New Hope Daily SOAP: Leviticus 2

Pastor Vicki Harrison

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Leviticus 2:13, Season all your grain offerings with salt to remind you of God’s eternal covenant. Never forget to add salt to your grain offerings.

This second chapter of Leviticus gives specific instructions on grain offerings.  It presents interesting details, such as the use of fine flour, how to pour the olive oil, to cook or not to cook the grain, and not to use yeast or honey. 

In today’s verse, the directions are clear about the importance of using salt in the grain offering, as a way to remind the people of God’s eternal covenant.  So why salt?  In an age well before refrigeration, salt was an important preservative.  Salt in the grain offering was a reminder that God’s covenant could not be destroyed by decay.  It was eternal and unperishable.  I love how as we read these instructions, everything has meaning and purpose.

Let’s pray…God, we thank you for being a God of order.  There is purpose in each command.  Nothing is random.  We are grateful for the way you put things together and even when we don’t understand why things occur, we trust you will make all things work together for our good.  In Your Name, Amen.