Sifted

Leviticus 2:1
“When someone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering is to be of fine flour. He is to pour oil on it, put incense on it.”

What is fine flour? Fine flour is an ultra-refined pure form of flour. It is sifted and ground and most of all, dirt free. This fine flour is used in making the most elegant of cakes and pastries today, but was used by the Hebrew people to make the showbread for God. This bread was to be the most holy of the offerings.

When fine flour is made, it goes through a purifying process. The wheat is harvested and set in groupings according to its value and content. The wheat must then go through a cleaning process, by which the impurities are removed. It is washed, sifted, and scraped clean. After all of that, the wheat is ready to be made into fine flour. It is taken (traditionally) and placed between two stones. The stones are then moved back and forth, twisted around, and manipulated in order to grind the wheat into fine flour.

Jesus, our showbread of life, was made from fine flour. He was selected and set apart for His content. (Matthew 3:17) He was anointed and covered in oil and perfume. (Mark 14:8) He bore our sins and was scourged by the Romans. Our dirt was literally scraped off of Him! He was tested by the Pharisees according to the Law. Those 2 big STONE tablets that Moses carried down the mountain were used to grind on Jesus. The Pharisees manipulated the law in order to trick Jesus. Because He was perfect, though, they only helped to reveal His holiness. Finally, when all of the trials and purification were complete, the fine flour was offered up on the Cross as a pleasing sacrifice to God. (Isaiah 53:10)

When Jesus went to the Cross for us, He became our fine flour; our grain offering to the Lord. Jesus became the showbread and is the Most Holy of all of the sacrifices. In Leviticus the only people who could could consume the bread were the priests. We are all priests now (1 Peter 2:9) and we can all eat this Most Holy offering.