This brings me up do date for 6 weeks of reading. Friday, December 25, will be 7 weeks, and the next 30 pages I shall report on at that time to stay on schedule. What a beautiful present to give Jesus! One little boy said to me recently, If Jesus' birthday is what we celebrate on Christmas, why do we give gifts to everyone but him?
Good question. I responded. Our time is our best gift. I could preach now but I won't. I will just say, Happy Birthday Jesus! I'm reading your book today!
If you are reading with me rather than counting your pages, here are the next weekly readings through the end of January 2010:
By 12/25/09 - Through Numbers 15 (page 210)
By 01/01/10 - Through Numbers 34 (page 240)
By 01/08/10 - Through Deuteronomy 18 (page 270)
By 01/15/10 - Through Joshua 5 (page 300)
Note: I have written this entry in my short-hand notes. Some things I just want to remember. It is organized by chapter.
Holy Ghost, Teach me........
- Bezaleel & Aholiab - first builders/construction workers! God instructed them to build the tabernacle.
- Exodus 31 - the first tablets were written by the finger of God, the second set of tablets written by Moses
- 32:14 - The Lord repented of the evil. An interesting thought.
- 32:22 - Aaron blames the people for the golden calf...reminds me of Adam blaming Eve in the garden
- 32:27 - Levi's were commanded by Moses to slay their brothers. 3000 were dead as a result.
- Exodus 33:7 - Tabernacle of Congregation established
- 33:11 - Joshua stayed in the tabernacle. I like the thought that he didn't want to leave. Wanted to live in God's house. I don't blame him!
- 34:10 - terrible thing - fearful is a better definition http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H3372&t=KJV
- 34:14 - God's name is Jealous
- 34:18 - month of Abib http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H24&t=KJV - Jewish calendar has different month names, but still 12 months
- Exodus 35:20 - Wise-hearted people brought voluntary, willing offerings. Where did they get all that stuff to give just coming out of slavery? Egypt!
- 35:34 - God put the desire in the builders to teach. I like that this is pointed out.
- 36:5 - Israelites had more than enough fresh out of slavery for hundreds of years...and had to be restrained from giving any more! I love this problem!
- 37 - Intricate design & instruction details are repeated from being spoken from God to performed by man.
- 38:3 - Brass vessels - still beautiful, but more durable metal than gold
- 38:8 - looking glasses of women - mirrors, not eyeglasses
- 39:5 - curious girdle of his ephod - curious meaning ingenious work http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H2805&t=KJV
- 39:23 - habergeon - a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=corselet
- 40:12 - Priests had to be washed at the tabernacle. Imagine having to shower at church before you preach.
- Leviticus 1 - Offering commandments/instructions
- Lev. 2 - Meat offering = flour, baked, fried variations - instructed to not burn leaven or honey
- Lev. 3 - Hand on the head of the offering while it was being slain as a sacrifice - I cannot imagine having to do this
- Lev. 4 - Thank God we don't have to do things this way anymore! No killing animals!
- Lev. 5 - Lamb -or- 2 turtledoves -or- 2 young pigeons (sin offerings)
- Lev. 6 - In the day when he is anointed
- Lev. 7 - Offering types: peace, heave, voluntary, meat, burnt, wave, freewill, sin
- Lev. 8 - Ram of consecration
- Lev. 9 - Why is it called Leviticus? It seems that the priests of Aaron and his sons are being instructed rather than the sons of Levi.
- Lev. 10 - Priests only ate of the holy sacrifices - now everyone takes communion
- Lev. 11 - Meat - eating instructions/law; Be ye holy for I am holy
- Lev. 12 - Why does blood make unclean?
- Lev. 13 - Leprosy instructions/law - priests acted as doctors - God spoke to Moses and Aaron this chapter
- Lev. 14 - Trespass offering - blood on the priests' thumb, ear, and big toe - again, Thank God we don't have to do all this anymore! Thank you Jesus!!!
- Lev. 15 - flowers - euphamism for menstruation in women
- Lev. 16 - scapegoat instructions
- Lev. 17 - The answer to my question from Lev. 12! Blood makes atonement and is the life of a being. This is God's reason for not eating blood.
- Lev. 18 - Who said there were only 10 commandments??? They have not read this book!!! - Also Molech is introduced. Israelites offered their infants as sacrifices to Molech and God had to instruct them not to.
- Lev. 19 - Had to wait until the 5th year to eat fruit of trees
- Lev. 20 - Consequences of not obeying these laws: being cut off from among ones' people, death, burnt with fire, dying childless, being stoned
- Lev. 21 - Priest law
- Lev. 22 - Priests' childrens' law, Law for strangers, Law for eating holy things, Freewill offerings, sacrifice of thanksgiving
- Lev. 23 - Keeping the Sabbath is reinterated. 3 Feasts introduced: 1) Feast of unleavened bread, wave offering, Day of Atonement on 7/10, Holy convocation 2) Feast of Tabernacles, 3) Feast of Booths or Harvest
- Lev. 24 - Lamp in tabernacle instructions to be burnt continually. Also famous Eye for an eye passage
- Lev. 25 - Seventh year sabbath for soil/land introduced and instructed. Also 50th year of jubile introduced. No interest! What a financial system! Everything was returned to you in the 50th year and you bought and sold based on how long it was until the next jubile.
- Lev. 26 - God instructs to reverence my sanctuary & says I will have respect as a condition of obedience. Finally happy words! However, it is a conditional blessing. Negative consequences list is longer and more specific.
- Lev. 27 - Estimations - more control than catholicism. Shekel of sanctuary measurement is given.
