~ Jesus Christ is Our High Priest
and More ~
The Bible is about Jesus Christ
~ “Jesus
said to them, ‘How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that
the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter His glory?’ And
beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was said
in all the Scriptures concerning Himself” (Luke 24:25-27).
In the book of Leviticus Jesus Christ, the Messiah, is
foreshadowed primarily as the High Priest. He is seen as the atoning sacrifice,
the way to approach God, and the sacrificial lamb.
Our Great High Priest
~ Chapter 16
presents the ordinances of the Day of Atonement, a type of the sacrifice of
Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament God did not remove sin but covered it,
waiting for the only truly acceptable sacrifice—Jesus Christ. Only the high
priest could provide this atonement and in doing so he laid aside his beautiful
garments. Christ our great high priest laid aside His glory in heaven to come
to earth to provide a sacrifice for us.
“For indeed He [God the Father] does not give aid to angels, but He
does give aid to the seed of Abraham. Therefore, in all things He [Jesus
Christ] had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful
High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of
the people. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to
aid those who are tempted” (Hebrews 2:16-18).
“Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,
consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was
faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.
For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He
who built the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by
someone, but He who built all things is God. And Moses indeed was faithful in
all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be
spoken afterward, but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if
we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end”
(Hebrews 3:1-6).
“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed
through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For
we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was
in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly
to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time
of need” (Hebrew 4:14-16).
“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and
steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner
has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to
the order of Melchizedek” (Hebrews 6:19-20).
Comment
~ We have only touched the
surface of Christ in Leviticus. Much more could be
said about each of the previous examples.
additional comment:
While on earth Jesus Christ often quoted the Scriptures including all five
books of Moses. He quoted Leviticus 19:18 in the synoptic/parallel passages of
Matthew 22:39 and Mark 12:31.
The Apostle
Paul told us the Scriptures present many shadows of things to come but the
reality is found in Jesus Christ (Colossians 2:17).
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