At
the heart of the book of Leviticus, with all its meticulous detail,
there is this great statement regarding the spiritual purpose of it all:
“atonement will be made for you, to cleans you. Then, before the Lord,
you will be clean from all your sins” (Leviticus 16:30).
When we come to the New Testament, we find Jesus Christ, not only
celebrating the Passover but fulfilling the Passover. He is the Passover
Lamb. In Psalm 31:5,
we read the words spoken by Christ on the Cross: “Into Your hands, I
commit My spirit.” These words are followed by the prayer: “redeem me, O
Lord, the God of truth.” God’s answer to prayer was, in the case of
the Lord Jesus Christ, the Resurrection. The risen Christ might truly
echo the words of the Psalmist: “I will be glad and rejoice in Your
love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. You
have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious
place” (Psalm 31:7-8).
Psalm 48:1-14 Lord, we worship You in the place of worship – “Within Your Temple, we meditate on Your unfailing love.” Help us to go out from there, and play our part in seeing that Your praise “reaches to the ends of the earth” (Psalm 48:: 9-11). How will other people know of Your love, if we don’t tell them? How will they find their way to Your House, if we don’t invite them? When we share Your Word with others, help us to remember Your promise: “My Word… will not return to Me empty, but will… achieve the purpose for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11).
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