““For many are called, but few are chosen.””
Matthew 22:14 NLT
“Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Matthew 22:37-39 NLT
love these verses from todays reading. so good.
when i was reading in leviticus i’m thinking like wow these people had some strong stomachs because there was a lot of blood. i’m also thinking like wow praise God that we don’t have to do this. thank God for His grace and the sacrifice He was for us. “Fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.”
Leviticus 9:24 NLT
when the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground. love that!
The reading today was deep! Like many of you I struggled with how some situations happened. Reading through your comments really helped me put everything into perspective. We must truly listen to God and have the faith of a mustard seed, and He will reveal himself to us.
Matthew 22:46 …from that day no one dared to ask him any more questions.
I laughed when I read this because it was like he shut them all down and they gave up… and yet they still came after Him. Thankful for his sacrifice and for his POWER ❤️
The greatest commandments all center around love! And not loving ourselves, which is a really big push by the world right now, but on loving GOD and loving OTHERS!
Knowing the eternal wrath we deserve as sinners before a holy God, it is truly grace that God would grant atonement to Aaron and his sons to come before him by such earthly means of consecration. It is grace that we need but have faith in the person and work of the Messiah to be saved from God’s wrath.
Reading Leviticus is really tough! I’m grateful for you ladies and the wisdom found in these comments. I was able to see things from a new perspective and ask myself some questions on how to apply what I’m learning.
Really struggled today. Killed a wedding guest for not having the right garments? I do not know the historical context I guess. And then killed the sons who are new to this and refuse to let the father grieve.
It is a shocking depiction, but the parables are hyperbolic metaphors Jesus used to make a point. I think in this case, the wedding represents judgment day, and the guest wearing the wrong garments is someone who never committed their life to God. Hope that helps ❤️
I agree this is hard reading, but I try to remember that the culture was so different then. These animals were a big part of the life of the Hebrews. Most of us can’t relate unless maybe we farm. But raising animals involved daily work, daily effort, also represented personal financial wealth or stability, provided real food to the family. I suppose a person could get wrapped up in their success at producing these living beings. Maybe the blood is a reminder that God is the only true creator of life. Bringing the first and the best really was a sacrifice, with a sense of loss, requiring real humility and tangible obedience. The practice also confirms trust in God to provide. Reading this makes me wonder if we haven’t taken Jesus for granted. His love for us and his sacrifice has cleaned up all this daily and seasonal messy life that isn’t required any more. Maybe he’s made it a little too easy. In our ease we forget just how much we could use our daily efforts to create a pleasing offering to him… and once in awhile demonstrate true obedience to his commands. That’s something i will think about as I continue to read.
I love the way Jesus silences the nay-sayers. His answers are so graceful and laced with truth, who could argue? Another way I want to be more like Him, in those times when I’m questioned by unbelieving members of my family, to give Jesus-like answers instead of my go-to response of emotional persuasion.
I’m struck with how much effort the Israelites had to go through in order to meet with God. A consecrated body, special garments, 6 offerings, and a lengthy (and bloody!) presentation process.
How amazing it is to live under the grace and forgiveness of Jesus! To be able to come before the Lord with boldness, knowing that I am accepted and loved always, that I carry His Spirit within me. What a beautiful thing.
I agree this is a tough read- especially the tedious repetition. However, if I’ve gleaned anything from Leviticus so far, it’s the one thing that sets Christianity apart from all other religions: grace. In the OT which we’ve been reading, look at how difficult it was just to stay on God’s good side, let alone what one had to do if/when he sinned. Raise animals, find pure ones, prepare them, sacrifice, repent, repeat. Wow. It was a lot to DO just to have God with them and bless them. BUT… Jesus came and changed all that- phew! Now having a relationship with God is simple as accepting the free gift of grace. Not do this or do that- but DONE- done by Jesus on the cross. Thank God!!
Praise God for that. I believe seeing the Old Testament mixed with the New Testament gives us a glance at how truly blessed we are to have Jesus. Jesus Christ is Our redeemer, and through Him we are saved.
