God’s presence among His people required holiness on the part of God’s people. This meant first and foremost proper sacrifices to make atonement sin and propitiate the wrath of God. All of this looked ahead to Jesus Christ and the fury of God that His death would one day satisfy in the place of sinners. Leviticus was God’s picture book for the precious sacrifice of Jesus and its outcome, reconciliation and peace with God. The LORD is the divine artist who has drawn for us a colorful portrait of Christ in the OT sacrifice system.