful tribute to God. Then, before we offer it, we will give thanks for by the work of Christ on the cross, our thanksgiving has been sanctified. We should also be reminded of the covenant of God's faithfulness to our lives and be renewed for the next week ahead. (not just sit in the pews and go through the motion.)
So even as you come into the sanctuary this week and every other week, God is saying, don't forget to offer me consecreted, pure tribute of offering and rememeber that you are more than conquerors because of Christ Jesus in you. Rejoice therefore and may you live victoriously!
blessings,
M.
"For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." Romans 5:17
Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.
As earlier posted, salt is one of the most significant item talked about throughout the bible. In the grain offering which the people of God were instructed to perform, salt was to be used to season the grain. The grain offering was presented after the burnt-offering (done for the pardon of sin). The purpose of the bloodless, grain offering was an offering of tribute to God for His goodness and provisions. While the people were the one who laboured to reap the grains, it was God which blessed and provided them with the final harvest. Thus, the grain offering represents the consecretion to God of the fruit of one's labour.
But why add salt? Salt is used universally to preserve and maintain the purity of food. We see this in the first miracle which Elisha performed after Elijah had been taken up by God is captured in 2 Kings 2:19-22, below:
The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive." "Bring me a new bowl," he said, "and put salt in it." So they brought it to him. Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what the LORD says: 'I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.' " And the water has remained wholesome to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.
Salt was used by Elisha to make the water wholesome for farming and it gave the land a new lease of life. Similiarly, as much as the grain offering was given by the people as an offering of God's abundance, God were pointing to the people that their sacrifices, in themselves, were unsavoury. The instructions of adding salt to the grain offering was to remind the people of the benefits of the covenant that God has made with His people - He would be their God and they His people. Likewise, as children of God, we need to know how this affects us. The bible says that by Grace we have been saved, not by works lest anyone of us should boast.
Do not forget that each week as you come into the sanctuary of the Lord, we should come ready to consecrete to God the fruit of our week's labour. Even as we are called to be salt of the world, we often come into the sanctuary defeated and/or exhausted. Why so?
Instead, every week we should come ready to be renewed by God. Don't rob God of the worship which He deserves, neither should you deprive yourself of the glorious destiny which He has promised to us who are children of God.
For by the Grace and through the blood of Christ, we need to understand that we have lived through the week with God's Grace. Thus, we must come with the right attitude and enter the sanctuary with our thanksgiving (grain) offerings of praise, worship and monetary giving that is a grateful tribute to God. Then, before we offer it, we will give thanks for by the work of Christ on the cross, our thanksgiving has been sanctified. We should also be reminded of the covenant of God's faithfulness to our lives and be renewed for the next week ahead. (not just sit in the pews and go through the motion.)
So even as you come into the sanctuary this week and every other week, God is saying, don't forget to offer me consecreted, pure tribute of offering and rememeber that you are more than conquerors because of Christ Jesus in you. Rejoice therefore and may you live victoriously!
blessings,
M.
"For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." Romans 5:17
