Leviticus 3:1–5
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We moderns, particularly we evangelicals, have a bad habit of treating the Old Testament like a dusty attic. We know there are some valuable heirlooms up there somewhere, but we are mostly intimidated by the clutter. And no book seems more cluttered to the modern mind than Leviticus. It feels distant, strange, and frankly, a bit bloody. We are a people who buy our meat in sterile plastic packages, far removed from the realities of life and death. But Leviticus forces us to confront these realities head-on. It is a book about worship, and true worship is never sterile. It is about life and death, sin and grace, separation and communion. They are about dedicating ourselves wholly to God and acknowledging His provision. But the third offering, the peace offering, is something different. This is not primarily about atonement for sin, though that is presupposed.