In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the LORD’s Passover. Leviticus 23:5 (ESV)
Jesus was the fulfilment of the Passover being the true Passover Lamb
And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. Leviticus 23:28 (ESV)
We are atoned for, not by any work we can do but by what Jesus did on the cross on the ultimate day of atonement
And speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin. Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. Leviticus 24:15–16 (ESV)
The consequences of sin are very real and God is a righteous judge which is why we are called to walk in holiness. This is why we so desperately need God’s mercy, grace and Holy Spirit
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 25:17 (ESV)
We should be honest in business
“The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me. Leviticus 25:23 (ESV)
The land of Israel belongs to God in a special way
or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or a close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he grows rich he may redeem himself. Leviticus 25:49 (ESV)
Jesus became a man in order to redeem us
To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. John 10:3 (ESV)
God knows who his sheep are and has called each do us personally through the Gospel.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10 (ESV)
Jesus mentions the thieves as those who came before him (verse 8), these are likely false Messiahs and we still see them today in false religions and humanist politicians who are in a sense false Messiahs. They all are representatives of the true thief Satan. Jesus is the only one who truly cares for the sheep and seeks their greatest joy, we should trust him as our good shepherd that he has the best for us.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:14–15 (ESV)
Jesus has an intimate relationship specifically with his sheep who are the elect. His love for the sheep is demonstrated in him laying his life down for them. The relationship is a to way one where we know him intimately
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I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:14–15 (ESV)
Jesus knows who his sheep are intimately, they are his elect and he demonstrates his love for them in particular by laying down his life for them. This is a two way relationship as we know him intimately because he loved and choose us.
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