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Definition: The third book of the Bible, containing laws relating to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance...............

Definition: The third book of the Bible, containing laws relating to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance...............

The words of God through Moses focuses on the worship and walk of the nation of God.

Last week we studied in the book of Exodus that Israel was redeemed and established as a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.

Now, in this book, we will read and learn that the Book of Leviticus shows us as God’s people how we are to fulfill our priestly calling.

WHAT YOU ALL ARE ASKING YOURSELVES? ME? CALLED TO BE A PRIEST?

LEVITICUS IS GOD’S GUIDEBOOK FOR HIS NEWLY REDEEMED PEOPLE, SHOWING THEM HOW TO WORSHIP, SERVE, AND OBEY A HOLY GOD. OK, DOES THAT APPLY TO US TODAY?

LEVITICUS HAS ALSO BEEN CALLED THE “LAW OF THE PRIESTS.”

UNLIKE MOST BOOKS OF THE OT, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL REMAINED CAMPED AT THE FOOT OF MT. SINAI. NO GEOGRAPHICAL MOVEMENT TAKES PLACE WHATSOEVER.

SO, ARE YOU GETTING THE SETTING? NO TRAVEL, NO WANDERING, NO ATTACKING ANYONE, JUST REMAINING AT ONE PLACE.

THE DATE AND SETTING IS NOT EXACTLY KNOWN HOWEVER IT IS BELIEVED THAT MOSES PROBABLY WROTE MUCH OF LEVITICUS A SHORT TIME BEFORE HIS DEATH IN MOAB, AROUND 1405 B.C.

WHAT IS (NOTICE I DIDN’T SAY WHAT WAS) THE THEME AND PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK WE ARE STUDYING TODAY? REALLY, THE CLEAR THEME FROM SCHOLARS OVER THE YEARS IS THAT LEVITICUS FOCUSES ON HOLINESS.

“For I, the Lord, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy because I am holy.”

“Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.”

THE BOOK TEACHES US THAT WE MUST APPROACH A HOLY GOD IN THE MINDSET OF SACRIFICE AND MEDITATION THROUGH OBEDIENCE.

THE BOOK TEACHES US THAT WE MUST APPROACH A HOLY GOD IN THE MINDSET OF SACRIFICE AND MEDITATION THROUGH OBEDIENCE.

IN GENESIS MAN WAS RUINED AND ISRAEL WAS BORN; IN EXODUS PEOPLE WERE REDEEMED AND ISRAEL DELIVERED; IN LEVITICUS PEOPLE WERE CLEANSED AND ISRAEL CONSECRATED TO THE SERVICE OF GOD. HALALULA

“for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the Lord. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.”

WHAT IS THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE BIBLE?

CON

SOME READERS FEEL LEVITICUS TO BE “KIND OF” DULL. THERE IS REALLY NO ACTION OR PLOT EXCEPT FOR THE DEATH OF NADAB AND ABIHU. IT IS WEIGHTED WITH RULES, REGULATIONS AND REPETITION.

AFTER READING THOUGH WE WILL FIND IT TO BE RICH IN SPIRITUAL TRUTH CENTERING ON QUESTIONS OF PARDON FOR GUILT AND FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.

SURVEY OF LEVITICUS.

IT IS BEEN SAID THAT IT TOOK GOD ONLY ONE NIGHT TO GET ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT, BUT IT TOOK FORTY YEARS TO GET EGYPT OUT OF ISRAEL. DID YOU GET THAT PEOPLE?

THIS BOOK SERVES AGAIN AS A HANDBOOK FOR THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD, GIVING INSTRUCTIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR WORSHIP.

THIS GUIDE, LEVITICUS IS TO BE USED TO SHOW US AS FOLLOWERS OF OUR FATHER HOW TO WORSHIP, HOW TO SERVE AND SHOWS US THAT WE MUST BE ALWAYS IN OBEDIENCE.

RECAP-OUTLINE OF LEVITICUS:

THE LAWS OF ACCEPTABLE APPROACH TO GOD

THE LAWS OF THE PRIESTS, (FOR THE PRIESTS)

THE LAWS OF ISRAEL REGARDING PURITY

THE LAWS OF NATIONAL ATONEMENT, (LOCATIONS OF SACRIFICES PLACES)

THE LAWS OF SANCTIFICATION FOR THE PRIESTHOOD. (WHO DOES AND DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE PRIESTHOOD)

THE LAWS OF SANCTIFICATION IN WORSHIP, (THE WEEKLY SABBATH, YEARLY FEASTS ETC)

THE LAWS OF SANCTIFICATION IN THE LAND OF CANAAN

THE LAWS OF SANCTIFICATION THROUGH VOWS, (CONSECRATION OF PEOPLE, ANIMALS, HOUSES, FIELDS ETC.)

CONCLUSION OF LEVITICUS

“These are the commands that the Lord gave through Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.”

AMEN