At
the heart of the book of Leviticus, with all its meticulous detail,
there is this great statement regarding the spiritual purpose of it all:
“atonement will be made for you, to cleans you. Then, before the Lord,
you will be clean from all your sins” (Leviticus 16:30).
When we come to the New Testament, we find Jesus Christ, not only
celebrating the Passover but fulfilling the Passover. He is the Passover
Lamb. In Psalm 31:5,
we read the words spoken by Christ on the Cross: “Into Your hands, I
commit My spirit.” These words are followed by the prayer: “redeem me, O
Lord, the God of truth.” God’s answer to prayer was, in the case of
the Lord Jesus Christ, the Resurrection. The risen Christ might truly
echo the words of the Psalmist: “I will be glad and rejoice in Your
love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. You
have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious
place” (Psalm 31:7-8).
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