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Despite their repeated sin and failure, the Israelites were never alone during their pilgrimage; God was with them, faithfully leading them to their intended destination as He promised (cf. Exod. 6:8). And so it is that those “numbers” recorded by Moses weren’t just statistics; they were souls.
Read MoreThe book of Leviticus, using cognate forms of qadosh more than one hundred times, emphasizes the holiness of God like no other. And in so doing, it gives the answer. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Moses wrote Leviticus to help the Israelites understand the holiness of God, the sinfulness of man, the means of atonement, and the supremacy of the Great High Priest. It helps us just the same, today.
Read MoreThe journey from bondage in Egypt to worship at Sinai represents, in a general sense, the redemption of all of God’s elect: from slavery, to salvation, to service.
Read MoreIn the end, this book of beginnings points us to Jesus: the Lion of the tribe of Judah (cf. Rev. 5:5), the true King of Israel (cf. John 1:49), the Lamb of God for Isaac (cf. John 1:29), the ever-present friend of Abraham (cf. 2 Chron. 20:7), the ark of Noah’s salvation (cf. 1 Pet. 3:19-21), the life-giving last Adam (cf. 1 Cor. 15:45), and the Creator of the world (cf. Col. 1:16).
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