Love the repetition of ‘as the LORD commanded Moses’ – Moses’ obedience as prophet and priest is incredible. Then I loved the result of their obedience: Fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.! And this is the glory of the Holy Spirit we personally enjoy! Overwhelmed and amazed at God’s grace.
I am finding these animal sacrifice descriptions especially hard to read. I’m 9 1/2 weeks pregnant and the detail is a little much for my already angry stomach to handle at times.
37He said to him, “Love the Lord you r God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38This is the greatest and most important command. 39The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
so in loving yourself, you are still loving God with all your heart. I won’t be able to say exactly what I’m thinking so bear with me. loving God with all your heart doesn’t mean there’s no room in your heart to love anyone else, or to love yourself, but that love for God will direct those other loves.
That was all it took for God’s people to merely meet with God! Something we take for granted. Thankfully, Jesus came and now all we have to do is accept him as our Lord and we can meet with God!!!
I don’t understand the animal sacrifice. It all seems so carnal – why would God desire blood to be sprayed and animals to be torn apart? I hate that I question but I just don’t understand. I picture these things and they seems so barbaric. I hate to question – I believe the Bible is the living word of God but I just don’t understand … Praying the Lord will help me to understand.
It is a hard read. Only correlation I can think of is to the brutal death of Jesus! Lots of blood, lashes that exceeded that normal Roman routine… Very barbaric death!
So that we understand just how much our sins cost. Our sins are ugly and unclean. Also don’t feel so bad about the animal sacrifice. I know it’s hard to read but even today, slaughtering is a very messy process. And like today. They didn’t torture the animals and make them suffer. It was a quick clean kill. But the point is. We all have to pay a price for our sins! And I thank God every single day that he sent his son to pay my price.
Hey Stephanie, in Hebrews the author refers back to what Moses did with the tabernacle and explains without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. Understanding that helps me to better appreciate Christ’s sacrifice, and his title as the lamb of God. He was spotless, blameless, the perfect sacrifice, the only one God would except.
Hebrews 9: 20 He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.” 21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
And I realize I made a typo: *accept not except, and John speaks of Christ as the lamb of God: 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
What was the significance of the man who wasn’t wearing wedding clothes?
Perhaps someone who wanted to be in on the party but not the correct terms. He wanted to sneak in through his own merits. It could represent the Pharisees who wanted to be in on the party (God’s salvation) but weren’t willing to celebrate the invitation (Jesus).
My best {non-scholarly} guess is that it represents an unsaved person at the gates of heaven. Jesus said the parable was like the kingdom of heaven so: The Jews were the chosen people {aka the first people he tried to get to come to the wedding} but they turned away and so God opened His invitation to the Gentiles {the other people he invited} and everyone came but had to be in wedding clothes {aka be saved through Christ} and the one guy wasn’t properly dressed {aka saved} it says to throw him out on the street where it’ll dark and there will be “weeping and gnashing of teeth” I believe hell has been described as that also, that’s what leads me to believe what I wrote above as the meaning of the parable :) {but Google it or check other forums or ask your pastor to confirm
A teacher I had told me that everyone invited would be given the wedding clothes so like Julie said he was given the opportunity to be saved (to wear the clothes) but he didn’t
I hope someone shares something about the wedding feast parable…11-14 really gets my goat. Now I’m going to be thinking about predestination all day and it’s my least favorite topic. I want to believe we are ALL chosen, understanding some of us might not choose (free-will) but with God being omniscient (all-knowing) He would know from the beginning of time who would or would not choose so therefore we are actually predestined. It’s this loop that goes around in my head like groundhog’s day…someone find & share the catch for/with me!
