Walk Through the Bible: Leviticus
Passage: Leviticus
Leviticus was the first book Jewish children studied in the synagogue. Today it is last book Christians take seriously. It seems incomprehensible and irrelevant to modern man. What do all these rituals for sacrifice and regulations regarding uncleanness have to do with us?
About the only memorable verse in an otherwise seemingly dull book is Leviticus 19:18, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
So the challenge is laid down, how can I help 21st century sophisticated post-modern American Christians pay attention to the third book of the Torah, which, remember, is the God-breathed, inspired Word of God and profitable “for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work” (II Timothy 3:16-17)?
The Book of Leviticus begins with the word “and.”