We are inherently sinful! When I look at the law expressed in chapters 5 and 6 of Leviticus I see everyone living in sin. People sinned and it did not matter if they knew it or not sin was still sin. When I think about how difficult it has been for me to stay consistent in my Bible reading I can’t fathom how impossible it would be to keep up with the sacrifices.
Can we really appreciate the gravity of what Christ’s death on the cross means without seeing our own inability laid bare? Looking at all of the rules laid down for the people of Israel I find myself fully inadequate. The weight of sin’s burden is felt in the old testament but there is a foreshadowing of one who would lift that burden from us. Jesus Christ is the reason that we can stand under the weight of our sin because he took the entirety of all our sin past, present, and future upon Himself on the cross. That expression of Grace is humbling.
