3) The Book of Leviticus

LEVITICUS begins with the word And; therefore, it is a continuation of Exodus. The book focuses on the most important quality to fellowship with the holy God. The people could not approach God when He spoke from a mountain, but they could approach God when He spoke from the 'tabernacle. Holiness is the key quality to approach God (Lev. 19:2).
The word holy occurs 94 times in the 27 chapters and 859 verses of the book.

God had a temple for His people in the OT, but in the NT God has a people for His temple (1 Cor, 3:16-17; 6:19-20), The temple is the meeting ground for fellowship. Holiness is the most important attribute of God and it is the priority for a believer to fellowship with the holy God (1 Thess. 4:1-8; 1 Peter 1:13-16; 1 John 1).

Spiritually, Exodus typifies justification and Leviticus typifies sanctification or holiness (Ex. 13:2). True holiness is only attained through spiritual discernment under the guidance of the Holy Ghost (John 16:13-14; 17:17). Holiness requires discretion and proper judgment between the holy and the profane (Lev. 10:10; 11:47; Prov. 2:11; Isa. 5:20; John 7:24; 1 Cor. 2:9-16). The only absolute standard for holiness is the true Bible (John 12:48; 2 Tim. 3:15-17). Sincere students of the word pray for good judgment to attain true holiness (Ps. 119:66; ,Rom. 7:12; 2 Cor. 7:1).

The sons of Levi were chosen' by the Lord to be the OT priests because they demonstrated proper judgment (Ex. 32:26-29; Deut. 33:8-11; Ps. 106:30-31). In the NT every believer is a priest (Acts 4:36; 1 Peter 2:5). 'Leviticus served as a handbook for the Levites in the proper methods of sacrifices, offerings, and ethical standards (Deut. 6:24-25). The Jews refer to the book as the Law ofthe Priests. The ministry of the Levites was the preservation, practice, and preaching of the Scriptures (Ezra 7:6-10; Neh. 8:1-8; Ezek, 44:23; Mal. 2:1-10).

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