Lay your hand on the animal's head, and the Lord will accept its death in your place to purify you, making you right with him. (Leviticus 1:4 NLT)
The Gospel according to Leviticus. No, this is not a missing 13th disciple. No, this book is not in the New Testament. It's not the fifth gospel. But this is the gospel! It is absolutely amazing & wonderful to me that God's plan has always been singular. God has always had a plan A. This passage & the whole sacrificial system in the Old Testament points to what Jesus would do once for all on the cross in the New Testament.
When we think about this OT sacrificial system we can tend to think that this actually took away sin. It did not however. Hebrews 10:4 confirms this. "For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins." So what was it for if it didn't take away sins?
The OT sacrificial system shows us our need for the removal of sins, among many other things. It shows us our need for a substitute, someone to take our place. We need someone to make us right with God! Only Jesus could do this. Only Jesus would do this.
God passed over former sins in the OT but only Jesus took on sins & took them away! Jesus makes us right with God. Jesus is our perfect substitute who once & for all has satisfied the wrath of God. We no longer need to offer sacrifices because he sacrificed himself one time for all time.
This is the gospel according to Leviticus & this is the only good news there is!
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