Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Numbers 3:11-13
by: Steve Osborn.
Have you ever had someone take your place for a punishment or a responsibility? Depending on the circumstances, that can bring either guilt or gratitude. After the tenth plague in Egypt, God instructed that all the firstborn of the Israelites would be dedicated in service to Him (Exodus 13:1-2).But here in Numbers 3, He described how He had taken the Levites in service instead. This choice of a substitute naturally leads us to look forward to the substitution of Jesus Christ to pay the penalty we owed for our sin. God, in His wisdom, chose His Son to pay the debt He knew we would never be able to.