The meal offering (fine flour, oil, frankincense and salt) was partly burned upon the altar, a symbol of Jesus giving His Incarnate Life to God in total dedication! But only a “handful” of it was so burned, incinerated by those holy flames! (“And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his HANDFUL of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar.” Leviticus 1:2)

But what of the rest of the offering?

The majority of it we presume? (All but a “handful,” for sure!)

“And the REMNANT of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.” Leviticus 2:3

The meal offering … mostly eaten (with God’s tacit approval) by the priests!  (1 Corinthians 9:13 … “Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?”)

Watch carefully!

So … Jesus as the MEAL OFFERING … not only pleased His Father in His earthly Life, His Body, His physical Existence and Behavior … the small part of the meal offering that was burnt on the altar!

Jesus … as the MEAL OFFERING … also fed the priests (which we all are as New Testament Christians) with His holy unselfish, sinless Life!

He lived physically to please God.

And He (a new truth to me) lived physically to meet the needs of mankind as well!

Wow!

Now as a priest, practically speaking … have I “eaten” Jesus today; loved Him, internalized Him, trusted Him, leaned on Him?

Have I feasted on His (perfect) Life (so dramatically emphasized here in the Meat or Meal Offering)?

Remember … the accomplishments of His (vicarious) Death (as dedication to God the Father) have already been emphasized in His Offering Himself as the Whole Burnt Offering, Leviticus chapter 1.

No wonder Paul wrote, rather cryptically, in Romans 5:10 … “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, WE SHALL BE SAVED BY HIS LIFE.”

Hallelujah!

Enjoy the peerless LIFE Jesus lived today, ponder every aspect of it you can recall. Then worship Him for His Coming to earth … “to seek and to save that which was lost.”

In a way, as viewed from the Burnt Offering … Jesus died (in the first place) to please His Father!

Then in a way, as viewed from the Meat Offering … Jesus lived (in the main) to feed those all around Him! He really was the divine Servant of God! He lived for “others!”

Wow!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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