Today’s Word
Backwards Redemption
he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year Exodus 30:10 Sin Offering – Yesterday we learned that the Hebrew view of sin is relational. Sin is relationship-breaking behavior and it affects everyone within the community. From our individual worldview, we might not like the consequences,…
Surroundings
he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year Exodus 30:10 Sin – The Hebrew God is a God of community. Everything He does has corporate consequences. Do you truly understand just how important this is? Our civilization has moved from the Hebrew view of communal…
The GPS Bible
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach James 1:5 Wisdom – Don’t we just want God to tell us what to do next? Don’t we really want the Bible in GPS translation? “Turn right in 100 yards” becomes “Marry the girl…
Who’s Serving Whom?
I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to minister to Me. Exodus 29:44 To Minister – This is a surprise. Aaron and his sons are not ministering to the people. They are ministering to God. They are consecrated to the Lord. The focus of…
The Class System
Thus they shall eat those things by which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy. Exodus 29:33 Layman – When did God establish a professional clergy? When did He sanctify some of His congregation to act as His representatives and emissaries while the…
Sign Language
and you shall wave them for a wave offering before the face of YHWH Exodus 29:26 Wave Offering – Many English translations of the Hebrew word tenufah make us think that this offering is something like the Catholic ritual of signing the cross. On the surface, it appears as though the priest or the worshipper…
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