Jesus Is In Leviticus

I've got to be honest, most of Leviticus is not fun to read. But if you keep with it, you'll come to this passage near the last couple of pages:

"24 With every sale of land there must be a stipulation that the land can be redeemed at any time. 25 If any of your Israelite relatives go bankrupt and are forced to sell some inherited land, then a close relative, a kinsman redeemer, may buy it back for them. 26 If there is no one to redeem the land but the person who sold it manages to get enough money to buy it back, 27 then that person has the right to redeem it from the one who bought it." (Lev. 25:24-27, NLT)

That's a pretty cool law for dealing with property, but if you read it in light of the New Testament you get a glimpse of so much more than land.

With our sin, we sold ourselves over to Satan; we left God and turned everything over to The Deceiver. And there was no way we could ever buy back our way to God; the price was too high. But then a close relative, our "kinsman redeemer", showed up while we were bankrupt & without anywhere to go and he bought us back with his own body and blood!

Even in Leviticus you can experience the grace and mercy of God. I guess Leviticus isn't so bad.