Post by Lee on Feb 28, 2014 0:57:30 GMT
Honey is sweet to human taste, and stands ...for all that is of self-gratifying character. This is in contrast to the bitter herbs used in the passover sacrifice.
Self-denial is an indispensable part of divine submission, so self-gratification is a prohibited element. Pleasure-seeking, in the gratification of “the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life”, appears to be the antitypical honey which is out of place on the altar of the Lord.
“It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory” (Prov 25:27). This would suggest that the thing condemned in the typical prohibition of honey from the meat offering was self-glory.
Roberts, R. (1987). The Law of Moses
Self-denial is an indispensable part of divine submission, so self-gratification is a prohibited element. Pleasure-seeking, in the gratification of “the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life”, appears to be the antitypical honey which is out of place on the altar of the Lord.
“It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory” (Prov 25:27). This would suggest that the thing condemned in the typical prohibition of honey from the meat offering was self-glory.
Roberts, R. (1987). The Law of Moses