Tag: faith
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Morals and Ethics [1-minute read]
1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. 3You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk…
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Precious Blood
10“If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people. 11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you…
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The Cost of Holiness
31“Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.”–Leviticus 15 Adam and Eve found this out: sin brings separation from the Holy God. Israel had the tabernacle in the middle of their camp. This is where God…
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A Sovereign Reflection
34“When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a case of leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession…–Leviticus 14 Two basic interpretations here: 1, GOD PASSIVELY ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN. This would try to let God off of the hook or…
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Ministry Fire [1-minute read]
23And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. 24And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they…
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Guilt and Amends [1-minute read]
16He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing and shall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest. And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven. 17“If anyone sins, doing any of the…
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Hope for the Sinner [1-minute read]
27“If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any one of the things that by the LORD’s commandments ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, 28or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which…
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Don’t Hold the Salt!
13You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.–Leviticus 2 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer…