February 25 Leviticus 26-27 (ESV) Blessings for Obedience 26:1 “You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God. 2 You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. 3 “If [...]
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February 25 Leviticus 26-27
Posted: February 25, 2012 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, February Bible Readings, LeviticusTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, February Bible Readings, God, Leviticus, Scripture
The promise of the Jubilee
Posted: February 24, 2012 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, February, LeviticusTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Coty Pinckney, daily Bible, Jubilee is a celebration of liberty!, Leviticus, Scripture, The promise of the Jubilee, The Year of Jubilee
Let’s look at Leviticus 25, part of our read-through-the Bible plan for today: “‘Count off seven sabbaths of years– seven times seven years– so that the seven sabbaths of years amount to a period of forty-nine years. Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of [...]
February 24 Leviticus 24-25
Posted: February 24, 2012 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, February Bible Readings, LeviticusTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, February Bible Readings, Leviticus, Scripture
February 24 Leviticus 24-25 (ESV) The Lamps 24:1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly. 3 Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening to morning before theLord regularly. It [...]
God’s Calendar and the BIG questions of life
Posted: February 23, 2012 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, February, LeviticusTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Coty Pinckney, daily Bible, God's Calendar and the BIG questions of life, Leviticus, Sacrificial Calendar, Scripture
We’re almost to the end of our reading through Leviticus. Coty Pinckney has a very helpful summary, a look back at where we’ve been reading and some questions to prompt more study: This chapter (Leviticus 23) has been called God’s calendar, because it describes festivals God planned for the people of Israel. Most of us [...]
February 23 Leviticus 21-23
Posted: February 23, 2012 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, February Bible Readings, LeviticusTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, February Bible Readings, Leviticus, Scripture
February 23 Leviticus 21-23 (ESV) Holiness and the Priests 21:1 And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: No one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people, 2 except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, 3 or his virgin sister (who [...]
God’s choice is not dependent on behavior, but behavior is a logical consequence of God’s choice.
Posted: February 22, 2012 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, February, LeviticusTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Coty Pinckney, daily Bible, God's choice is not dependent on behavior but behavior is a logical consequence of God's choice., Leviticus, Scripture
Today in our reading plan, we come to Leviticus 18-20. Pastor Coty Pinckney shares some insights that help us understand Leviticus in light of the New Testament: The break in Leviticus between chapters 1-16 and chapters 17-27 is similar to the break in Ephesians between chapters 1-3 and chapters 4-6. Remember, in the first half [...]
February 22 Leviticus 18-20
Posted: February 22, 2012 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, February Bible Readings, LeviticusTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, February Bible Readings, Leviticus, Scripture
February 22 Leviticus 18-20 (ESV) Unlawful Sexual Relations 18:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the Lord your God. 3 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which [...]
The Scapegoat: sending our sin far away where it can never be found
Posted: February 21, 2012 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, February, LeviticusTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Charles Spurgeon, Coty Pinckney, daily Bible, Jesus, Leviticus, Scripture, The scapegoat takes our sins to the wilderness of forgetfulness., The Scapegoat: sending our sin far away where it can never be found
In a sermon, “As Far as the East is From the West”, a sermon on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), on Leviticus 16 by Coty Pinckney, The Scapegoat This sacrifice, while different and more detailed than the usual sin offerings, nevertheless is similar to that daily ritual. The next act on the Day of Atonement, however, [...]
February 21 Leviticus 16-17
Posted: February 21, 2012 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, February Bible Readings, LeviticusTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Day of Atonement, February Bible Readings, Leviticus, sacrifice, Scripture
February 21 Leviticus 16-17 (ESV) The Day of Atonement 16:1 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died, 2 and the Lordsaid to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on [...]
How should we then live?
Posted: February 25, 2012 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, February, LeviticusTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Coty Pinckney, Coty Pinckney: Who God is and who we are, daily Bible, how should we then live?, Leviticus, obedience, Scripture, YAHWEH
We have come to the FINAL day in Leviticus! Coty Pinckney wraps up our read-through with a challenge to see two big questions in Leviticus 26, “Who is GOD? ….and Who am I?” We have seen that the book of Leviticus is not, as is so commonly thought, a book which lays down the law, [...]