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Leviticus 3:2
Excerpted from: Offerings (Part Four)

Let us begin the explanation here. Back in verse 2, something that I want to pick up that is important as we go through the entirety of the sermon. It is a little phrase and I think that most of us would probably just pass right by. We might get a little jiggle in our brain out of it but not even realize what an important factor it is in understanding this. It says,

Why not in the back of it? Why not at the side of it? Why does it have to be at the door? Well, here is the reason:

The Tabernacle, typically, was what? Symbolically, typically, it represented God's house. That is where He lived. And what was the door? Well, that is where you went in and out to get into the presence of God or to leave the presence of God. Now, the animal that was offered was brought to the door. It was not actually taken into the house of God, but it was brought to the door to show something that is important to you and me and that is, the peace offering showed a person giving thanks to God for something. You will find it in other portions of the Bible called the thank offering. Remember I told you, it was called the thanksgiving offering as well as the fellowship offering. And so it is called a thank offering because one of the major reasons for giving this offering was to thank God for blessings received.

The bringing of the animal to the door and slaying it there was an admission on the part of the offeror that the blessing had come from God, that He was responsible, therefore, the mercy or blessing was seen as coming from God out of the Tabernacle through the door. Therefore, with the animal being brought up to the door, it shows the offeror making his offering in prayer or whatever, and his prayer going back through the door and into the house of God and into His presence. So it was an acknowledgment that the offering came from God through the door. And it was an acknowledgment that the thanks was going back from the offeror through the door and on up to God.

Leviticus 3:1-5
Excerpted from: Elements of a Thanksgiving Offering

Each one of these names, though, is not wrong, because we see this peace offering in different aspects. And, when it is named something different then the teaching contained within is different. We will read verses 1 through 5. And your Bible probably has there the caption, “The Peace Offering,” so this is the general idea of what it is speaking about. And it basically represents life given as a living sacrifice.

So we see there in verse 5 that it is a sweet aroma indicating that there is no sin involved in giving it, and therefore it is an offering that is satisfying to God.

Leviticus 3:1-4
Excerpted from: The Sacrifices of Leviticus (Part 5)

These are the portions of the animal that went on the fire. This was God's portion of the peace offering.

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