All Fat is the Lord’s ~ The Imaginative Conservative

All Fat is the Lord’s ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Some Christians get hats or bumper-stickers or even tattoos that simply say “John 3:16.” For some reason “Leviticus 3:16” doesn’t get much love. In that verse, we read: “All fat is the LORD’s” (Lev 3:16). Surprisingly, this verse points to what Christian joy truly means. In context, Leviticus 3:16 is a commandment that all the fat of a sacrificed animal belongs to God. For some occasions, the one offering an animal to God can eat parts of the sa…