Hello all, we would like to invite you to join us in an adventure as we travel across the Sinai Peninsula, we will be walking with Abraham’s descendents as they journey towards their Promised Land, it’s my hope we will become involved with them, as if we are there in the camp, that we can enter in to their feelings, emotions and experiences,
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Rom 15:4
With the goal of learning from what Our Lord was teaching them, building up our hope and with a better understanding of how to worship our Heavenly Father in Spirit and Truth.
So all are welcome to join with us, questions, comments and thoughts are welcome, as usual, …as we allow the Holy Spirit to do His work of teaching us all things from His Word. 1 John 2:27
Let’s start off with an introduction to the book, Leviticus literally means, pertaining to the Levites, the Levites were the sons of Levi that were dedicated and consecrated to serving the Lord in the Tabernacle. They were the ones that took care of the business of the Tabernacle; we could consider them like maintenance men today.
Then there was Aaron, from the tribe of Levi, who was the High Priest and his sons became the priests of the Tabernacle carrying out the actual work of the sacrifices the people brought to offer to the Lord. A priest is someone who represents the people to God and represents God to the people. So in this book we will learn how the priests represented the people in the sacrifice ministry to the Lord in the Tabernacle to better understand our ministry as a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ 1 Pet 2:5 then after being in the presence of God we can minister to the people through the Gospel of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
In the book of Genesis we learn of sin and the following condemnation that fell on all of humanity, the book of Exodus teaches us about the Redemption the Lord has provided for us through His Passover Lamb, the blood of His Son Jesus Christ placed on their doors which speaks of the Cross and our Passover Lamb crucified on Calvary, ...in Leviticus we will learn about separation and consecration, one of the main topics or themes of the book is HOLINESS, we are to be a holy people, consecrated to be different than those that live around us, over and over, many, many times we will find the word Holy used throughout this book.
Leviticus is also considered a bloody book and because of that many tend to not want to read it, but blood is another key theme throughout the book as it relates to holiness and consecration, we have been washed by the blood and we will see how the types and illustrations used in this book prefigure what Jesus has done for us. The blood speaks of how awful and terrible sin is and because of sin there has to be a sacrifice, the killing of an innocent victim and the shedding of blood,
For the wages of sin is death. Rom 6:23
…without shedding of blood is no remission (of sin). Heb 9:22
We must always remember, sin demands a sacrifice, the shedding of blood; …sin is deadly serious and causes death in those who sin. This is displayed most graphically for us in the book as sinners bring their sacrifice to the Tabernacle, place their hands on the head of the victim/sacrifice and then slit its throat, we, living in the Church Age, have been spared the agony and horror of what it meant to select and inspect a sacrificial animal for days to make certain there was not any blemish, hand feed the animal, wash it to make certain there wasn’t any spot, that it was clean, then have to lead it to the Tabernacle knowing what would be required of us.
Then would come the death of the animal, death is always the result of sin, and that death is manifested in our lives as; the death of happiness and joy, the death of peace, death of a relationship with God, all of those being in our spiritual lives and resulting then in the death of things in our physical lives, health, friendships, business, marriages, families, …sin destroys and in this book we will learn of how all of these sacrifices will ultimately speak to us of our blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who freely offered Himself up as a sacrifice for our sins, both individually and corporately for humanity on a bloody Cross outside of Jerusalem, why, because He loves us and wants to restore what sin has destroyed in our spiritual lives, happiness, joy, peace and communion/fellowship with God 1 John 1:3 and ultimately restoration in our physical lives.
While the book of Leviticus shows us the deadly results of sin, praise the Lord it also shows us the grace of God,
…where sin abounds, grace abounds much more. Rom 5:20
Over and over we will read where God says, “I will forgive you of your sins and iniquities,” the doctrine of forgiveness is also a reoccurring theme in the book, we will read many times God pronouncing, “it shall be forgiven, it shall be forgiven,” but each and every sin has a price to pay, …there is a cost to forgiveness and that is the shedding of blood of an innocent victim.
