This Book of the Bible is an Unsuspecting Work of Art

In the secrecy of our hearts, many of us may wish Leviticus were excluded from every Bible-in-a-year reading plan we might take on. It usually isn’t the book of choice when deciding where we should study in Scripture. Leviticus is 27 dense chapters of seemingly impertinent laws and rituals and unsettling descriptions of bodily diseases, at the surface at least. In my own reading, I found what little narrative is included in the book is easily confusing (and perhaps even terrifying). 

Would you believe me, though, if I told you that Leviticus’ could stir the affections of your heart? That Leviticus could shape our imagination in a way would let us grab hold of the gospel? There is much more to this book than its rites, laws, and celebrations. In fact, intentionally and divinely woven into the book of Leviticus is the truth of the gospel and the work of Christ, poetically foreshadowed.

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