Sarah, I think you hit the mark. We can not grasp the mind of God! What seems strange to us, God already sorted it out. We are all His children, He loves us, He wants us to be with him…all of us! I struggled a lot with Judah being one of God’s disciples, yet Jesus knew he would betray him. I wondered did Judah have a chance of repentance regardless afterwards? Jesus already knew he would be betrayed by him (predestination). When Judah threw the money back at the Jewish leaders did He repent? Then he goes off and kills himself. I am not an expert at all, but my personal conclusion is that Judah was never remorseful for what He did. Even if he was predetermined to fulfill the betrayal of Jesus, just like Peter, he had an opportunity to repent and be forgiven. It was a choice. Peter chose it, and was forgiven. Judah didn’t. Just my thoughts.
my friend and i were just discussing this a few days ago. we looked up some verses, and the best conclusion we could come to was this. that the verses that talk about the chosen also talk about God knowing beforehand. so in effect He chose those who would choose Him. here are some verses we found. 1 tim 2:4, 1 Pet 1:2, rom 8:29 john3:16,3:36
The detail in these offerings and how specific God is in the way that they be done makes me so thankful for Jesus dying on the cross and being our sacrifice. But it also makes me think about offerings we give. Wether money or time or talents etc. When we give money to the church it’s an offering to the Lord and most the time I just drop it in the collection plate as it goes by without thinking of the meaning behind it. The animals sacrifices were to be without defect, or the best they could give. The same should go for our money and time and talents that we give.
I was struck by the connection of what happened to Aaron’s sons and the parable of the wedding feast. The sons perished because they did a sacrifice contrary to the Lord’s demand..and the man at the banquet was removed for not having the proper wedding garments. I see both almost as overconfidence in being right with the Lord..so much so that we (people) begin to put our own emphasis on how to worship and how to present ourselves before Him. The wedding banquet parable gives me chills..I pray that my heart and mind stay genuinely focused on the Lord, and not swayed by things in the world. I know that the audience Christ was speaking to was more the chief priests and Pharisees, but still..words to take to heart!
22:37-40 “And He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and foremost commandment’. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets’.” Makes sense. If I truly love my neighbor I will not hurt him by lying, killing, etc. If I truly love God I would not worship anyone/anything else. The whole law can be condensed to these 2 principles
off the subject, but I just wanted to let you know I really love your name! when we were going through Job I looked up the meanings of Job’s new daughters names, and subsequently googled Antimony to see what it looked like. what a treasure.
To be consecrated and holy you must literally wear the death that atoned for your sin. Which out Christ as sacrifice, a person will eventually wear their own death & it will be forever. On the other hand, wearing the death of Christ also means wearing his resurrection — for death with Christ means life forever.
Reading about how seriously the Lord took the consecration of the priests and how he wanted everything to be followed exactly, made me do a self-examination this morning. Do I take seriously my own holiness? Am I keeping watch over my heart and preparing myself to meet with the glory of the Lord each and everyday? The Lord does care about the way we worship him. He does not want us to do things half-way or own our own terms like Aaron’s sons did. He wants true, right sacrifices. And when I see the glory of the Lord and meet with him in worship, what’s my response? Do I fall on my face, submitting to his plans and whatever he wills? Or do I proudly walk away and go about life as if I had never seen his glory?
This really took me by surprise. I knew that this happened, but I didn’t realize that it happened so soon. And Aaron is commanded to go about the temple business; he’s not allowed to mourn.
that reminds me of when Jesus told the disciples to let the dead bury the dead after their father died. when God has you on a mission there’s no time to lose focus.
It’s interesting to me the way the God uses Aaron and his sons even though Aaron sinned against the Lord by making the golden calf. And also, later on, the sons will sin against God and be killed for it, right?
Great point about the golden calf. It speaks to me of how the Lord creates each for purposes — He designed Aaron for a place of worship in the new tabernacle. But when left unchecked, the sin skewed that purpose. When allowed to be touched by God, that purpose met its fulfillment in Aaron’s office as priest!
I love you so much, Jesus ❤️ thank you for being the light of my life and for leading the way. I trust you. Amen!
Thajks Lord I need u prsn
““For many are called, but few are chosen.””
Matthew 22:14 NLT
“Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Matthew 22:37-39 NLT
love these verses from todays reading. so good.
when i was reading in leviticus i’m thinking like wow these people had some strong stomachs because there was a lot of blood. i’m also thinking like wow praise God that we don’t have to do this. thank God for His grace and the sacrifice He was for us. “Fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.”
Leviticus 9:24 NLT
when the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground. love that!
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Jesus started using metaphors to make his point when the people saw miracles and still refused to believe.
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for many are called, but few are chosen♥️
The reading today was deep! Like many of you I struggled with how some situations happened. Reading through your comments really helped me put everything into perspective. We must truly listen to God and have the faith of a mustard seed, and He will reveal himself to us.
The God of the living.
37And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
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Matthew 22:46 …from that day no one dared to ask him any more questions.
I laughed when I read this because it was like he shut them all down and they gave up… and yet they still came after Him. Thankful for his sacrifice and for his POWER ❤️
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I wonder how many Pharisees believed in Jesus but were too scared to say anything because of their friend group
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The greatest commandments all center around love! And not loving ourselves, which is a really big push by the world right now, but on loving GOD and loving OTHERS!
To trust in God, and to do as he says, means God will reveal himself to you in ways you could only ever imagine.
love your neighbor as you love yourself !!-ellie
Knowing the eternal wrath we deserve as sinners before a holy God, it is truly grace that God would grant atonement to Aaron and his sons to come before him by such earthly means of consecration. It is grace that we need but have faith in the person and work of the Messiah to be saved from God’s wrath.
Amen!!
Reading Leviticus is really tough! I’m grateful for you ladies and the wisdom found in these comments. I was able to see things from a new perspective and ask myself some questions on how to apply what I’m learning.
Really struggled today. Killed a wedding guest for not having the right garments? I do not know the historical context I guess. And then killed the sons who are new to this and refuse to let the father grieve.
It is a shocking depiction, but the parables are hyperbolic metaphors Jesus used to make a point. I think in this case, the wedding represents judgment day, and the guest wearing the wrong garments is someone who never committed their life to God. Hope that helps ❤️
Gayle, I appreciate your interpretation! Thanks for the insight!
This helped me!! thank you
Read this explanation from gotquestions.org. I think it explains it really well.
https://www.gotquestions.org/parable-wedding-feast.html
Hope this helps❤️
I agree this is hard reading, but I try to remember that the culture was so different then. These animals were a big part of the life of the Hebrews. Most of us can’t relate unless maybe we farm. But raising animals involved daily work, daily effort, also represented personal financial wealth or stability, provided real food to the family. I suppose a person could get wrapped up in their success at producing these living beings. Maybe the blood is a reminder that God is the only true creator of life. Bringing the first and the best really was a sacrifice, with a sense of loss, requiring real humility and tangible obedience. The practice also confirms trust in God to provide. Reading this makes me wonder if we haven’t taken Jesus for granted. His love for us and his sacrifice has cleaned up all this daily and seasonal messy life that isn’t required any more. Maybe he’s made it a little too easy. In our ease we forget just how much we could use our daily efforts to create a pleasing offering to him… and once in awhile demonstrate true obedience to his commands. That’s something i will think about as I continue to read.
Thanks so much for sharing your words of wisdom. They helped and encouraged me to keep reading through.
Great perspective! Thank you!
Super!
I love the way Jesus silences the nay-sayers. His answers are so graceful and laced with truth, who could argue? Another way I want to be more like Him, in those times when I’m questioned by unbelieving members of my family, to give Jesus-like answers instead of my go-to response of emotional persuasion.
I’m struck with how much effort the Israelites had to go through in order to meet with God. A consecrated body, special garments, 6 offerings, and a lengthy (and bloody!) presentation process.
How amazing it is to live under the grace and forgiveness of Jesus! To be able to come before the Lord with boldness, knowing that I am accepted and loved always, that I carry His Spirit within me. What a beautiful thing.
