Bro Jack. Glad you wrote this article. Once a person has a grasp of the Bible, Leviticus is anything but boring. It is vital to understanding the sacrificial order of the OT and the book of Hebrews. When new Christians agree to study with me ( I have a set routine of several book taking several years at two hours week, one on one.) The second book I study w/ them is Hebrews w/ a background in the OT sacrifices. Yes, the first six chapters of Lev, & ch 16. I refer to the book frequently in all of our Bible classes and in sermons. If we are not doing that, we are missing the boat. Also a better title for the article would be the most ignored book of the Bible.
This was wonderful and thankyou so very much for addressing the importance of Leviticus is absolutely fascinating and grasping it from the spirit and not the letter, helps so much in understanding the character and person of our abba Heavenly father as you stated especially his two attributes of holiness and His love. Heavenly father actually took me to look deeply at kilayim in 2017 which means mixture from the Hebrew and how that applied to vaccines & again especially in 2020 concerning nanotech, MRNAI/CrisprCas9 infused potions that came out and to stay well away from such and forbid it to enter into my body. Interestingly some of Leviticus still applies regarding the sacredness of blood, and idols as is clearly stated in the book of Acts addressed in chapter 15. Understanding the importance of applications concerning the husband abstaining intimacy in marriage when the wife is menstruating and also concerning anal intercourse being forbidden between a husband and wife too. Sadly many Christians today don't understandand & discount the spiritual insights in the old covenant as something outdated archaic to simply discard and throw away, that though we are indeed under a new covenant and Jesus came to fulfil the old covenant and the only one who could! He being our complete sacrifice atonement and high priest after the order of Melchizedek- the king of righteousness and of peace, the perfect unblemished Passover Lamb, God as our father in Heaven is the same yesterday today and forever and He is revealed throughout His word, especially the treasure trove of riches found within the deeper profound spiritual insights & applications in Leviticus and the whole word understood and applied through the spirit. There are so many types and shadows and riches that God Himself will reveal to those who take the time to search them out! Proverbs 25:2
Like the tabernacle of old, today our body is the very representation & lay out of the tabernacle, our bodies being the living temples unto God, the outer court being our body, the inner court-the Holy being our soul where our mind will and emotions our personality inhabits and the Most Holy= our spirit
1 Corinthians 6: 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Where God tabernacles with us & where His spirit that unites with our spirit and inhabits indwells the character nature person and being of Jesus as does the infilling of the Holy spirit that both enable and empower in our ability to crucify our carnal soulish flesh in self denial & bring Him forth and the mature fullness of His fruits of the spirit that befit repentance and righteousness and in the doing of all He asks of us, submitting and yeilding to God's will & purposes renewing our mind to His mind- His thoughts and His heart- His desires to our heart & into our regenerated soul and the words of our mouths, the meditation of the thoughts of our mind and heart can be acceptable in His sight, and living our lives wholly for and unto the Lord, and to bring and furnish Him all glory.
How we live as reborn new creations in Christ Jesus matters not only to our Heavenly father but should matter to us as well. Sadly many don't want a very interpersonal set apart intimate relationship with their very Creator or with Jesus. There are many who have a form of godliness but deny & reject the true power of God that can make them Godly. They live their lives for self, & their self will, not for God's will, never discovering nor wanting to get to know what is upon the heart and mind of God & all He asks of those in covenant relationship with Him. We are to be utterly consumed by Jesus turning all our hearts & lives over to him, renewing our minds in Him & our abba, father, forsaking all. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. (Rom12:1-2) His Holy spirit and Jesus will never fail to convict us and the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgement and will continue to lead and guide into all truth those searching, striving for Him with their whole hearts hungering and thirsting for God & His righteousness and depths of who He is, He will reveal Himself and fill those truly desiring to be finely attuned to Him and His spirit, and the Holy spirit the same anointing teaches of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught us to abide in him. The Holy spirit will never go against the character, attributes & nature of all who and that God is.
I’ve heard it said that all of our New Testament authors were Old Testament scholars — in the sense that they knew well their sacred text based on the vast number of quotes, allusions, and faint echos of the OT which are embedded all through the NT. Perhaps for the atonement, none more significant than Leviticus.
