
Of course we still sacrifice
My wife enjoys the smell of scented candles. I love the smell of barbequed/braaied meat. It is pretty remarkable how a smell can permeate through the entire house. As our custom we lit up some scented candles once the kids fell asleep and I was thinking to myself candles are so prophetic of self-sacrificing. They burn and even to the point of burning out so we can have light and that sweet smell. It reminded of the sacrifices of old;
Genesis 8:21
[21]And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
Some translations use the phrase ‘pleasing aroma’ instead of ‘sweet savour’. This scripture is in the context of Noah and co. disembarking the ark. Note that they did not bring the sacrifices beforehand, before getting into the ark, as if they had to twist Abba's arm or convince Him to rescue them from the deluge. The sacrifice overflowed from out of the cup of Yah's goodness into Noah's empty vessel flowing into a lifestyle of sacrificial living. No commandment of 'thou shall sacrifice...' here. Noah did it willingly.
