Dear Beloved in Christ,   Before we enter chapter 4, a brief word on Leviticus 3: The peace (or fellowship) offering beautifully foreshadows our reconciliation with God through Christ. As Romans 5:1 declares, “Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God.”  Jesus — the flawless sacrifice (whether male or female, as in Leviticus 3) — restored our broken fellowship, calling us to “walk in the light”  (1 John 1:7) in communion with Him and one another. The laying on of hands, the blood sprinkled by Aaron’s sons — all whisper of Calvary’s greater work. Now to Leviticus 4: Here, God makes stunning provision for unintentional sins   — those hidden faults and unknown transgressions (Psalm 19:12).   This is grace in the wilderness! Notice three profound truths:  1. No One Is Exempt    Even the anointed priest  could sin (v. 3). This shatters all illusions of human perfection. “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves” ...

  Dear Beloved in Christ,   As we step into the grain offering’s sacred rhythm, we find worship distilled to its essence: fine flour mingled with oil and frankincense  (v. 1). This is no mere ritual – it’s a love language between God and His people.  The fine flour, ground to silken purity (no guilt, no impurity), whispers of Christ — the unblemished; the flawless, unleavened  “Bread of Life”  (John 6:35), wholly without sin who entered our brokenness to make us whole.  The oil, glistening through the flour, speaks of the Spirit’s anointing, light and life — Christ Himself softening our hardened places, igniting His radiance within us until we shine like beacons in the dark world.  And the frankincense? Its resinous perfume, rising in smoke from the altar, becomes our prayers carried heavenward by Jesus, our Eternal Intercessor (Romans 8:34), whose very presence makes our lives “a pleasing aroma”  to the Father (Ephesians 5:2).  Whe...

Dear Brethren in Christ,  As we open Leviticus—the third book of Scripture—we step into a conversation already in progress. The opening word “Then”  (v. 1) immediately connects us to Exodus, where God spoke to Moses from the newly constructed Tent of Meeting. Here, the Lord establishes the sacred pattern for offerings, revealing a timeless truth: God receives only what He designates.  Just as Israel needed specific sacrifices to approach Him, we too must grasp what makes worship “an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord”  (v. 9, 13, 17).  The burnt offering provides profound principles for God-honoring worship. First, the sacrifice must be “a male without defect”  (v. 3)—pointing to Christ, the flawless Lamb (1 Peter 1:19). For us, this signifies lives offered to God in holiness, unpolluted by the world (Romans 12:1). Second, the offering occurs exclusively “at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting”  (v. 3)—foreshadowing Jesus as “the Way” ...