God’s Perfect Sacrifice

Read Leviticus 1-4
 
Leviticus 3:1-2 “If someone’s offering is a fellowship offering, and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he is to present before the LORD an animal without defect.”
 
FIRST of all, please don’t get bogged down or bored with the Law of God. It is common for people to not read this, to even reject the reading of God’s Bible because many see this as irrelevant to their lives. But remember the Holy Bible is God’s inspired Word. He has revealed these laws to all his people throughout time to show us who he is.
    Yes, sometimes the details may seem difficult to understand or unnecessary to know. Yet, they are words of life, and they are words of truth. Please stay with these words of life and truth for you. Be alert to God’s providence to move all things toward Jesus Christ; and thus, to move himself toward you. We see this in Leviticus 1-4. As God defines the way his people are to be his people, cleansed of their sins, there is one constant truth: The animal is to be without defect--perfect. Here the LORD sets the stage for Jesus Christ’s sin-removing sacrifice. To fulfill his Laws of Repentance, the LORD has obeyed his own law to present his Son to the altar as the perfect “Lamb” from among mankind. God brings his Son, who was truly man, out of all mankind to the cross.
    Sin tears us away from God, and sin destroys the joy in our hearts. No animal could represent humanity to remove that sin. To eternally remove sin from our souls, God required a perfect human representative. That is Jesus Christ. When you confess Jesus is God’s Son risen from the grave, ascended to heaven, His blood atones for your sin to make you eternally perfect before God.
    Yes, Knowing the ancient Law helps us see our eternal God working his eternal plan to save you. When we know what God has done, we more readily understand who he is. In faith, we can trust he is a promise maker who keeps his promises. That’s one reason we are to read the Law. Rejoice you live now, so you can know God’s great movement through history toward you this day.  
 
YOUR perfect God invites you to be perfect with him.