I agree this is a tough read- especially the tedious repetition. However, if I’ve gleaned anything from Leviticus so far, it’s the one thing that sets Christianity apart from all other religions: grace. In the OT which we’ve been reading, look at how difficult it was just to stay on God’s good side, let alone what one had to do if/when he sinned. Raise animals, find pure ones, prepare them, sacrifice, repent, repeat. Wow. It was a lot to DO just to have God with them and bless them. BUT… Jesus came and changed all that- phew! Now having a relationship with God is simple as accepting the free gift of grace. Not do this or do that- but DONE- done by Jesus on the cross. Thank God!!
Praise God for that. I believe seeing the Old Testament mixed with the New Testament gives us a glance at how truly blessed we are to have Jesus. Jesus Christ is Our redeemer, and through Him we are saved.
Love the repetition of ‘as the LORD commanded Moses’ – Moses’ obedience as prophet and priest is incredible. Then I loved the result of their obedience: Fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.! And this is the glory of the Holy Spirit we personally enjoy! Overwhelmed and amazed at God’s grace.
Nor going to lie, Leviticus is sort of dry and really hard to get through…
I am also struggling with Leviticus.. Tough tough read!!! We shall struggle through together!
I’m struggling too!
Thank you for all of your replies, they do help
I am finding these animal sacrifice descriptions especially hard to read. I’m 9 1/2 weeks pregnant and the detail is a little much for my already angry stomach to handle at times.
37He said to him, “Love the Lord you r God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38This is the greatest and most important command. 39The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
so in loving yourself, you are still loving God with all your heart. I won’t be able to say exactly what I’m thinking so bear with me. loving God with all your heart doesn’t mean there’s no room in your heart to love anyone else, or to love yourself, but that love for God will direct those other loves.
Why are the instructions so specific? This organ goes here, blood gets smeared here here and here. I just don’t understand it!
That was all it took for God’s people to merely meet with God! Something we take for granted. Thankfully, Jesus came and now all we have to do is accept him as our Lord and we can meet with God!!!
I don’t understand the animal sacrifice. It all seems so carnal – why would God desire blood to be sprayed and animals to be torn apart? I hate that I question but I just don’t understand. I picture these things and they seems so barbaric. I hate to question – I believe the Bible is the living word of God but I just don’t understand … Praying the Lord will help me to understand.
It is a hard read. Only correlation I can think of is to the brutal death of Jesus! Lots of blood, lashes that exceeded that normal Roman routine… Very barbaric death!
So that we understand just how much our sins cost. Our sins are ugly and unclean. Also don’t feel so bad about the animal sacrifice. I know it’s hard to read but even today, slaughtering is a very messy process. And like today. They didn’t torture the animals and make them suffer. It was a quick clean kill. But the point is. We all have to pay a price for our sins! And I thank God every single day that he sent his son to pay my price.
Hey Stephanie, in Hebrews the author refers back to what Moses did with the tabernacle and explains without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. Understanding that helps me to better appreciate Christ’s sacrifice, and his title as the lamb of God. He was spotless, blameless, the perfect sacrifice, the only one God would except.
Hebrews 9: 20 He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.” 21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
And I realize I made a typo: *accept not except, and John speaks of Christ as the lamb of God: 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Love Matthew 22:37-40.
What was the significance of the man who wasn’t wearing wedding clothes?
Perhaps someone who wanted to be in on the party but not the correct terms. He wanted to sneak in through his own merits. It could represent the Pharisees who wanted to be in on the party (God’s salvation) but weren’t willing to celebrate the invitation (Jesus).
My best {non-scholarly} guess is that it represents an unsaved person at the gates of heaven. Jesus said the parable was like the kingdom of heaven so: The Jews were the chosen people {aka the first people he tried to get to come to the wedding} but they turned away and so God opened His invitation to the Gentiles {the other people he invited} and everyone came but had to be in wedding clothes {aka be saved through Christ} and the one guy wasn’t properly dressed {aka saved} it says to throw him out on the street where it’ll dark and there will be “weeping and gnashing of teeth” I believe hell has been described as that also, that’s what leads me to believe what I wrote above as the meaning of the parable :) {but Google it or check other forums or ask your pastor to confirm
I like this non-scholarly guess. Thanks.
