1. THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS. The Central Message.

IT’S RICHES!

The account of Leviticus picks up after God has delivered the Israelites from their captors. He mightily leads them into the desert and safely brings them to Mt. Sinai to encounter Him. God is working on their behalf.

This is a reminder that He was merging with His people, and the law was based on His Holy character.

Then, He gave instructions on how to build a mobile place of worship. At Mount Sinai, Leviticus focuses on ethical, ceremonial, and ritual details for God’s new nation and a newly established priesthood.

Is Leviticus boring to read?

Some people answer, “Yes!” It is not dull; it is full of rich treasures, especially when you read it in conjunction with the New Testament.

Don’t pass over this excellent book, or skim through its pages. You will be blessed, I promise you!

It is about your God, a HOLY GOD who wants you to know Him better.

Here we see the altars, where people come in thoughtful preparation; no one leaves without bloodshed and sacrifice. The joy of knowing God is tempered with an awareness of severe cost.

This is not the same as an earthly relationship; it is a union sealed in blood.

All its requirements are gloriously fulfilled by the Blood of the Lamb. (Blessed Jesus) who was slain for us before the creation of the World.

The Precious Blood of Jesus.

THE STRUCTURE OF LEVITICUS.

There are two main parts in Leviticus.
The first part covers chapters 1-17.

THE FIRST PART.
We have received non-moral obligations here. This part also deals with worship and the Tabernacle.

Part one shows the way to God by sacrifice. This has to do with the People’s Cleansing.

THE SECOND PART.
This part covers chapters 18-27.
Here God is dealing with the relationship concerning morals. It has to do with practice.

It shows that our walk with God is how we separate ourselves from the practice of the ungodly, which is defilement and punishment. God wants us to live clean lives!!

CHRISTIANITY TODAY.

We as Christians do not need to keep all these requirements in Leviticus because they are all fulfilled in Christ. But we live by its principles of separation from the world, such as…
The New Testament contains passages on cleanliness and other matters related to living a Christlike, Spirit-filled life.

THE CENTRAL MESSAGE OF LEVITICUS.

The message is concerned with “Fellowship.”

The idea of a new relationship on the grounds of a blood-sealed Covenant.

This is defined as a Godward Fellowship, and there is a Manward Fellowship.

This truth is expressed for us in 1 John 1:7.

“If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have Fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanses us from all sin.”

Yes, through the blood of Jesus Christ (as we walk in the light), we can fellowship with each other; truly, our Fellowship is with the Father.

So we have the “Grounds of Fellowship,”
which is Sacrifice.

The “Walk of Fellowship,” which means separation.

EXTERNALLY CLEAN.

Lev 11:1 – 47.
In this chapter, Moses and Aaron
spelled out instructions from God about foods that were “clean” and “unclean.”
These rules defined what could be consumed and what had to be avoided.

Every bird and insect was permitted or forbidden.

As we move through the Old Testament, the terms ‘clean and unclean’ include the internal condition.

INTERNALLY CLEAN!

See Psalm 51:10.

“Create in me a clean Heart, Oh God.”
Ultimately, God would make the Israelites clean, but not through the sacrificial system.

Now, please read Ezekiel 36:25 to 37.

“A New Heart I will give you,”
“And a New Spirit I will put within you”

JESUS’S TEACHING!
Jesus emphasised that the “heart” is where defilement begins.

He said, in Mark 15:7
“It’s not what goes into the body that defiles you; you are defiled by what comes out of your mouth.”

Jesus solved the problem about Him. He also offered Himself as the sole solution for our uncleanness.

Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 6:11,
which confirms the words of Jesus.

“But you were cleansed; You were made right with God by calling on the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God.

“Isn’t this so-so wonderful!

Through “JESUS,”

“YOU ARE CLEAN! THROUGH THE WORDS HE HAS SPOKEN UNTO YOU.”
John 15:3.

Amen.

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