Leviticus 2
SIBLeviticus 2:2
This memorial put God, as it were, in mind of his covenant, to accept Christ, and his people’s services through him. And it put them in mind that all their store came from God, and ought to be dedicated to his service
Leviticus 2:3
The most holy provision allotted for the priests was to be eaten by themselves in the sacred courts; but the less holy things, as tithes, first-fruits, &c. might be eaten by them and their families elsewhere in Canaan; Num. xviii. 9, 10. Deut. xii. 5—7. &c
Leviticus 2:11
Leaven was forbidden in voluntary meat-offerings; (1) To put them in remembrance of their hasty redemption from Egypt; (2) To teach them to avoid human inventions in the worship of God; (3) To mark the perfect purity of Christ, and the sincerity of his people’s services. Honey was prohibited for much the same reason; for it hath a leavening virtue, and may signify carnal pleasures
Leviticus 2:13
Salt was an emblem of sincerity and soundness in grace; purity, perseverance, and friendship; and of the perpetuity of God’s covenant
REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. II.—While in these meat-offerings I contemplate Jesus Christ as the fruit of the earth, prepared by the anointing influence of the Holy Ghost, and by dolorous sufferings, to be, as Mediator, the eternal delight of JEHOVAH, and the delicate provision of his ransomed people, in a state of sacerdotal and holy fellowship with him, and the everlasting remembrancer of both, let me, receiving of the Spirit of Christ, with solemn prayer, and heart-burning affection, surrender myself to God through him, as a memorial that I was chosen from everlasting, and shall to eternity enjoy God as my ALL and IN ALL! Let me avoid infectious corruptions, carnal pleasures, and human inventions, in the worship of God; and have always my thoughts, my speech, and my practice, seasoned with the purifying salt of spiritual grace! And, while I take care to allow the ministers of the Lord their due, let me, in an especial manner, consecrate the days of my youth, and the first-fruits of all my increase, unto Jesus Christ their Master!