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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Leviticus 1:1-17
Leviticus is a closed book to anyone who does not possess the divine "key". This is Christ, whom we find here in all the aspects of His sacrifice and His priesthood. There is for the believer, only one sacrifice which has been offered "once for all", fully sufficient (Hebrews 10:10). But to describe Him in all His different characters, the Spirit of God gives us various pictures which are complementary to each other.
The burnt offering is spoken of first because it represents God’s part in the work of Christ. It is expressed in the New Testament by such passages as John 10:17; Ephesians 5:2; Philippians 2:8. Dear Christian friends, when we think of the cross, instead of seeing our salvation first, let us consider the satisfaction that God found in the person and work of His Holy Son.
Three kinds of victim could be presented for the offering. Some differences were apparent in the manner of their offering. For example, only offerings of animals were cut into pieces and arranged on the altar. But in each case there arose a "sweet savour unto the LORD". Such was the effect of the fire of judgment which passed upon the holy Victim on the cross: it brought out in the smallest detail the excellence of the offering "without spot" (Hebrews 9:14).
