Leviticus 1:1 Then Jehovah called to Moses and spoke to him out of the Tent of Meeting, saying
In Exodus God spoke on Mount Sinai, which is a bare mountain; in Leviticus God speaks in the tabernacle, which is a building.
We need to ask a question: Where is God in the book of Leviticus? In Genesis God, generally speaking, was in the heavens. At times He came to earth for a visit, but then He returned to the heavens. In Exodus God was on Mount Sinai. In Leviticus God is in the tabernacle, in the Tent of Meeting. In Genesis God was in the heavens. In Exodus God came down to stay on Mount Sinai to do a work to build up His habitation on earth. In the last chapter of Exodus, the tabernacle was erected, and the furniture was arranged within it. Then God came into the tabernacle to dwell in it. Now in Leviticus God is in the tabernacle, which is the Tent of Meeting, and speaks in the Tent of Meeting. (Life-study of Leviticus, p. 6)
At Mount Sinai God gave [the children of Israel] the law and the pattern for the tabernacle. On the one hand, God regulated them by the law, and on the other hand, He encouraged them by the tabernacle. After the decree of the law and the building up of the tabernacle at Sinai, God gave them all the chapters of Leviticus to train them to worship and partake of God and to live a holy, clean, and rejoicing life.
God trains His people to worship Him and also to partake of Him, to participate in Him, for their enjoyment. We need to be trained to worship God in the way of partaking of Him to enjoy Him.
God’s people were instructed to worship Him with the offerings, typifying Christ in all aspects. The aspects of Christ in all His riches are untraceable and unsearchable (Ephesians 3:8). (Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991-1992, vol. 4, “The History of God in His Union with Man,” p. 169)
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