Like the Burnt and Peace offering, the Grain offering was a volunteer offering to God. The words used to describe it convey the idea that it is an inferior giving something to a superior. I note that this offering might have aided those who wanted to give more to show their devotion to God but didn't have the animal to sacrifice. It is also interesting that these volunteer offerings are just that volunteer. God didn't demand total surrender of them, yes He wanted it but didn't make it mandatory. God didn't require that they from their hearts submit to Him as their superior but wanted it. God even in what was to be a nation under God and by God's rule gave man the freedom to choose him fully, just as he does today.
Though this offering was volunteered it wasn't to be given any way the giver decided, there was still a specific way God wanted the a freewill offering given. Yes, God gives us freedom to choose Him but not freedom on how we do it.
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