As we discussed in last month’s column, Leviticus 2 requires grain offerings. These are second in line after the whole burnt offerings. What is their typological significance? To what do they point?

Leviticus 2:9 gives us a start: “The priest then shall take up from the grain offering its memorial portion, and shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.”

The word memorialmeans “remembrance.” The name Zechariahhas the same root. The name means “God’s memorial” or “memorial to God.” Part of the grain offering is the memorial portion given as God’s memorial.

Remember here the words of Jesus: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field” (Matt. 13:24). “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few” (9:37). Christ likens the advance of His kingdom to work in a harvest field.

Isaiah connects the harvest field and the ...