I started January 1st reading through the Bible in a year, I had never done this before. I can honestly say there are a couple books towards the end of the Old Testament I have never read. So this will be a cool thing to do, plus I get a chance to read some of my favorite events from the scriptures. Now I have gotten behind a little but I am catching up and continuing on.
The book I got hung on was Leviticus, I have not finished it yet, still like 4 chapters. (I have moved on to Numbers to stay with the days) I can say that this book, so far, has made me appreciate grace. If you have not read Leviticus all the way through, then you should pick you Bible up and at least read through it, you will understand what I mean.
In a nutshell, Leviticus is a book of laws. Laws on living, laws of offerings\sacrifices, and laws of who can perform offerings and sacrifices.
But back to my main thought, Leviticus makes me appreciate grace. Without Christ coming to earth, living a sinless life, dying for our sins and his ultimate resurrection there would be no grace. The state of the world would make it near impossible to ever provide the sacrifices God required of Israel after the were freed from Egyptian slavery.
Imagine every time you committed a sin, you would have to get you BEST calf, lamb, bird, etc. Go to your nearest Tabernacle. Wait in a line that would reach from here to forever(because everyone else would be in line as well), when you finally make it to the front of the line the High Priest would offer that up to God as a sacrifice for that sin. You probably sinned while standing in line, so guess what? BACK TO THE END OF THE LINE. Now it might not go exactly like that but you get the picture, we would all be laying sacrifices ALL THE TIME.
Praise God He had an ultimate plan. God knew we could never live up to his hundreds of laws that He laid out for Israel. Thats why Jesus came. He was the PERFECT sacrifice. Not a blemish, never sinned, lived as God asked Him. AND Jesus is also our High Priest. So through Christ, God cut out 2 pieces of a very complicated puzzle.
I am looking forward to what God has for me as I journey through His word. My hope is I learn to appreciate what Christ did for me on the cross more and more. Ultimately leading me to Love God more and more. Thats the relationship He wants with me, I want that relationship.
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