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Within the first half of Leviticus — which is God explaining to humanity the way He wants to be approached — the initial seven chapters detail five specific offerings the people were to make at the “tabernacle of meeting.” Again, while God wants us to come before Him, in Leviticus He’s clear there is both a right and a wrong way we can go about doing this! In fact, we’ll see this reality illustrated in a radicle way when we get to Leviticus 10!

In chapter 1 we discussed the Olah or the Burnt Offering which illustrated the Sacrifice God would have to graciously make in order to truly atone for our sins. Following this, chapter 2 then documents the Minchah or the Grain Offering which articulated the appropriate way in which we should respond to God for the demonstration of His grace. If you weren’t with us for either of these two studies I encourage you to catch up this week at C316.tv.

Stemming from the Olah Offering of grace and the Minchah Offering of response to God’s grace, chapter 3 transitions to the Shelem (sheh’·lem) or as it’s translated into English the Peace Offering. Defining this Hebrew word shelem is important for it immediately clears up a confusion that tends to arises when people discuss the purpose for the Peace Offering.

While the customary Hebrew word for peace is shalom, the word shelem had a more official, legal connotation. For example… If you were at war with a neighbor and desired peace with them, the word shalom would be used. “We want to stop fighting and have peace with you!”

That said… If you were at war and a peace agreement had already been reached, shelem would result. “We are at peace with you!” The idea behind this word shelem was that the offering was not to achieve peace with God. Rather, it was an offering made to the Lord manifesting from a peace that had already been attained.

In his commentary on Leviticus 3 Pastor David Guzik observes, “This was not an offering to make peace with God, but an offering to enjoy peace with God. The whole reason Jesus made peace between the Father and the believer is so that the peace could be enjoyed.”

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