Children's Bible Study
(Lesson #5)

"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." Matthew 19:14

By our Bible studies together, you will learn that God has a plan:

A plan for the nation of Israel
A plan for providing man with forgiveness and eternal life.
A Plan for YOU!!!

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Every week you will find a new Bible Study here. These studies are designed for youth ages, 6 - 12.

This is Lesson #5. Have you studied our earlier lessons?

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"Leviticus"
(An Overview of the chapter of Leviticus)

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Leviticus is the third book of the Bible. The word Leviticus comes from the word, "Levites." In the tabernacle, the Levites were the people that God chose to be priest. Leviticus is called the "Book of Atonement." Do you know what atonement means? The dictionary defines atone as: to make reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. Reparation means to make amends for your wrong doing. Letivitus is God's way of showing the people of Israel about God's forgiveness of sin. Leviticus is pointing the people of Israel to Jesus.

Who wrote the book of Leviticus?
Moses wrote the book of Leviticus which is the third book of the Law. We learned in our last lesson that there is evidence that Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible. Do you remember which verses pointed to Moses as the author of "The Books of the Law?"

In studying the book of Leviticus, we will learn about offerings and priests.

What happens in the book of Leviticus?

We will learn about sacrifice and how unholy people can come to a very holy God. (Leviticus 1:1 - 6:7)
We will learn about the Priest and how the priest go to God with the prayers of the Israelites. (children of Israel or Jacob) Leviticus 8 - 10
We will learn about rules that God gives the Israelites for day to day living.
We will learn about The Day of Atonement. (Leviticus 16)
We will learn all about the Feast. (Leviticus 23 - 25)

In Lesson #1, we learned that the first 5 books of the Bible are called the "Books of the Law."
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

Leviticus is the third book of the Law.

Who are the main people that are mentioned in the book of Leviticus?

The Priest

You can also listen to Leviticus on Real Audio right here!

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(Leviticus 1-27)
The book of Leviticus has rules for God's people. God gave His people laws about food, offerings, priests, daily living, feasts (holidays), health, punishments and rewards!

Chapters 1 - 7
In the chapters 1 - 7, God gives His people laws about offerings. God gave His people a law that required the Israelites to make offerings to God at the Tabernacle. There were different kinds of offerings for different purposes. An offering could be an animal, grain and other items that would be laid upon the altar.

Chapter 8 - 10
In chapters 8 - 10, God gives the Israelites laws about priests. God gave very strict laws about priest and their responsibilities and their behaviors.

Chapters 11-22
In these chapters, God gives laws to the Israelites about their food, health and their daily lives. God gave the Israelites these laws to help them keep their camps clean and to stay healthy.

Chapters 23-25
Do you like the holidays? Holidays are fun and are a celebration. God gave the Israelites laws about their holidays which are called "Feasts." God told his people how they should celebrate their holy days.

Chapters 26,27
In these chapters God tells His people how to make a promise. God also tells the Israelites how to give to God and what punishments they could expect if they chose not to obey God. These chapters are all about punishments and rewards.

When did all of these events take place?

1400 BC

Did you know that the Israelites have a different calendar that we do?

Visit these links to learn more about the Jewish calendar and their holidays!
Jewish Holidays
Calendar Conversions
Jewish Holiday Dates for 1998
Jewish Calendar
About the Hebrew Calendar

Did you know?

The book of Leviticus gives us pictures of Jesus!
We learned last week how the Tabernacle was a picture of Jesus. Leviticus also shows us a portrait of Jesus.

The offerings and sacrifices that the people of Israel were required to give to God show us about the sacrifice that Jesus makes for us when he died on the cross.

The burnt offerings in Leviticus show us Jesus who was an offering himself to God because He was a perfect person without sin.

The meal (grain) offering also show us Jesus. Jesus was the perfect offering to God.

The peace offering shows us Jesus because Jesus came and he brought peace between man and God.

The sin offering is a picture of how Jesus died for the sins of the world. Jesus took our sins when He died on the cross.

The trespass offering shows us how Jesus died for our trespasses (sins) so that we could live.

What do YOU think?

Do you see that in the book of Leviticus that perfect sacrifices were required in order to get forgiveness from God? Jesus came to the world and offered Himself to God as the PERFECT offering. Jesus offered Himself to God and took all of our sins as His own even though He had NEVER sinned. Because of the great sacrifice of Jesus Christ, we have peace with God if we accept the sacrifice that Jesus made for us! Do YOU believe that Jesus died for YOU? He did! Even if YOU had been the only person alive, Jesus STILL would have died just for YOU! That is how much that Jesus loves YOU! Have you ever told Jesus that you believe He died for you and told him "Thank YOU?"

Related Links
Jewish Holidays & The Messiah
The 7 Festivals Of Messiah
The Messiah in the annual feasts

Annie's Feast and the Bible Page! A must see!

Next week when you return, you will be ready to study Lesson #6! Please tell all your friends about our Bible Study so that we can help share the "Good News" of Jesus Christ with every boy and girl in the WHOLE WORLD!