Aaron and his Sons (Tribal Sons of Levi)
were instructed with great detail how to offer sacrifices...
there are a tremendous amount of information
and we can feel a little overwhelmed with the layers of these laws and ordinances.
The Levites not only were priests but they also practiced primitive medical health.
Much of what they were giving oversight to; were Healthy Habits of the Newly Birthed Nation.
The Book of Leviticus also carries a unique chiastic pattern
that ultimately points to redemption and relationship restored between man and God
Thru the Day of Atonement...
Ultimately it is not about the minutia of the sacrificial system
but rather it is God's Plan to use tangible cultural practices, to help people see symbolically,
the work of God - making a way to once again walk among men
where holiness has been reestablished - restoring what once was - in the Garden of Eden.
One thing that may help us is to see much of the sacrifices
as a recipe book, that give the master chefs (Levites) the meal plan
so that we can once again sit down with our creator and have fellowship
and fellowship by human standards/cultures often revolves around a meal shared together.
For example Communion itself & its given ingredients of bread & wine
pictures a meal and restored fellowship.
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