Leviticus 23:1 - 24:23
The feasts are always very fascinating. I realize that they correspond to actual events which have/will take place, though I'm not confident in all my correlations.
One thing I do glean from the feasts, though, is how God always wants our first and our best. He always wants the firstfruits of our labor and he wants the best for our sacrifice. How many times do we we simply give God what's left over after our day is done. I know I can definitely be guilty of that one! This goes further than our time though, but into our pocket. God wants our first fruits - He wants to know that He gets priority in our finances, as well as every other area.
I also think the story of the blasphemer being stoned is interesting. The Israelites knew that what the man did was wrong, but they weren't sure how to punish him. Instead of taking justice into their own hands, they simply waited until they had clear direction from God in how to handle the situation. Sometimes things in our life seem like "no-brainer" responses, but we need to wait until we hear the voice of God speaking before we act. A lot of times, our knee-jerk reactions are based on our flesh, not God.
Mark 15:33-47
What an amazing passage of scripture. So many symbolic things happening, such as the curtain being torn, even which direction it was torn. Suddenly, we can now approach the Almighty God directly--no more curtains and high priests. In an instant, we were released from all the things we are currently reading about in Leviticus. Jesus fulfilled them all. Praise God!
I went on Youtube and found this portion of the Passion movie. I considered embedding it, but didn't want to make everyone watch it, as it is very graphic. If you want, I encourage you also to find it and watch it. For me, it makes everything more real, more impacting.
Psalm 32:1-11
What a great scripture to follow up the final act of Christ. We are blessed because our transgressions are forgiven, our sins are covered! Today, as we consider what Christ did for us, let us go into our day with this:
"Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!" (v.11)
1 comment:
I agree Katie... way cool again how all three of these readings went together!
Something really popped off the page at me yesterday about the word "continually".
Continually the Oil would be filling the lamps from "evening to morning" by the High Priest (Thank you Lord for filling us each day, all day with Your H.S. helping us to be Your light in this world!)
Continually the 12 loaves of show bread was to be placed together sabbath to sabbath before the Lord. (Our continual worship as a body of believers, placed together, sabbath to sabbath continually before the Lord).
In Mark 15:39 - Mark writes about how the centurion soldier proclaimed "Truly this man was the Son of God"... by watching "the way" Jesus died. It made me think about when we all die someday... will people come to know Jesus by watching the way we love God, stay faithfully loving and praising our Heavenly Father even as we trust Him through death? Lord help us to always be a witness... in our living as well as in our dying!
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