The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

Ancient kings went to war in the spring (2 Samuel 11:1), and so to assure their success the kings chose that time to offer sacrifices to their gods. Slaughtered lambs’ organs were the means by which the kings inquired of their gods as divination was used to learn the outcome and strategy for their impending military campaigns. Israel’s God told them to immediately burn the organs to Him as their oracles were derived for the all-seeing, all-knowing Lord of all the earth—the Lord of Saboath. For pagan rulers, examining the organs and entrails of the dead animal told them whether or not the campaigns they planned would be successful. A favored divination organ for this practice was the lamb’s liver. See Liver. Primitive occultists believed that the inner construction of the liver resembled a little man who told them the secrets of the future. See 2 Samuel 11 and Ezekiel 21:21 for the annual war campaigns of kings. Livers then stood for regeneration and confrontation. Thus, they were always sacrificed at these times. Lambs have a long-standing status as the sacrificial of choice for most religions. The Creator’s term of endearment for His Son Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God, because of His submission to divine slaughter for the redemption of humanity. Creator God as a King was about to wage war with the forces of darkness that were being evicted from their long-standing authority. To do so, God provides Himself a sacrifice, the ultimate and final one. The only sacrifice that was suitable for the God of gods was a God equal to Himself. Thus, His Son was the only being sinless enough to outstrip the lamb slain in the garden of Eden after Adam’s transgression. Lambs as offerings were prefigured throughout the Old Testament. Israel’s annual rituals all required lamb sacrifices. With the feast of unleavened bread, seven lambs were commanded to be offered. The lambs were male (rams) and were offered just at the butting age. That is their age of eligibility for engaging in territorial conflicts. Numbers 28:11 through 29:36 specifies the lambs were to be offered annually at the beginning of every month with other meat offerings. Interestingly, the lambs’ offerings were tied to the tithe in these passages. Lastly, the seven lambs offered annually at the feast of unleavened bread coincide with the seven spirits before God’s throne and thus the seven churches that eventually came out of Christ’s passion. One-tenth of the meal (grain or flour) was to be mixed with the holy oil and offered to God. Thus the connection between the tithe and the church of Christ is further amplified. Every year seven lambs were to be offered in the prescribed manner, saying to us that not only was Christ the sacrificial lamb but the church as His sevenfold offspring was also depicted. Look at how beautifully the connection is made in Number 28:26–29: “Also on the day of the first fruits,