Leviticus 7:1–10
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We modern Christians tend to treat the book of Leviticus like the dusty attic of the Bible. We know it's part of the house, but we don't go up there much. It seems full of strange furniture, archaic rules, and smells faintly of blood and smoke. Why should we trouble ourselves with the intricate details of the guilt offering, or the precise division of priestly portions? We do so because this is God's Word, and God does not waste ink. We do so because if we do not understand the shadow, we will never fully appreciate the substance. Leviticus is not a collection of arbitrary religious hoops for ancient Israel to jump through. It teaches us the shape of our sin and the far more glorious shape of our salvation. It despises distinctions, definitions, and, above all, the idea that sin is an objective offense against a holy God that requires a bloody payment.