The book of Leviticus is by far the longest book in the bible. Not because of its chapters or length, but because of how much it drags on about law, after law, after law, after law. That's not reason to quit !!!!! This book was placed in the bible for a reason. There is SOMETHING that you can learn from this book and take away with you. During these times please don't quit reading, but instead ask questions and find out why do these things happen.
Today's reading deal with the killing of a lot of animals (PETA and Green peace would not of been happy if this was happening currently). What always amazes me about these passages is how dedicated these people were. If i asked any of you to go out in your back yard and slaughter an animal, i doubt many would. If i told you to do it on a regular basis for your sins, you might, but some still wouldn't. These people did this religiously and faithfully because of their trust and faith they had towards God. Luckily, we don't have to slaughter anyone or anything because the perfect lamb (Jesus Christ) died already for our sins. His blood took care of all the work that needed to be done and now we can have a direct relationship with him, instead of having a chosen person speak to him for us.
This does not excuse the fact that there are things we must do in order to keep this relationship going. With any relationship there is work involved, this one is no different. It means taking time to read your bible (that includes the book of leviticus), praying, learning and walking and his ways in order to allow this relationship to grow. These people went the extra mile because that's what they were instructed to do. Unlike them, we don't have to do that, but we do have things to do and we tend to very easily put them off.
Let them (the levites) set an example of high standards for your daily walk w/ God. Hopefully my thoughts were clear and grammatically correct, they are just my thoughts and are there to allow you to see what other people think.
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