When I have read the different offerings that the Lord commanded the Israelites in the past I always thought it was too violent and bloody and I never really wanted to understand it more. Oh how wrong I was. Leviticus is not just boring laws filled with sacrifices, it is a passionate account of worship. The people of Israel brought their best and first fruits to give to God in an act of worship! I can’t wait to read more of the accounts in Leviticus in the next month.
I also am a little ashamed that I think of the sacrifices to be so barbaric and bloody because at the center of my faith is a very violent and bloody event. When Jesus Christ died on the cross for the sins of the world it was a horrid and painful event. Thankfully it happened because I would be lost otherwise. How blessed I am.
