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The Tabernacle altar, as a memorial, as the "food of God." The remainder was eaten by Aaron and his sons. And here, again, we learn yet another beautiful lesson. The priests had communion with God, feeding upon the same food as that which satis- fied the Father's heart. Even so, we are believer-priests, feeding upon the Bread of Life, our Lord Himself. He is manna to our souls, and He satisfies His Father's heart. Thus we hold sweet fellowship and communion with our Heavenly Father, through the merits of His beloved Son and our Saviour. (See John 6:22-66.) To Moses God said, "I have given" the meal offering unto the priests "for their portion of my offerings made by fire" (Lev. 6: 17). And to us He has given His only begotten Son, to be food for our souls. The priests ate their portion of the meal offering in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation. We enter by faith into "the holy place ... not made with hands," behold there our Great-Meal-Offer- ing; and our meditation of Him satisfies our hungry hearts (Heb. 9: 11, 12). May God help us to spend more time in His presence, finding our spiritual food in Him, the Living Bread! The Peace Offering In Lev. 3:1-17; 7:11-21 we :find the God-given in- structions regarding the peace offering. It was placed upon the burnt offering and the meal offering, and pre- sented to God last of all. With the sinner's guilt covered by the blood of the promised Redeemer; with his trans- gressions forgiven; with the whole burnt offering and the meal offering having satisfied the heart of God, the Father, and having provided spiritual food for the redeemed sin- ner; then that man could know the blessed result of "peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. 5: I).
157 The Tabernacle His sins were covered by the precious blood of the sinless Substitute; he himself was "accepted in the beloved" Son of the Father; he was feeding his soul upon the Bread of Life; therefore, he could know "peace with God," "the peace of God," "peace from God"; yea, "the God of peace," for He hath "made peace through the blood of his cross." "He is our peace"! (See Rom. 5:1; Phil. 4:7; I Cor. 1:3; Rom. 15:33; Col. 1:20; Eph. 2:14.) I n all of this we see yet another of the countless lessons God was teaching His people in Old Testament t~es con- cer ning the meaning of the coming cross of Chnst: At Calvary God's holy law was vindicated and ~~gnified; His holy Being was satisfied; and He could be JUSt, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus" (Rom. 3:2_6) • For "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto him- self" (II Cor. 5: 19). Because the sinner is reconciled to God, he m:iy have fellowship with Him. 1:hat is W:hy, in the peace offering, God received His por:1on; ':hile the priest, the offerer, and his friends had their portion.' ~e redeemed sinner held communion with God and with his fellow-redeemed-all on the ground of Calvary's cross. There is no other basis for fellowship. "The natural (unsaved) man receiveth n~t the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (I Cor. 2: 14). No man can make his peace with God. He is a bank- rupt sinner, ashamed and afraid of a holy God, until he _is reconciled to Him by the precious blood of Jesus. But m Christ, born again by His Holy Spirit, the child of God k nows that all enmity is gone. Christ is his Peace! And he finds his joy in communion with Him on the ground of His finished redemption.
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