Leviticus: It’s All About Jesus
Speaker: Pastor Caleb Chiu
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It's all about Jesus.
Everything. Is about Jesus.
Even in Old Testament books like Leviticus that may seem dry at first read but, as we look closer, reveal the wisdom and poetry of a God, of a Father who had a plan for redemption all along.
Leviticus 14:1-8 details the process by which a person diseased with leprosy is pronounced clean by the priest. In God's masterful wisdom, it is also a picture of the Gospel - of how Christ, our Great High Priest, cleanses us from sin. We are made clean through the cross (cedar wood) and through His blood (scarlet yarn). And it is through our faith and confession (hyssop) that we apply His blood to cover our lives.
Christ's death (the bird that is killed) and resurrection life (the live bird that is released) come together. Like the live bird dipped in water and blood, we are released to spread the washing of water and the covering of His blood over our families and communities, as we overcome the accuser - by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony (Revelation 12:11).
~Holy Spirit, open our eyes and stir our hearts to the profound affection of Your redemption of our souls.
Father, this was Your plan all along - that the suffering Lamb would release life and make a way for us to come home to You.
Jesus, perfect Lamb who was slain and raised to life, thank you. May we never lose the gift of tenderness and tears.
May we never become familiar with the Gospel.