Bro Jack. Glad you wrote this article. Once a person has a grasp of the Bible, Leviticus is anything but boring. It is vital to understanding the sacrificial order of the OT and the book of Hebrews. When new Christians agree to study with me ( I have a set routine of several book taking several years at two hours week, one on one.) The second book I study w/ them is Hebrews w/ a background in the OT sacrifices. Yes, the first six chapters of Lev, & ch 16. I refer to the book frequently in all of our Bible classes and in sermons. If we are not doing that, we are missing the boat. Also a better title for the article would be the most ignored book of the Bible.
This was wonderful and thankyou so very much for addressing the importance of Leviticus is absolutely fascinating and grasping it from the spirit and not the letter, helps so much in understanding the character and person of our abba Heavenly father as you stated especially his two attributes of holiness and His love. Heavenly father actually took me to look deeply at kilayim in 2017 which means mixture from the Hebrew and how that applied to vaccines & again especially in 2020 concerning nanotech, MRNAI/CrisprCas9 infused potions that came out and to stay well away from such and forbid it to enter into my body. Interestingly some of Leviticus still applies regarding the sacredness of blood, and idols as is clearly stated in the book of Acts addressed in chapter 15. Understanding the importance of applications concerning the husband abstaining intimacy in marriage when the wife is menstruating and also concerning anal intercourse being forbidden between a husband and wife too. Sadly many Christians today don't understandand & discount the spiritual insights in the old covenant as something outdated archaic to simply discard and throw away, that though we are indeed under a new covenant and Jesus came to fulfil the old covenant and the only one who could! He being our complete sacrifice atonement and high priest after the order of Melchizedek- the king of righteousness and of peace, the perfect unblemished Passover Lamb, God as our father in Heaven is the same yesterday today and forever and He is revealed throughout His word, especially the treasure trove of riches found within the deeper profound spiritual insights & applications in Leviticus and the whole word understood and applied through the spirit. There are so many types and shadows and riches that God Himself will reveal to those who take the time to search them out! Proverbs 25:2
Like the tabernacle of old, today our body is the very representation & lay out of the tabernacle, our bodies being the living temples unto God, the outer court being our body, the inner court-the Holy being our soul where our mind will and emotions our personality inhabits and the Most Holy= our spirit
1 Corinthians 6: 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Where God tabernacles with us & where His spirit that unites with our spirit and inhabits indwells the character nature person and being of Jesus as does the infilling of the Holy spirit that both enable and empower in our ability to crucify our carnal soulish flesh in self denial & bring Him forth and the mature fullness of His fruits of the spirit that befit repentance and righteousness and in the doing of all He asks of us, submitting and yeilding to God's will & purposes renewing our mind to His mind- His thoughts and His heart- His desires to our heart & into our regenerated soul and the words of our mouths, the meditation of the thoughts of our mind and heart can be acceptable in His sight, and living our lives wholly for and unto the Lord, and to bring and furnish Him all glory.
How we live as reborn new creations in Christ Jesus matters not only to our Heavenly father but should matter to us as well. Sadly many don't want a very interpersonal set apart intimate relationship with their very Creator or with Jesus. There are many who have a form of godliness but deny & reject the true power of God that can make them Godly. They live their lives for self, & their self will, not for God's will, never discovering nor wanting to get to know what is upon the heart and mind of God & all He asks of those in covenant relationship with Him. We are to be utterly consumed by Jesus turning all our hearts & lives over to him, renewing our minds in Him & our abba, father, forsaking all. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. (Rom12:1-2) His Holy spirit and Jesus will never fail to convict us and the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgement and will continue to lead and guide into all truth those searching, striving for Him with their whole hearts hungering and thirsting for God & His righteousness and depths of who He is, He will reveal Himself and fill those truly desiring to be finely attuned to Him and His spirit, and the Holy spirit the same anointing teaches of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught us to abide in him. The Holy spirit will never go against the character, attributes & nature of all who and that God is.
I’ve heard it said that all of our New Testament authors were Old Testament scholars — in the sense that they knew well their sacred text based on the vast number of quotes, allusions, and faint echos of the OT which are embedded all through the NT. Perhaps for the atonement, none more significant than Leviticus.