Exodus ends with the tabernacle created, but Moses unable to enter. Numbers begins with God speaking to Moses inside the tabernacle. What happens in between is God’s gracious provision for intimacy with His people. This Lenten series walks through Leviticus as a great chiasm centered on the Day of Atonement, showing how God provides a way for His holy presence to dwell with His people. As we progress, we’ll see how Christ provides the ultimate atonement, cleansing us once for all, so that we can be His royal priesthood.
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I can give no better commendation than this from Dr. Thomas Constable: “Leviticus 19 has been called the highest development of ethics in the Old Testament. This chapter, perhaps better than any other in the Bible, explains what it meant for Israel to be a holy nation.”
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As we jump into week two in our Lent series in Leviticus, we are confronted with the question: How can sinful humans offer sacrifices to a holy God and be forgiven? The answer is through a mediator, which is through the initiative of God. The priests of the tribe of Levi were holy (set apart) for this exact purpose, and their lives had to reflect their calling and their purpose. Today, we don’t have priests, because we have our great High Priest in Jesus, who was and is a holy mediator on our behalf. He has made us holy and keeps us holy, so that we then can represent God’s holiness and grace to the world around us as the holy priesthood that exists in Christ.
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This Lent, we’re journeying through Leviticus—a book that might seem distant, but reveals God’s desire to be near His people. Between the glory-filled tabernacle at the end of Exodus and God’s voice speaking from within it in Numbers, we discover something beautiful: God doesn’t just dwell among us; He provides the way for us to draw close to Him.
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This service – and the season of Lent – remind believers of our mortality and call us to prayer in preparation for Easter. But the power of Ash Wednesday doesn’t depend on church history or liturgy. What’s at the center of Ash Wednesday’s meaning and power are the plain and timeless word uttered as ashes are marked on the forehead: Remember you are dust, and to dust you will return.