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:
āatonement will be made for you, to cleans you. Then, before the Lord,
you will be clean from all your sinsā (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: āInto Your hands, I
commit My spirit.ā These words are followed by the prayer: āredeem me, O
Lord, the God of truth.ā Godās 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: āI 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
placeā (Psalm 31:7-8).
Psalm 48:1-14 Lord, we worship You in the place of worship ā āWithin Your Temple, we meditate on Your unfailing love.ā Help us to go out from there, and play our part in seeing that Your praise āreaches to the ends of the earthā (Psalm 48:: 9-11). How will other people know of Your love, if we donāt tell them? How will they find their way to Your House, if we donāt invite them? When we share Your Word with others, help us to remember Your promise: āMy Word ⦠will not return to Me empty, but will ⦠achieve the purpose for which I sent itā (Isaiah 55:11).
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