The Wrong Stuff

I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God Romans 12:1 Living – In order for a sacrifice to be “living,” something had to go wrong.  You see, in the sacrificial system of Israel, an animal was destroyed when offered to God. …

Cheerios

If anyone offers a grain offering to the Lord, his offering must be of fine flour and he must pour oil on it and put incense on it. Leviticus 2:1 Grain Offering – Here’s an amazing fact.  Paul justifies the payment of those who proclaim the good news of God by appealing to the grain…

Fundamental Shift

and all who dwell on the earth will worship him, every one whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. Revelation 13:8 Foundation – In English, I prefer the New American Standard Bible.  So, I was quite surprised when…

The Word of the Lord

And YHWH called to Moses and spoke to him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, Leviticus 1:1 Spoke – Why did God wait until His presence rested over the tabernacle before He spoke to Moses about the sacrifices?  Some contemporary translations of this verse omit the word “tabernacle,” but we shouldn’t!  The tabernacle…

Kindergarten

And YHWH called to Moses and spoke to him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, Leviticus 1:1 Called – If you had to decide which book of the Bible you would use to train your children in the ways of God, would you choose Leviticus?  Probably not.  You would probably decide on some…

Blood Bath

A prayer of the afflicted when he is faint and before Yahweh pours out his complaint. Psalm 102:1 (in the Hebrew text) Pours Out – “Then you will take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water . . will become blood.” So begins the story of the…