The Power of the Levitical Offerings: Christ in Offerings

A well-known Bible Dictionary says of the Book of Leviticus, "The name describes its contents, for it deals with the law of the priests, the sons of Levi The designation sets forth the book as a manual of the O.T. priesthood. The Jews, however, commonly designate the book from its opening phrase wayiqra, "and He called." Leviticus sets forth the way of the priestly approach to God" (Unger).

The opening verses of Leviticus should be read in conjunction with the closing verses of Exodus (Ex 40:34-38). Twice in those verses it is recorded that "the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle." The tabernacle had just been constructed at the foot of Mount Sinai, and such was the glory that filled the tent that Moses was not able to enter in. It was from out of the glory-filled tabernacle that Jehovah called Moses in Leviticus 1:1.

This was not the first time that the Lord had called Moses. He had called him in Exodus 3:4 and He had called him again in Exodus 19:3. The first call came out of the bush; the second call came out of the mountain; this call comes out of the tabernacle. In a sense every call came out from glory. The first was a call to service and the second a call to holiness, but this third call was a call to worship. It is incumbent upon every believer that we should serve and it is essential that we should pursue holiness. But the highest form of service is the worship of those who can lift up holy hands in the sanctuary (Psalm 134:2; 1 Tim 2:8).

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