Category: Teaching

[Leviticus 21] Qualifications of Leaders. In this chapter, Moses is instructed regarding the qualifications for leadership before God. You are called to be a leader. Everyone in the body of Christ leads and influences those around them. You are called, and whom God calls He qualifies. God wants you to be a strong, powerful, mature, […]

[Leviticus 20] From Servanthood to Sonship. In Leviticus 20, God lays out to Moses the penalty for sin. The worship of Molech through child sacrifice is particularly singled out. Molech in ancient Israel evolved into the worship of the pagan deity Chronos (god of time) in Greek and Roman culture. Do we still pass our […]

[Leviticus 19] Practical Holiness. Are we called to be “weird for Jesus”? In Leviticus 19, God instructs the people to “be holy” for He is Holy. What does it mean to be holy? God has not called you to be a “holy oddity.” Holiness is practical. It deals with an honest and transparent attitude toward […]

[Leviticus 18] Anything Goes? What Does God Require? In chapter eighteen of Leviticus, God instructs Moses regarding the sexual habits and practices present in Egypt, Canaan, and among the Hebrew sojourners. It is uncomfortable to talk about incest, homosexuality, adultery, bestiality, but God brings them up anyway because some things cannot go unaddressed or unsaid. […]

[Leviticus 17] Where is the Door of Your Tabernacle? In this chapter God instructs Moses regarding the shedding of animal blood. Animal blood in a scriptural context always represents substitutionary life. What do you pour your life out in pursuit of? In every life there is a “Door of the Tabernacle”. Jesus said “I am […]

[Leviticus 16] Hot Potato Prayers! In this chapter, God instructs Moses concerning the once yearly atonement that Aaron was to make before the Mercy Seat. Aaron could not presumptuously enter the Holy of Holies anytime he wished. It was required for him to enter in a “cloud of incense” that represents the prayers of God’s […]

[Leviticus 15] Issue, Issue, What is Your Issue? Have you ever been spit on by someone with a running issue? You may not know it, but you undoubtedly have! In this chapter, God instructs Moses regarding protocols for handling infections and physical wounds in the encampment. There is a real spiritual application here – do […]

[Leviticus 14] Set Free by the Death of Christ! In Leviticus 14, God further instructs Moses in the cleansing ceremony for lepers and for what was called “leprous houses.” The priestly rite involved two birds, one sacrificed and the other set free. This is suggestive as a type and shadow of Jesus dying on our […]

[Leviticus 13] Pronounced Clean By Jesus Your High Priest. In Leviticus 13, the Lord instructs Moses regarding the disease of leprosy. Leprosy among the Hebrews was the unfortunate legacy of four centuries of enslavement in Egypt, where the incidence of this plague was common. A leper was required to present himself to the priest, and […]

[Leviticus 12] Is Original Sin Eve’s Fault? In Leviticus 12, the laws concerning clean and unclean things continue in this chapter specific to women’s issues. God instructs Moses that a woman giving birth is ceremonially unclean for a certain number of days. After giving birth, a cleansing sacrifice is required after completing a number of […]