I was reading in Leviticus this morning, and I have to admit that it can be dry reading. The detail which God demanded of the people in things involved in worship was amazing. The buildings and grounds of the tabernacle and temple, the clothes for the priests, the holy festivals and feasts, the diet of the people - all very carefully spelled out in fine detail. Today I read about the Burnt offering, the Grain offering, and the Fellowship offering. And the same thing popped up in all of them: the offering had to be perfect. The grain offering had to be made from "the finest flour," the animals had to be "without defect."
It hit me - as it has before - that the demands didn't quote any specifications for how the person was to be. No demands for special clothing, color, type, nothing. Why? Because the priest was not looking at the Israelite - the Priest was looking at the offering. THAT had to be just right.
God hasn't changed under the new covenant: He still looks at the offering, not the person. And our offering is Christ Jesus - the perfect offering.
John 1:29 (New International Version, ©2010)
John Testifies About Jesus
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:29 (The Message)
The God-Revealer
29-31The very next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and yelled out, "Here he is, God's Passover Lamb! He forgives the sins of the world!
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