Marty Solomon wrote these words back in 2013, concluding a discourse on Leviticus, "In a sense, when we read the book of Leviticus, we are being invited to see the world through the lens of God's mission.  To be a kingdom of priests (a call that is echoed in 1 Peter), we need to be a people who are willing to tell a different story — willing to put God on display.  We are to be people who help others find the place where their deficiencies and mistakes are atoned for.  We stand in the gap and intercede on behalf of people everywhere, trying to find any way possible to invite people to a table to hold a little piece of bread and a little cup of juice.  And we would be people who lead the way in distributing resources and pursuing justice who restore the world to God's Genesis 1 intention.

God is looking for partners — whether a b'hor, a bride, or a priest — who will help Him tell a different story in the world."

In the twisted world of white American evangelicalism, we were taught that it was all about the golden ticket, the password to the afterlife. The Bible was not only misguidedly mistranslated and taken literally, but it was then viewed through the dirty lens of Calvinism where humanity is wicked, damaged goods, and will burn unless the proper doctrine of men is followed.  It's a stifling, unhappy, and fearful place to be.  When one removes those glasses, a very different story is found.  A story about a God who made a creation that was "good." Never does He say that it is not.  The Hebrew story which begins the principal of goodness and that we are ENOUGH. That being productive is not our end goal.