the meat offering

And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: Leviticus 2:1 This meat offering was actually a grain offering of flour. In John 6:47 - 51 Jesus tells us that He is the bread that came down from heaven and in verse 51 He says, I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. So Jesus is the bread that is to be offered up for the sins of the world. Also notice that the offering had oil poured upon it. This happened to Jesus in Matthew 3:16 where the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form. Finally, this sacrifice had frankincense put on it. In Hebrew the word frankincense means 'white' in that this is the colour of pure frankincense. White obviously refers to purity. Thus Jesus was the Bread from heaven who was anointed with the Holy Spirit and was totally sinless and pure. (Hebrews 1:9; Hebrews 4:15;) Next we shall take a look at the fact that no leaven was to be offered in the offering.