Leviticus 4:31
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
Scofield calls the offerings in this chapter the "non sweet savor" offerings because they deal with sin.
• First the priest
• Then those of the rulers
• Then the common people
A sweet savor offering is one that is given willingly and not as an atonement for sin. The other would be an offering given as atonement for sin and was compulsory.
Christ gave Himself willingly - that is a sweet savor. What He did for the souls of mankind is so kind, gracious and loving that we really can't begin to comprehend it. But when Christ gave Himself for our sins, even the Father turned His back as He bore that sin. It was not a sweet savor.
Now a miracle happens in verse 31; the non sweet savor becomes a sweet savor.
It was necessary that Christ die for our sins or we could never be saved. It was compulsory to Christ's doing the will of His Father. It was gruesome and vicious. Men reviled the Son of God. The mock trials, the scourgings, the hammer and nails, the vinegar and gall, the spear pierced into His side. Non of this is a sweet savor.
But in the midst of this horror the sweetest of all things took place.
• Christ prayed for the forgiveness of those who were slaying Him
• Christ cared for His mother by committing her to John and
• Christ promised the thief "this day thou shalt be with me in paradise."
And when Christ rose from the grave after three days: that was the proof that God saw His sacrifice as an offering of sweet savor.
Nothing is more a manifestation of God than His ability to take what men meant for evil and turn it for good. All of us have things happen that we wonder how this could ever have benefit and value. Our only recourse in those times is to simply trust the Lord. He will turn even that into an odor of sweet savor.
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
Scofield calls the offerings in this chapter the "non sweet savor" offerings because they deal with sin.
• First the priest
• Then those of the rulers
• Then the common people
A sweet savor offering is one that is given willingly and not as an atonement for sin. The other would be an offering given as atonement for sin and was compulsory.
Christ gave Himself willingly - that is a sweet savor. What He did for the souls of mankind is so kind, gracious and loving that we really can't begin to comprehend it. But when Christ gave Himself for our sins, even the Father turned His back as He bore that sin. It was not a sweet savor.
Now a miracle happens in verse 31; the non sweet savor becomes a sweet savor.
It was necessary that Christ die for our sins or we could never be saved. It was compulsory to Christ's doing the will of His Father. It was gruesome and vicious. Men reviled the Son of God. The mock trials, the scourgings, the hammer and nails, the vinegar and gall, the spear pierced into His side. Non of this is a sweet savor.
But in the midst of this horror the sweetest of all things took place.
• Christ prayed for the forgiveness of those who were slaying Him
• Christ cared for His mother by committing her to John and
• Christ promised the thief "this day thou shalt be with me in paradise."
And when Christ rose from the grave after three days: that was the proof that God saw His sacrifice as an offering of sweet savor.
Nothing is more a manifestation of God than His ability to take what men meant for evil and turn it for good. All of us have things happen that we wonder how this could ever have benefit and value. Our only recourse in those times is to simply trust the Lord. He will turn even that into an odor of sweet savor.
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