Leviticus 1
LOOK TO THE LORD
I am told that the Hebrew in the first two books of the Old Testament has an interesting pattern in it. Every 49th letter is made up in a skip letter sequence that spells TORAH (in Hebrew, of course). This pattern only occurs in Genesis and Exodus. However, if we skip over to Numbers and Deuteronomy, we find a different pattern. It is the same word TORAH (the Hebrew word for the law), but this time it spelt backwards HAROT every 49th letter.
That leaves Leviticus. It’s like the first two books are pointing forward to something important and the latter two are pointing back to something important. But we don’t find the word TORAH in Leviticus. Instead, in a 49 skip letter sequence (7 x 7), we find the YHWH, the memorial name of God encoded through the text. The message is that the law points to God whatever way you look at it.
With this in mind, it is highly appropriate that Leviticus begins with the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering is the offering that was completely dedicated to God and speaks of our complete commitment to him. It also speaks of God’s complete devotion to us shown in Jesus Christ. Jesus gave up everything in life while he lived so that we could see and learn the way to God, and then he gave up his life completely so that we could have life.
As we read Leviticus, let’s look for God in it. Let’s see his love for us, and the pattern of devotion we should have for him.
May our dedication to God keep growing.
With love in our Lord
Robert
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