Which brings us to the major theme of this book, the sacrifice of Christ, all of these sacrifices are types, an illustration of Christ that will give us a better understanding of Jesus, which hopefully will cause us to better know and appreciate Him, which when fully understood will cause us to want to grow and mature in our walk with Jesus, to allow the Holy Spirit to do His work of conforming us into the image of Jesus. Rom 8:29
It is our hope, as we learn from and through this study, we will, from our hearts, spontaneously break forth in praise and adoration for our Lord, …Worthy is the Lamb who was slain!
Let’s bow our hearts in a word of prayer,
Father, as we read and study this book, the book of Leviticus, we ask in the name of your Son Jesus, that You would speak to all who are reading and studying with us, You know each and every heart that is following this study, You know each and every need of those hearts, we pray Father that you would minister to all of these needs in the special way that only You can, …Praise you Jesus!
Lev 1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying
The Children of Israel had supplied all that was needed to build the Tabernacle, the Holy Spirit had given wisdom and craftsmanship to all those that would be a part of building it, the day came when it was finished and the camp observed the Lord descend on the Tent and ultimately, hidden from eyesight, the Mercy Seat where His kâbôd, His Shekinah Glory rested, or more properly, dwelt.
I can imagine the excitement and anticipation in the camp, what did it mean; they had been led by a Cloud during the day and a Pillar of Fire by night, but this was new, this was different, …then the whole camp heard the Voice of the Lord call out from inside the Tabernacle telling Moses to speak to the people.
VS 2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
If any man, that meant it was voluntary, were to bring or wanted to bring an offering, it was to be an animal, they had already given of their material and physical possessions as offerings, this was something new, …I wonder if the offering of their possessions might have been out of gratitude because of how the Lord had delivered them from the Egyptians through the Red Sea, had provided them with water and food thus far, …but an animal, what could that mean…
In our next study we will be studying the first of five offerings, the Burnt Offering, so may I please ask you read chapter one of Leviticus so that it will be fresh in your mind.
Comments, additions, thoughts are welcomed,
Tomorrow’s study, Leviticus 1
Lord bless you all.
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Rom 15:4
With the goal of learning from what Our Lord was teaching them, building up our hope and with a better understanding of how to worship our Heavenly Father in Spirit and Truth.
So all are welcome to join with us, questions, comments and thoughts are welcome, as usual, …as we allow the Holy Spirit to do His work of teaching us all things from His Word. 1 John 2:27
Let’s start off with an introduction to the book, Leviticus literally means, pertaining to the Levites, the Levites were the sons of Levi that were dedicated and consecrated to serving the Lord in the Tabernacle. They were the ones that took care of the business of the Tabernacle; we could consider them like maintenance men today.
Then there was Aaron, from the tribe of Levi, who was the High Priest and his sons became the priests of the Tabernacle carrying out the actual work of the sacrifices the people brought to offer to the Lord. A priest is someone who represents the people to God and represents God to the people. So in this book we will learn how the priests represented the people in the sacrifice ministry to the Lord in the Tabernacle to better understand our ministry as a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ 1 Pet 2:5 then after being in the presence of God we can minister to the people through the Gospel of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
In the book of Genesis we learn of sin and the following condemnation that fell on all of humanity, the book of Exodus teaches us about the Redemption the Lord has provided for us through His Passover Lamb, the blood of His Son Jesus Christ placed on their doors which speaks of the Cross and our Passover Lamb crucified on Calvary, ...in Leviticus we will learn about separation and consecration, one of the main topics or themes of the book is HOLINESS, we are to be a holy people, consecrated to be different than those that live around us, over and over, many, many times we will find the word Holy used throughout this book.
