LEVITICUS – It’s necessary a lot of sacrifice!

In the book of Leviticus God said to Moses to tell the people of Israel that he wanted to have a personal relationship with them, but it was necessary a lot of “sacrifice”.
There were thousands of former slaves from Egypt, rebels and rude people who Moses was leading to the land of Canaan, but God wanted to relate to them.
God himself established the means: in order to pay for the sins they had to die! But, for mercy, God would accept the death of a substitute.
Lv 1.1 – “From the tent of meeting the Lord called Moses and told him to speak to the Israelites: When any of you brings an offering to the Lord, bring as your offering an animal from either the herb or the flock”.
The initiative was from God. What great love!
Also Aaron and his sons were called by God for the service of priests, those ones who would make the sacrifice of animals at the Tabernacle. Only the priests could do this job.
So, Moses was called by God as a prophet and Aaron and his sons as priests. Then, God called assistants to the priests, the Levites. They were the ones who cleaned the blood after thousands of sacrifices; they were carrying the columns and curtains of the tabernacle where the camp changed its place. The Levites were in charge of all the service related to the Tabernacle, they were not musicians.
Today we might say that all persons called by God to a service / ministry at the church is a Levite. There is no distinction in Christian service, so there can be no celebrities, for we are all equally important: musicians, pastor, teacher, receptionist, porter etc. All of us are extremely important in performing with excellence the service that God has entrusted to us, as did Moses, Aaron and the Levites.
But, Christians are also prophets and priests. We are prophets when we proclaim the Word of God to others; we are priests when we pray and intercede for ourselves and for others before God.
Just because of Jesus.
After all, Jesus is the greatest prophet of God; He is the very word of God, He is also the perfect high priest who entered Heaven and is seated at the Tabernacle in Heaven, interceding for us all the time before the Father
Jesus is also the perfect sacrifice, the only sacrifice that God accepts today. Only the death of Jesus can pay for the sins of a sinner for he may have a personal relationship with God.
Do you believe Jesus Christ is the Perfect Lamb who died in your place?
If you believe you have eternal life and can enjoy a personal relationship with God right now. It’s not necessary sacrifice anymore!