Posts from 2023 (Page 21)

  BIBLE READING: Numbers 3-4        The sons of Kohath were appointed to carry the articles that were the furnishings of the tabernacle. But their access was limited, they were only to come after the articles had been covered by the sons of Aaron the priest. We are told that if the Kohathites touched the holy things when they were not covered, they would die. The same was true if they went in to watch these articles being covered and…

  BIBLE READING: Numbers 1-2             The book of Numbers takes the reader on a long and winding path through a desert of excruciating detail. The book records census results for all twelve tribes not once, but twice; it documents priestly instructions for handling the Ark of the Covenant and the tabernacle; and it even spells out the placement of the tribes when they camped. But through it all, we cannot doubt God’s unfailing direction over the nation. As a…

  BIBLE READING: Leviticus 21-23                 When I was a young teenager, my father had done some trading with man and acquired a 1978 Winnebago Recreational Vehicle (more commonly known as an RV).  One of my fondest memories as a kid was the first time we packed it up and headed towards Davey Crockett State Park in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee for a camping trip.  Notice, I said that one of the fondest memories was packing up the RV and heading to…

  BIBLE READING: Leviticus 18-20                   In Matthew 22.35 a lawyer asked Jesus a question to test him, “Teacher, what is the greatest commandment in the Law?”  The Jews knew that it was impossible for them to be able to keep the whole Law in perfect detail, so some of them wanted to make sure they obeyed the most important ones.  One might think it strange that someone would hold one part of the Law more important than the…

  BIBLE READING: Leviticus 12-14 Leprosy was the scourge of the ancient world. Nothing evoked more fear, more dread, or more revulsion than the sight of these walking dead. That is what a leper was called, a walking dead man. The smell of his decaying flesh would announce his coming long before the tattered scraps of his clothing would be seen, or his raspy “Unclean! Unclean!” announcement he was required to declare, could be heard. The stumbling shuffle of toeless…

  BIBLE READING: Leviticus 8-11                 Recently, I was scrolling through some social media site and stumbled across this image with the caption below it that read “You had one job!”.  If you haven’t caught it yet, the shirt is supposed to be a picture of the continent Asia; but that isn’t Asia, it’s Africa.  The designers of the shirt had one job, one job, and they messed it up.  That slogan sums up the story of Nadab and Abihu. …

  BIBLE READING: Leviticus 5-7                 We have all heard someone say to us, “I am so sorry, I didn’t mean it” or “Forgive me, I didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to this or that.” We like to excuse many of our actions as “only mistakes”, “I didn’t know better” and “no big deal”. God sees things differently as He speaks to us in today’s reading about our unintentional sins.             “The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “If anyone commits…

  BIBLE READING: Leviticus 1-4                 To the average Bible student who is attempting to follow a daily Bible reading plan up until this point, it has been somewhat easy.  The story of God’s creation of the world and the introduction to Abraham and Israel becoming God’s chosen people, along with their journey to get out of bondage and the reintroduction to Jehovah, is not only interesting, but rather compelling.   However, the task can be rather difficult when we get…

  BIBLE READING: Exodus 38-40                 Upon completion of the tabernacle, Moses records “a cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.” (Exodus 40.34) .   Like me, you have probably heard the phrase “Glory of the Lord” all of your life, but I’m not sure many of us understand what exactly that was.  The word “glory” used in the text is the Hebrew word “kabod” , which means “Honor, great quantity; multitude, wealth;…

  BIBLE READING: Exodus 35-37             Today we read again about Bezalel and Oholiab. They are two of the most famous names in the whole Bible. Right? Of course not. Were they priests? Or prophets? Or Apostles? No, they were two guys who worked with their hands. Yet Bezalel is the first person in Scripture to be described as “filled with the Spirit of God.”  God says in Exodus 31:3 , “See I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur,…

  BIBLE READING: Exodus 28-30                 As Moses gives instructions from God as to all the details of the priestly garments for Aaron, I have always been fantasticated by the ephod.  The ephod was the breastplate the high priest was to wear that was constructed of material that was gold, blue, purple and scarlet.  The construction of the ephod is described in Exodus 28.15-ff.  What was always so fascinating to me was that embedded into the ephod, was to be twelve…

  BIBLE READING: Exodus 24-27                 As you continue to read through the book of Exodus, you can’t help but notice the specific detail that God gives to the Israelites as to how they were to construct the tabernacle and its contents.  It is almost as if God has given them a blueprint of everything, all the way down to the tiniest of details.   Have you ever wondered why God was so specific?  Couldn’t God have gotten by with just…