Does God Smell?

When it says God smelled the sweet savor of a burnt sacrafice is that literal? Is he really smelling it and enjoying it or is he enjoying the symbolism that one day Jesus would die for us to be saved. Thank YOu, Charles Castillo

The Bible uses number of human characteristics to describe God. When the Bible talks of God`s eyes or hands it does not mean God has literal eyes or hands like we do. The theological term for this usage of language is Anthropomorphism. Such lanaguage is used in the Bible for our benefit and understanding. God is beyond our full comprehension but He has chosen to reveal Himself in terms we can comprehend. This necessitates the use of human language in order to describe attributes of God. So human actions, emotions, and physique is used to describe God. When it says God smelled the burnt sacrifice it doesn`t mean he smelled it like we do. It is a literary way of saying He was pleased. The fact that the sacrifice was offered in obedience to His word pleased God.