DAILY?READINGS: 1 Chronicles 28; Ezekiel 24-25; John 9:1-17
Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour. Ephesians 5:2
The burnt offering (Lev. 1:9), the meal offering (Lev. 2:2) and the peace offering (Lev. 3:5) were each identified as a special sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. Our Lord Jesus Christ is all three. As the burnt offering, He surrendered His all to God’s will (Heb. 10:7,8); as the meal offering, He submitted His perfect life as a sacrifice for all on the altar of the cross (John 4:34). As the peace offering He reconciled man to God and united all the redeemed together in Himself (Eph. 2:14-17). He is indeed the sweet-savour sacrifice with whom God is well-pleased. —K. C. Ung
And as now I eat and drink, let me truly, sweetly think,
Thou didst hang upon the tree, broken, bleeding, there—for me.
—Author Unknown