Today: [Leviticus Twenty] From Servanthood to Sonship. In Leviticus 20 God lays out to Moses the penalty for sin. The worship of Molech is particularly singled out. Molech in ancient Israel was later on Chronos (god of time) in Greek and Roman culture. Do we still pass our children through the fires of Molech? We […]
READ MORE Today: Jesus’ Favorite Scripture? [Leviticus 19 Continued] Did Jesus have a favorite scripture? If He does have one it is located in Leviticus 19. In Leviticus 19 God commands you to “be holy for I am holy” then proceeds to give a litany of commands relating to relationship and social interactions. This chapter today presents […]
READ MORE Today: Practical Holiness. Are we called to be “weird for Jesus”? In Leviticus 19 God instructs the people to “be holy” for He is Holy. What does it mean to be holy? God has not called you to be a “holy oddity”. Holiness is practical. It deals with an honest and transparent attitude toward God […]
READ MORE Today: [Leviticus Eighteen] Anything Goes? What Does God Require? In chapter eighteen of Leviticus God instructs Moses regarding the sexual habits and practices that were present in Egypt, Canaan and among the Hebrew sojourners. It is uncomfortable to talk about incest, homosexuality, adultery, bestiality but God brings them up anyway because some things cannot go […]
READ MORE Today: [Leviticus Chapter Seventeen] Where is the Door of Your Tabernacle? In this chapter God instructs Moses regarding the shedding of animal blood. Animal blood in a scriptural context always represents substitutionary life. What do you pour your life out in pursuit of? In every life there is a “Door of the Tabernacle”. Jesus said […]
READ MORE Today: [Leviticus Chapter Sixteen] Hot Potato Prayers! In this chapter God instructs Moses concerning the once yearly atonement that Aaron was to make before the Mercy Seat. Aaron could not presumptuously enter the Holy of Holies anytime he wished. It was required for him to enter in a “cloud of incense” that represents the prayers […]
READ MORE Today: [Leviticus Chapter Fifteen] Do You Have a Running Issue? God instructs Moses regarding protocols for handling infections and physical wounds in the encampment. There is a real spiritual application here – do you have an issue? Something you haven’t let go of? A wound that affects your walk and how you deal with people […]
READ MORE Today: [Leviticus Chapter Fourteen] Set Free by the Death of Christ! In Leviticus 14 God instructs Moses in the ceremony of cleansing for lepers and also for what was called “leprous houses”. The priestly rite involved two birds, one sacrificed and the other set free. This is a powerful and plain evocation of Jesus dying […]
READ MORE Today: Pronounced Clean By Jesus Your High Priest. In Leviticus 13 the Lord instructs Moses regarding the disease of Leprosy. Leprosy among the Hebrews was the unfortunate legacy of four centuries of enslavement in Egypt where incidence of this plague were common. A leper was required to present himself to the priest and the priest […]
READ MORE Today: [Leviticus Chapter Twelve] Is Original Sin Eve’s Fault? In Leviticus 12 the laws concerning clean and unclean things continue. God instructs Moses that a woman giving birth is ceremonially unclean for a certain number of days. A cleansing sacrifice is required after completing a number of days sequestered from the temple and the company […]
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