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Leviticus chapter 1 verse 4

he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering

and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. of the oftentimes skipped over in the Bible that's not read very often or even maybe

taken very seriously the book of Leviticus because we see a variety of things

in this book that don't seem to make sense to us or don't seem to

apply to our lives and granted there are a variety of things that don't apply directly.

And these are commands and instructions given for offerings in a Old Testament,

Old Covenant sacrificial system that don't apply in the same way in the

New Testament.

And we see in the New Testament that Jesus has come to offer the full and final sacrifice for our sins in a way that makes many of these

offerings obsolete. At the same time that doesn't mean that this book doesn't have anything to apply to our lives.

There is so much in this book that is so helpful for us to understand who God is, who we are, what it means to follow

him even right here in the very beginning.

What I just read from Leviticus chapter 1 verse 4 is huge for understanding what we're about to do when we pray in just a moment.

The whole picture here from the very beginning of Leviticus is God, the end of exodus dwells in his glory among his people in a tabernacle.

Basically a picture of his presence dwelling with the Israelites.

The reality is though the Israelites were sinful people.

So how could a holy God dwell in the midst of sinful people? That question leads to the whole book of Leviticus and a need for a sacrificial system

offerings that would be given to make atonement for sin.

And that word atonement literally means

to be made at one with something or reconciled to someone

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