The Eighth Day Revelation of God

One of the many outstanding qualities of God’s word is the reality of prophetic messages presented to us in prefigured forms. The Bible is brimming with them. They are found primarily in the Tanakh, what is referred to as the Old Testament. They are usually centered on narratives involving notable biblical characters such as Abraham, the first such notable example, prefiguring the believer walking in faith and King Solomon, a type of the Sovereign King and Son of David, King Jesus Himself.

There are, however,  prefigurations that are not centered on characters of the Bible but rather on bold actions and expressions on God’s part. Usually these paint for us grand pictures of the end goals of God’s great work of redemption. One such example is found in the book of Leviticus, chapters 8 and 9. Before we begin to consider this example, I think it’s important at this time to mention that the primary objective of God, as revealed in the Bible, is the redemption of fallen creation. This is where God’s heart is and we should frame our paradigms accordingly.

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