Thirty-six years ago I was born into a Catholic, alcoholic family. Because of the verbal and emotional abuse I experienced, I never felt loved. If I was to be loved, I thought I had to earn it. And, no matter how hard I tried, I never seemed to be quite good enough. During the time […]
When we study and compare the four Gospels, we find the Gospel of John altogether different. It is interesting that while we learn much from what is similar, we learn most from what is different. It is well known that John as he writes omits several events which receive special attention by His three fellow […]
Until recently, just outside the Lion’s Gate, hugging the eastern wall of the old city of Jerusalem was the last vestige of what was once a thriving sheep market. In Bible times, Jews scattered through the ancient world by various diasporas would make their way home to worship in the City of the Name. But […]
The vigorous and sizable man was a former priest, variously known as “the Second Paul,” “Strong George,” and “the Mighty Joerge.” William Estep called George Blaurock (1491-1529) “the Hercules of the Anabaptists.” He became the standard for the itinerant evangelist. More than that, he was a disturber of the tranquility of this misguided world, and […]
While the burnt offering gives us that aspect of the work of Christ which was a “sweet savor unto God,” that is, His perfect obedience unto death, the sin-offering, given in Leviticus 4:1 through 5:13, is altogether different. Instead of a sweet savor on the altar, the body of the victim was carried outside the […]
How wonderful the book of Leviticus becomes to us when we find that, instead of mere Jewish ritual, we have precious things in it concerning the Lord Jesus Himself. And when we find that each one of the offerings gives us a picture of the Lord Jesus, either in His Person or His work, how […]
Leviticus 5:14 through 6:7 contains the doctrine of the trespass offering, of which there were two distinct kinds, namely, trespass against God, and trespass against man. “If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord, then he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram […]
The distinguishing feature of the peace offering (Lev. 3) is that Jehovah, the priest, and the offerer all have a portion in it. In this it differs from the burnt-offering. There, it was Jehovah receiving His portion. The whole of it was consumed on the altar. Here, it is Jehovah satisfied, having received His portion, […]
The meal-offering, described in Leviticus 2, was a sweet-savor offering, and so could be put on the altar as the food of God. It did not represent Christ primarily in His death because there was no life taken, nor any blood shed. It was made up of various materials, but they were all the fruits […]