No holding back

The grain offering initiated in Leviticus 2,

was just prior to the Million Man March in the desert that lasted 40 years

(I am exaggerating for the sake of alliteration,

it was probably closer to 600,000 people).

The priests got to eat part of this offering which also had frankincense in it.

I didn’t know that stuff was edible.

I suppose if I can eat turmeric, they can eat frankincense.

The grain offering was all about thankfulness and worship.

So when the writer of Hebrews talks about the sacrifice of praise,

perhaps he had the grain offering in the back of his mind.

Or perhaps he was thinking about his ancestors, 40 years in the desert.

There’s not a whole lot of wheat or barley growing out there.

So, for those 40 years in particular,

it must have been a challenge, and true sacrifice.

to come up with the wheat or barley needed for the grain offering..

But God is to be praised,

is to be thanked,

is to be worshipped.

So we do not hold back.