We're reading through the book of Leviticus.

And in the last few episodes, we've been looking at the many sacrifices that God instructs

the people of Israel to offer him.

And there are a lot of them, day in and day out, animals being slaughtered.

And you might think, is this a little much, a little wasteful?

The disciples of Jesus asked a very similar question.

And a woman came in poor and expensive perfume all over Jesus' feet.

The disciples are saying, why this waste?

And what he says is, she gave the most precious gift of all.

She surrendered the most, and that's why the story will be told.

Jesus called her act an Ola offering.

The ascension offering, or what we call the burnt offering.

Were you taking an entire animal, all of it, and you let it be consumed by the fire of

the altar?

But the Ola, all value is surrendered over to God.

It's a complete surrender.

It's the most costly.

I can't go into God's heavenly throne room.

But here is a blameless animal that can go up on my behalf.

It's a powerful image.

To enter God's life, I must go through death.

The death of the animal, and it's purging through fire and ascending, is an image of what

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