The section headings for the chapters we’ve already covered read something like this: burnt offering, grain offering, peace offering, sin offering, guilt offering. As we start chapter 6, the section headings read: burnt offering, grain offering, sin offering, guilt offering, peace offering. Sound familiar? Repetition of details like this led John Calvin to call these chapters by and large “wearisome” and filled with words we do not understand nor should we care. With all due deference to the great Calvin, we press on to discover why God might have chosen to immediately repeat himself and uncover some of what it means to be called a “royal priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9).
Leave a comment