Fast-forward to the first letter of John in our New Testaments. Leviticus 19:18 references to love language occur steadily through Psalms and the Prophets, the Gospels and the Letters. Near the end, in a quite glorious climax, Pastor John’s first letter outdoes all the previous mentions of love. The single sentence in Leviticus turns out to be a seed that brings forth a hundredfold yield.
