A butcher should know the various cuts of meat; a preacher should know the lessons intended. It’s common in the West to ask someone to give you their heart, especially in mid-February. We understand what is actually meant by this. It isn’t an organ transplant we’re desiring, but an exchange of affection. We think of […]
Read More… from March 3, 2022 — An Anatomy Lesson: Parts Of The Whole
You might call it liquid history; as it pulses through the body, it is the arbiter of life and death. What do a bull, a goat, a lamb, a dove, a human, and the Son of God have in common? Blood! So you should be warned: in the book of Leviticus, there is blood everywhere; […]
Read More… from March 2, 2022 — A Hematology Lesson: Seeing Red
Certainly this must be one of the great days in history, the day God moves into His new home. Leviticus 1:1 reads, “Now the Lord called to Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of meeting.” Three vital facts stand out. First, this is a book from God. More than 50 times in these […]
Read More… from March 1, 2022 — An Architecture Lesson: God Takes Up Residence
This third book might be first in the number of its portraits of Christ in the Old Testament. Each book of the Bible—in fact, the Bible itself—was not given a title by its author. Bible is simply an English form of the Greek word for “book.” And the Hebrew readers of Leviticus distinguished it by […]
Read More… from February 28, 2022 — An Historical Lesson: Welcome To Leviticus!
Moses was not able to enter because of the glory—but we are! Read carefully Hebrews 4:14-16 We now come to our last lesson in Exodus. But it is no anti-climax. This is the moment the Lord has been waiting for. He has been withdrawn from the people, on Sinai’s peak, with a barrier keeping the […]
What a sight to see the tabernacle majestically rise from the desert floor—God’s home on earth! Fourteen times in Exodus 40 we hear the Lord say to Moses, “you shall.” What was it he was to do? There at the base of Mount Sinai, Moses was going to put together a model, yes, a model […]
In the work of the Lord, it’s great to start well, better to continue well, and best to finish well. The work is finally complete. Now it’s time for inspection. We read, “Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all […]
Read More… from February 23, 2022 — “Well Done” Or “Well…Done”?
No surprise that God draws the best outlines. Be careful! Make sure you color in the lines. Exodus 39 describes the most remarkable clothing ever made, designed by the One who carved the rose, paints the sunsets, and splashes glory on the autumn leaves. Aaron was privileged to wear it, but really it was designed […]
Read More… from February 22, 2022 — Two Natures: Linen & Gold