May - Word listeners- through Levitcus 16

Wordlisteners has met the last three weeks. On the 15th there was 5, on the 22nd there was five, and on the 29th there was 6.

We have read and discussed through Leviticus 16. Our take on it is the seriousness of the Lord about our standing in relationship with Him. Very detailed process for gaining it, and it clearly points to Jesus. The sacrifices are about restoring our relationship, and its clear from the reading we all fall short.

In terms of uncleanness or leprosy, the Lord gives instructions for clean living, but at a deeper level God wants His best for us, and we are likely to settle for less than God's best. The chapters on leprosy identification in people, garments and houses show us that we are all potentially in a place where we shouldn't be, a place of decay and rot- the result of sin.

Aaron's sons dying before the Lord because they did their own thing, the unprescribed, is a lesson for us all. God wants things a certain way, and yet we look for the easy. We have a human disposition of selfishness and wanting our own way, and we justify our actions along those lines. Yet it is often opposed to God's way, and He is God - not us so He gets the final say.

The blood of the sacrifices on the ear the right thumb and right big toe is a marvelous visual that points to Jesus, whose blood was shed for us. We have to hear God (ear), do the things of God that He tells us (hand) and go where God sends us (foot). The blood being sprinkled is showing that God will not accept us without blood, ultimately of Christ, sprinkled or covering us.