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- What attributes of God’s character does this passage reveal?
- How does the passage point to Jesus?
- How should the truth of this passage change me?
- How do the events of today’s reading help you better understand the grand narrative of Scripture?
Lev. 7
God even gave specific rules for who ate what portion of the various sacrifices. Some belonged to God alone. Others belonged to the atoning priest. Still others belonged equally to all of the priests. What is interesting to me is that it was the fellowship offerings that the presenter shared a part of. Hence, the fellowship, right?
There were, of course stipulations as to how this person was to partake of their offerings. The thing that stuck out to me was that the person partaking of any meat offered as a fellowship sacrifice had to be clean. “But the one who eats meat from the LORD’s fellowship sacrifice while he is unclean, that person must be cut off from his people.” (Lev. 7:20). This brings to mind the teachings to the churches in the New Testament. Paul made it very clear that those defiantly living in sin should not remain in fellowship with the body of Christ, the Church. And so we see yet another piece of how all these strange Old Testament laws tell the story of our relationship with God through Christ.
Lev. 8-9
Moses ordained Aaron and His sons to serve as priests before the LORD. He consecrated them and their garments through a specific ritual of sacrifices and anointing. There is never any mention of Moses ever being consecrated in any way, though. I guess this is part of what makes Moses a ‘type of Christ’, a foreshadowing of Christ’s person, work, or kingdom. Moses was the mediator between God and His people. God gave His word to Moses, who then passed it on to the people. And it was through him that God redeemed His people from their bondage to Egypt. Jesus, likewise, is the Word of God to us. He is our Redeemer and the one mediator between God and man (see 1 Tim. 2:5). And, as Moses demonstrated, it is Jesus who consecrates us to serve as God’s kingdom of priests (see Rev. 5:10).