Leviticus. After pages and pages of what gets burnt, sprinkled, not touched, clean, unclean, who to marry, who not to marry, slave purchase agreements and faulty out of warranty clauses, etc.All I can say is wow. This is non stop.
It's good stuff and all, but I am earnestly just trying to get my head wrapped around it. How is it relevant? What's the purpose? The questions fall like a Houston summer rain, however one question sticks. One thought on perspective.
With Jesus and the cross how is this all important?
Progressive revelation makes sense I guess. Jesus came, tore the curtain, redeemed, saved a few sheep, a couple of goats, man kind. Life moves on.
Still, why is Leviticus important?
I think maybe its important because I think Leviticus is like that part in someone's Journey where they just left church camp, and they are really pumped about God, and they really want to make a difference, so they destroy all their CD's they get rid of their movie collection, tear down the posters, give up television, the list of sacrificial lambs goes on and on. And I think its funny how in this stage of our progression with Christ, this Leviticus part of our journey, we give up these things as if they matter. We give up these things as if that pigeon still matters, if that spotless goat still matters. We give these things up and we hold onto our selfishness. Our hate. Our bitterness. Maybe in my Leviticus, I was sacrificing sheep to ignore what He was really after.
My heart. My being. He was really after me.
Jesus talks about progressive revelation, He makes it sound like someone falling in love.
He talks about it like a story of a Groom. He talks about it like the story of His bride.
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