I just started reading Jeremiah, and seeing the LORD bolster Jeremiah's confidence gave me some encouragement in going forward with the Truth of the Gospel in these thieves' dens.

My faith in in Christ, and I've studied enough apologetics not to doubt the veracity of the Triune God of the universe and His word in Scripture. If anything, this ordeal, as you said, bolsters my discernment skills.

Leviticus is a bit of a slog, but I've found it helps to read it as the document that it is - a series of legal policies and religious ritual descriptions - and to imagine the slog the priests and judges had to go through to follow the Mosaic Law. Spend some time among cows or goats or sheep if you haven't; watch a slaughterhouse demonstration. These men were beastly strong and had to do these (bizarre to us) rituals day in and day out. Thanks be to God we're free from that via Christ's atonement at the cross and His resurrection at the empty tomb.