Leviticus 2:1-2 - Homilies By J.a. Macdonald

The minchah, a type of Christ.

Because the minchah was an offering without blood, and therefore was not intended as a sacrifice for sin ( Hebrews 9:22 ), some have supposed that it was in use before the Fall. This opinion, however, has but little to sustain it. We certainly read of the minchah as having been offered by Cain ( Genesis 4:3 ); but then Abel, at the same time, offered the holocaust, or sin offering, which no one dreams of having formed any part of the original worship in Eden. Cain's fault was not in having offered the minchah, but in not associating with it some sin sacrifice. It is questionable whether the minchah, under the Law, was ever offered without such an accompaniment. Yet we may view the minchah as a type of Christ. For—

I. ALL THE HOLY BREAD TYPIFIED CHRIST .

1 . The manna was of this class.

(1) It is called "bread from heaven" (see Nehemiah 9:15 ).

2 . The shew-bread also was of this class.

3 . So was this bread of the minchah.

So is he destined to nourish the joys of the glorified in the heaven of heavens ( Luke 22:30 ).

II. THIS BREAD HAD THE QUALITY OF EXCELLENCE .

1 . As bread it was the staple of food.

2 . This bread was of "fine flour."

III. IT HAD NOTICEABLE ADJUNCTS .

1 . Oil was poured upon it.

2 . It was offered with frankincense.