PEACE OFFERINGS

The third important category of animal sacrifices is peace offering(Lev 3:1.) These were given, not on demand, but on ones volution. They were given for thanks giving, vows, of basically as "voluntary" offerings(Lev 7:12). Their purpose was in the label. Modern peace offering are equally diverse and scripturaly, are encapsulated in a the following, as some of those found in scripture.

• Sacrifice of praise(Heb 13:5, Ps 50:23, 32:11)
• Sacrifice of thanks giving(Ps 107:22)
• Speaking to God as a free will offering(Ps 119:108)
• Sacrifices of righteousness(PS 4:5, 51:19). not surprisingly the fruits of righteousness, its written, are sown in peace(James 3:18). This means that all fruits of righteousness are aside from being a gift from God, to be given to men and to God, as a gift to Him.
• Glory and strength as a gift to God(Ps 29:1,2) These are also, like the others, gifts God gives first. A good example of how to do this is seen in the many worship sessions in heaven as recorded in revelation(....Power and glory and honor and wisdom be to Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb...)
• Sacrifices of Joy(psalms 27:6) This is a fruit of the spirit too. When you are joyful, it is an offering to God.
• Doing Good and fellowship(Heb 13:16). This includes mercy(Hosea 6:1)
• Thanks giving(Ps 50:14) Enter His gates(of the temple) with Thanksgiving, courts with praise, it is written in another place.
• Love(Rom 13:18)
• Gifts to fellow men/ people(Phil 4:17, 18; also Heb13:16).
• Service to God as an offering(Phil 2:17, 2 Tim 4:16)
• Acts of obedience too, for example, obedience to parents(Col 3:20)

With all these as offerings of the new temple, it is impossible to be a passive Christian. These are the works of the dispensation of grace. unlike in the old temple where iniquity was purged by works, now, it is purged by mercy and truth(prov 16:6). As important, all offerings had one similarity; a willing heart.

With offerings flowing, first from God to men, then from men to God, sometimes through other men, which God honours with more of Himself, His manifold glory, which is given back to Him, creating an endless, frantic exchange between men and God, which grows, which is also the annointing of God, a mighty fortress is created around the sons of God. This is a garment, a powerful one, covering His sons.