How does Exodus 29:40 connect to Jesus' ultimate sacrifice in the New Testament? Reading Exodus 29:40 "With the first lamb you are to offer a tenth ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine." Key Elements of the Daily Offering • A year-old lamb, spotless and innocent • Fine flour, carefully sifted and free of impurities • Olive oil, symbol of joyful anointing • Wine, poured out as a pleasing aroma to the LORD • Morning and evening presentation—unceasing worship and atonement Each Element Foreshadowing Jesus • Lamb → John 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Peter 1:19 ‑ Jesus is the sinless, substitutionary Lamb who permanently absorbs God’s wrath. • Fine flour → John 6:35 ‑ Unmixed, without leaven, pictures Christ’s pure, untainted humanity—“I am the bread of life.” • Oil → Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18 ‑ The Spirit rests on the Messiah; His ministry flows in Spirit-empowered obedience. • Wine → Matthew 26:27-28; Luke 22:20 ‑ His blood is “poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins,” turning wrath into fellowship. Morning and Evening—The Timetable of the Cross • Daily sacrifice began at dawn; another lamb at twilight (Exodus 29:39). • Jesus was nailed to the cross about the third hour (9 a.m.) and died about the ninth hour (3 p.m.)—precisely bookending Israel’s sacrificial day (Mark 15:25, 33-37). • He fulfills, in one day, what continual offerings only anticipated. From Continual to Once-for-All • Hebrews 7:27 — “He sacrificed for their sins once for all when He offered Himself.” • Hebrews 9:12 — “by His own blood… securing eternal redemption.” • Hebrews 10:10-14 — “we have been sanctified… once for all.” The repetitive pattern in Exodus shouted humanity’s ongoing need; Calvary shouts God’s definitive answer. Communion—A Living Reminder • Bread and wine reappear in the Lord’s Supper (Luke 22:19-20), inviting believers to remember that the daily provisions of flour and wine now center on a finished work. • Every time the church partakes, we echo Exodus 29:40—yet celebrate a sacrifice that never needs repeating. Takeaway: Perfect Provision, Permanent Peace Just as Israel began and ended each day with a lamb, flour, oil, and wine, God begins and ends our salvation story with His own Lamb. The elements of Exodus 29:40 lift our eyes to Jesus—the flawless, Spirit-anointed, blood-poured Savior whose single offering fully satisfies God and secures us forever. |
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