Attitudes of Worship - The Bishop's Blurb

One of the most often skipped parts of the Bible is the first few chapters of Leviticus. The chapters on sacrifice. Since we are not able to carry out these sacrifices physically, then there is no need to understand these chapters. But this is a faulty way to look at the Torah, because every command is based on an ideal, and the ideal that is represented in the command is what teaches us of our relationship with God.