equipping messengers for God’s mission
Reflections from my study of the Bible, theology, church history, etc. Each series has an intro & table of contents:
* Series 1: Old Testament Reading Journal
* Series 2: Entering the Most Holy Place: A Study on the Day of Atonement
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In the last post, I recommended looking at passages describing Jesus as our high priest and categorizing what you found by marking phrases in different colors. To summarize the findings of our study group, I'll use another way to categorize what a passage is teaching...Continue reading
The high priest played an incredibly important role in the annual Day of Atonement. He alone entered the innermost room of the tabernacle (or later, the temple) where God manifested His presence, and he could only do it on that one day each year.Continue reading
Now that we have looked at the context of Leviticus 16 we are finally ready to delve into the passage itself. (I suggest reading it before reading the rest of this post.) There's a lesson right off the bat in Leviticus 16:1-3. Continue reading
I want to warn you from the outset: this is going to sound like bad news. But hang in there with me, because the bad news tells us why we need the good news, and seeing how horrible the bad news is will enable us to see just how incredibly amazing the good news is. Ready? Here we go…Continue reading
In order to understand the rituals for the Day of Atonement, we need to be familiar with the Old Testament Tabernacle, a portable worship center that the Israelites took with them as they traveled.Continue reading
The apostle Paul calls the Law of Moses "our tutor to lead us to Christ." (Gal 3:24, NASB)...Even though we are not subject to the Law of Moses, we can still let it “lead us to Christ” in the sense of looking to it to find insights about Jesus and what He did for us. Continue reading
Hebrews 10:19 says “we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus” (NIV). What is “the Most Holy Place” and how does Jesus’ blood give us access to it?Continue reading
These last six books sounded like they were arranged chronologically – Nahum speaking of Judah’s rescue from Assyria, Habakkuk and Zephaniah of the exile & restoration, and the final three speaking both encouragement and rebuke to the returned exiles.Continue reading
I don’t think I realized before that Hosea was writing to the apostate northern kingdom; that makes God’s anguished declarations of love for them seem more poignant to me.Continue reading
Ezekiel was so dramatic and his visions so incredible, I wonder if I would have believed him, or if I would have thought he was insane! Continue reading