Leviticus is also considered a bloody book and because of that many tend to not want to read it, but blood is another key theme throughout the book as it relates to holiness and consecration, we have been washed by the blood and we will see how the types and illustrations used in this book prefigure what Jesus has done for us. The blood speaks of how awful and terrible sin is and because of sin there has to be a sacrifice, the killing of an innocent victim and the shedding of blood,
For the wages of sin is death. Rom 6:23
…without shedding of blood is no remission (of sin). Heb 9:22
We must always remember, sin demands a sacrifice, the shedding of blood; …sin is deadly serious and causes death in those who sin. This is displayed most graphically for us in the book as sinners bring their sacrifice to the Tabernacle, place their hands on the head of the victim/sacrifice and then slit its throat, we, living in the Church Age, have been spared the agony and horror of what it meant to select and inspect a sacrificial animal for days to make certain there was not any blemish, hand feed the animal, wash it to make certain there wasn’t any spot, that it was clean, then have to lead it to the Tabernacle knowing what would be required of us.
Then would come the death of the animal, death is always the result of sin, and that death is manifested in our lives as; the death of happiness and joy, the death of peace, death of a relationship with God, all of those being in our spiritual lives and resulting then in the death of things in our physical lives, health, friendships, business, marriages, families, …sin destroys and in this book we will learn of how all of these sacrifices will ultimately speak to us of our blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who freely offered Himself up as a sacrifice for our sins, both individually and corporately for humanity on a bloody Cross outside of Jerusalem, why, because He loves us and wants to restore what sin has destroyed in our spiritual lives, happiness, joy, peace and communion/fellowship with God 1 John 1:3 and ultimately restoration in our physical lives.
While the book of Leviticus shows us the deadly results of sin, praise the Lord it also shows us the grace of God,
…where sin abounds, grace abounds much more. Rom 5:20
Over and over we will read where God says, “I will forgive you of your sins and iniquities,” the doctrine of forgiveness is also a reoccurring theme in the book, we will read many times God pronouncing, “it shall be forgiven, it shall be forgiven,” but each and every sin has a price to pay, …there is a cost to forgiveness and that is the shedding of blood of an innocent victim.
Which brings us to the major theme of this book, the sacrifice of Christ, all of these sacrifices are types, an illustration of Christ that will give us a better understanding of Jesus, which hopefully will cause us to better know and appreciate Him, which when fully understood will cause us to want to grow and mature in our walk with Jesus, to allow the Holy Spirit to do His work of conforming us into the image of Jesus. Rom 8:29
It is our hope, as we learn from and through this study, we will, from our hearts, spontaneously break forth in praise and adoration for our Lord, …Worthy is the Lamb who was slain!
Let’s bow our hearts in a word of prayer,
Father, as we read and study this book, the book of Leviticus, we ask in the name of your Son Jesus, that You would speak to all who are reading and studying with us, You know each and every heart that is following this study, You know each and every need of those hearts, we pray Father that you would minister to all of these needs in the special way that only You can, …Praise you Jesus!
Lev 1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying
The Children of Israel had supplied all that was needed to build the Tabernacle, the Holy Spirit had given wisdom and craftsmanship to all those that would be a part of building it, the day came when it was finished and the camp observed the Lord descend on the Tent and ultimately, hidden from eyesight, the Mercy Seat where His kâbôd, His Shekinah Glory rested, or more properly, dwelt.
I can imagine the excitement and anticipation in the camp, what did it mean; they had been led by a Cloud during the day and a Pillar of Fire by night, but this was new, this was different, …then the whole camp heard the Voice of the Lord call out from inside the Tabernacle telling Moses to speak to the people.
VS 2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
If any man, that meant it was voluntary, were to bring or wanted to bring an offering, it was to be an animal, they had already given of their material and physical possessions as offerings, this was something new, …I wonder if the offering of their possessions might have been out of gratitude because of how the Lord had delivered them from the Egyptians through the Red Sea, had provided them with water and food thus far, …but an animal, what could that mean…
In our next study we will be studying the first of five offerings, the Burnt Offering, so may I please ask you read chapter one of Leviticus so that it will be fresh in your mind.
Comments, additions, thoughts are welcomed,
Tomorrow’s study, Leviticus 1
Lord bless you all.
