Nehemiah 1:1-2:20; Daniel 11:21-45; Revelation 7:1-17
With all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. Leviticus 2:13
The “all” in this verse does not relate to every kind of offering, but to every occasion on which a meal offering, beautifully illustrating Christ in His life, was presented to God. What, then, does the salt signify? It is a preservative (Matt. 5:13), and draws out flavour (Job 6:6), but those provisions were never needed by the sinless Saviour. In Ezra 4:14, the marginal reading says, “We are salted with the salt of the king’s palace” or, in other words, “we are
dependent on you, O king”. Ah! This picture of salt fits perfectly into the meal offering: Christ, wholly and constantly dependent on His Father. —Phil Coulson
Thy holy Son in lowly guise, supremely precious in Thine eyes.
Most fair to us apparelled thus, and fair to us, most fair to us. —Isaac Ewan