The book of Numbers tells the story of Israel in the wilderness journeying toward the Promised Land from Mount Sinai (where the 10 Commandments were made). God tested His people to see if they would be faithful to Him as a unified nation. Numbers documents their successes and failures. Israel's disobedience resulted in the Lord's judgment, always counterbalanced by His patient persistence in raising a new generation to fulfill His plan. The people of Israel remained at Mount Sinai for about a year before traveling through the wilderness into a region east of the Jordan River, and camped on the plains of Moab. The book of Numbers tells of how the Lord instructed the new generation, as the old generation that originally left Egypt as slaves began to die off. Israel was shaped and purified during this wilderness journey of 40 years. The new generation retold the story of their history, so as not to repeat the mistakes of their fathers. Tis better to learn from your history than to repeat it. And if you don't learn about your history, you are doomed to repeat it. |
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![]() Leviticus is all about the details, which helped the people live in relationship with a holy God. After reading Leviticus and all it's detailed laws governing ancient Israel, their system of worship with it's priests and animal sacrifices- You have to ask yourself, what does this have to do with us today? What's it got to do with Jesus? The Israelites sacrificed animals so that the animal's innocent blood would cover their own sins because God requires consequences for sinful actions. The sacrifice of the animals was a substitute for the Israelites having to be punished for sinning. So instead of them having to be punished every time they sinned, a few times a year, they would sacrifice animals instead that covered their sins. God was satisfied with this system at this time so they would not be judged and punished. As any parent understands, when your child misbehaves (or sins), you must have a consequence, or punishment, for them so that they learn that what they did is wrong, and hurtful, and that there are always consequences/punishment for a wrong action (or sin). Can we they go one day without sinning? Can we? Even a negative thought toward someone is a sin (for example: That person driving in front of me is a moron!) Every sin has a consequence, or punishment. Jesus Christ willingly became our ultimate innocent sacrifice. He took the required punishment for our sins so that we would not have to. So, to believe in Jesus Christ as the only Son of God, who died for our sins and rose on the third day and now sits with Father God in heaven, is to be "saved" from receiving the ultimate punishment of a lifetime of sins, and that's being separated from God for all eternity (or hell). Please let me know via the Comment section if you have any questions, comments, or further insight, on this very important subject. Actually the most important subject of anyone's life- as it means your eternal life with God, or without... So it needs to be understood. Exodus 37: Explains the building of the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark was a retangular box made of acacia wood. It was 4 feet long and 2.5 feet wide and was covered with gold. The point of the box was it contained the 2 tablets with the commandments, Aaron's rod, and a pot of manna. It served as a guide to Israel. God gave power to the Ark as seen when it was captured later on by the Philistines in 1 Samuel chapter 5: The Philistines had captured it and eventually gave it back because one thing after another happened to them until they did- they were literally cursed. Here's more detailed info on it: https://bible.org/question/what-was-ark-covenant-and-was-it-real Exodus 38: Explains the building and materials of the Altar of Burnt Offerings where sin offerings were done, the building of the courtyard, and an inventory is in this chapter of the materials used to build the Tabernacle of the Covenant (below is an artist's view). Exodus 39: Clothing for the priests are described, and explained in this chapter. The institution of the priesthood is solidified here.
Exodus 40: The entire procedure on how to set up the Tabernacle (picture above) is explained in this chapter. Now, in verse 34, the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle, which literally there as a cloud that settled down over it, and Moses could not enter it because of this cloud/glory of the Lord. At night, fire glowed inside the cloud so that all of the Israelites could see it. When the cloud lifted, they knew they were to move to another location. When it remained, they stayed. This happened throughout all their journeys... TO BE CONTINUED IN LEVITICUS :) |
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