As we go through these regulations for worship, we should pay attention to the fact that God really cares how he is worshiped!
When you come into the presence of a holy God, it matters how you come!
You might be tempted to think – but there is no Leviticus in the New Testament!
Are you sure about that? Go home tonight and read the book of Hebrews! Hebrews tells us how to read the book of Leviticus in the light of Christ – and, indeed, how to read Christ in the light of Leviticus!
Hebrews focuses on the rituals for the Day of Atonement – which, by the way, are exactly at the center of the book of Leviticus – all of Leviticus hinges on the Day of Atonement!
But Hebrews briefly describes the tabernacle and its rituals in chapter 9, adding "of these things we cannot now speak in detail."
What Hebrews does in its explication of the Day of Atonement is provide us with something of a key to unlocking the rest of Leviticus! If the inspired author show how Christ fulfills the Day of Atonement – then ordinary pastors can apply those same principles to expounding the rest of the book...
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