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What is a drink offering?
Got Questions Ministries
Drink offerings were also included with burnt and
grain offerings in God-ordained sacrifices, including the morning and evening
sacrifices of Exodus 29:40.
One-quarter hin, about one quart, of wine was poured
out into the altar fire for each lamb sacrificed (Numbers 15:4-5).
A ram sacrifice required one third of a hin (Numbers 15:6),
and a bull required one half (Numbers
15:10).
It has been speculated that the offering
of an animal, grain, oil, and wine — the smoke making a “soothing aroma to
the LORD” — is a metaphor for providing food for God, an important cultural
requirement in the Middle East.
What we do know is that the pouring out of a drink
offering is a metaphor for the blood Jesus spilled on the cross.
Jesus spoke to this directly in Luke 22:20 when He
instituted the New Covenant.
He picked up a cup of wine and said, “This
cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.”
Jesus’ sacrifice fulfilled the need of a drink
offering, His blood literally pouring out when the soldier pierced His side
with a spear (John 19:34).
Paul took the metaphor further, twice using the image
of a drink offering to describe his own service.
In Philippians 2:17, he challenged the church in
Philippi to live a life worthy of his dedication to them.
In 2 Timothy 4:6, he sensed the end of his ministry,
again comparing his efforts to wine poured out of a vessel onto an altar.
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GotQuestions.org is a ministry of dedicated and trained servants who have a desire to assist others in their understanding of God, Scripture, salvation, and other spiritual topics. We are Christian, Protestant, evangelical, theologically conservative, and non-denominational. We view ourselves as a para-church ministry, coming alongside the church to help people find answers to their spiritually related questions.
We will do our best to prayerfully and thoroughly research your question and answer it in a biblically based manner. It is not our purpose to make you agree with us, but rather to point you to what the Bible says concerning your question. You can be assured that your question will be answered by a trained and dedicated Christian who loves the Lord and desires to assist you in your walk with Him. Our writing staff includes pastors, youth pastors, missionaries, biblical counselors, Bible/Christian college students, seminary students, and lay students of God’s Word.
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