Peace Offerings

1 Chronicles 15:28-16:1 – So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres. And as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart. And they brought in the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

Zechariah 4:7 – Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

Numbers 6:24-26 – The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Leviticus 3:1 – “If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.

Leviticus 7:16 – But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten.

Application:

• ·         Faith in the power of God’s Spirit can overcome mountainous obstacles.
• ·         David is further associated with the priests in his supervision of the sacrifices and his exercising the priestly prerogative of blessing the people.
• ·         The baked goods provided by David were for the sacrificial meal following the fellowship offerings.
• ·         The fellowship perhaps symbolized peace between God and man as well as the inward peace that resulted.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV