Leviticus, Pathway to Presence: A New and Living Way!

This Sunday we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ. For several weeks we’ve considered the pathway to God’s presence laid out in the book of Leviticus, centering on the Day of Atonement. For Israel to be reconciled to God, their sins had to be atoned. God is holy, and the only way to be reconciled to him is for judgment to be placed upon another.

Hebrews tells us that Christ, our High Priest, makes atonement for us with his own blood, creating a path for every believer to live in relationship with God enjoying his holy presence. “Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.” (Hebrews 10:19-22)

Catch the language of the author: enter, new and living way, draw near, hearts sprinkled clean, bodies washed. Do you see the end result of Christ’s atonement and resurrection? A new and living way. Christ, who died and rose again, leads us into the presence of God. Jesus is our pathway to God’s presence because he has reconciled us to God.

Join us Sunday as we celebrate our “new and living way” to God!