The Jesus Bible Reading PlanNäide

PURIFICATION OF THE LEVITES

The purification and dedication of the Levites is a drama that acted out the love of the Father and the sacrifice of the Son. First, in order to bring the Levites into God’s presence, a sacrifice was necessary (vv. 12 – 14). In the second act, the Levites were dedicated to God’s service as living sacrifices in order to bring the whole nation into fellowship with God (vv. 15 – 19). They became a firstborn sacrifice — the best the nation had to offer to satisfy the demand of God’s Law. As a Levite, their lives were to be marked by a distinctive holiness.

In a similar drama, Jesus gave himself as the great sacrifice for sin (Col 1:14, 20). He is the one who restores, not just a tribe or nation, but the entire cosmos to a relationship with God. And he is God’s firstborn — the best God has to satisfy the demand of his Law (v. 15).

Jesus, I praise you for all the ways that Scripture points to you. Thank you for becoming the firstborn sacrifice that saved my life. Amen.