A reconsideration of the meaning of peace offerings

The five representative offerings that appear in the Old Testament are burnt offering, meal offering, peace offerings, sin offering and compensate offering. Of the five great sacrifices, the peace offerings (zebachselamim) have two distinctive characters that cannot be found in other sacrifices. From the perspective of co-eating, the peace offerings was supposedly the favorite of many of the sacrifices of the Old Testament. Because it was a kind of feast for those who participated in the sacrifice after having sacrificed sacrifices to God and sharing the portion of the sacrifice happily. The common meals and co-ownership of the Early Church in the book of Acts are the active aspects of that fellowship. The purpose of this study is to examine the uses of the peace offerings in the Bible, especially in the Old Testament, and to explore the true meaning of the peace offerings for our time. Modern Christianity and the church must continue to have the true meaning of peace offering even in times when the sacraments of the Bible are no longer necessary.