Bible in 90, Day 8: The Worship of God

Leviticus 1-14

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Are ya still with me?  Hang in there!  I know today’s reading was not what we’re used to, but it is all God’s Word and we can learn from all of it.  Stay faithful and remember that at all times, the Holy Spirit is with those of us who are in Christ and will illuminate the Word.  “So,” you ask, “what do we get from today?”

I’m glad you asked!

So, we read five chapters of instructions to those who desired to worship God.  These chapters cover the proper items to bring for a burnt, grain, fellowship, sin, or guilt offering.  The next two chapters are instructions to the priests on what to do when a worshipper brings one of these offerings to the Tabernacle.  This is followed by three chapters on the priests themselves.  There is a lot of ink spent on the topic of the proper worship of God!  This shows me a couple of things:

Bible in 90, Day 6: Old and New

Exodus 14-28

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Ok, pop-quiz hot shot!  Name the seven dwarves.  Now name the titles of your favorite book or movie series (Twilight, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, etc.).  Now, name the ten commandments.  How’d you do?

Today we hit another highwater mark in the Old Testament- the Big Ten, the Decalogue, the Ten Words, that’s right the Ten Commandments.  They’ve been fought over, litigated for and against, and caused much controversy in America the last few years.  Hopefully you know me by now, I’m not going down that path right now.  But, for all the quarreling, campaigning, and protesting, do we even know what we’re fighting about?  These commandments form the basis for all the Old Testament law.  They serve as the grounds upon which the Sinaitic covenant and God’s relationship with Israel are built.

Sounds important!