I think this is a great explanation, thank you!
I think this is a great explanation! This parable really stuck out to me so I’m glad there were comments here on it!
Great emphasis Julie!
Thanks for the encouragement ladies. ☺️I was up early and exhausted and wasn’t sure I was reading it right! Lol
A teacher I had told me that everyone invited would be given the wedding clothes so like Julie said he was given the opportunity to be saved (to wear the clothes) but he didn’t
I hope someone shares something about the wedding feast parable…11-14 really gets my goat. Now I’m going to be thinking about predestination all day and it’s my least favorite topic. I want to believe we are ALL chosen, understanding some of us might not choose (free-will) but with God being omniscient (all-knowing) He would know from the beginning of time who would or would not choose so therefore we are actually predestined. It’s this loop that goes around in my head like groundhog’s day…someone find & share the catch for/with me!
Sarah, I think you hit the mark. We can not grasp the mind of God! What seems strange to us, God already sorted it out. We are all His children, He loves us, He wants us to be with him…all of us! I struggled a lot with Judah being one of God’s disciples, yet Jesus knew he would betray him. I wondered did Judah have a chance of repentance regardless afterwards? Jesus already knew he would be betrayed by him (predestination). When Judah threw the money back at the Jewish leaders did He repent? Then he goes off and kills himself. I am not an expert at all, but my personal conclusion is that Judah was never remorseful for what He did. Even if he was predetermined to fulfill the betrayal of Jesus, just like Peter, he had an opportunity to repent and be forgiven. It was a choice. Peter chose it, and was forgiven. Judah didn’t. Just my thoughts.
my friend and i were just discussing this a few days ago. we looked up some verses, and the best conclusion we could come to was this. that the verses that talk about the chosen also talk about God knowing beforehand. so in effect He chose those who would choose Him. here are some verses we found. 1 tim 2:4, 1 Pet 1:2, rom 8:29 john3:16,3:36
The detail in these offerings and how specific God is in the way that they be done makes me so thankful for Jesus dying on the cross and being our sacrifice. But it also makes me think about offerings we give. Wether money or time or talents etc. When we give money to the church it’s an offering to the Lord and most the time I just drop it in the collection plate as it goes by without thinking of the meaning behind it. The animals sacrifices were to be without defect, or the best they could give. The same should go for our money and time and talents that we give.
I was struck by the connection of what happened to Aaron’s sons and the parable of the wedding feast. The sons perished because they did a sacrifice contrary to the Lord’s demand..and the man at the banquet was removed for not having the proper wedding garments. I see both almost as overconfidence in being right with the Lord..so much so that we (people) begin to put our own emphasis on how to worship and how to present ourselves before Him. The wedding banquet parable gives me chills..I pray that my heart and mind stay genuinely focused on the Lord, and not swayed by things in the world. I know that the audience Christ was speaking to was more the chief priests and Pharisees, but still..words to take to heart!
22:37-40 “And He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and foremost commandment’. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets’.” Makes sense. If I truly love my neighbor I will not hurt him by lying, killing, etc. If I truly love God I would not worship anyone/anything else. The whole law can be condensed to these 2 principles
Yes Antimony!
How simple they sound…how hard it is to accomplish!
off the subject, but I just wanted to let you know I really love your name! when we were going through Job I looked up the meanings of Job’s new daughters names, and subsequently googled Antimony to see what it looked like. what a treasure.
To be consecrated and holy you must literally wear the death that atoned for your sin. Which out Christ as sacrifice, a person will eventually wear their own death & it will be forever. On the other hand, wearing the death of Christ also means wearing his resurrection — for death with Christ means life forever.
Your last statement is awesome…”wearing the death of Christ also means wearing his resurrection”. Amen! So neat being described that way. Love it.
Wow!
Beautifully said!
Reading about how seriously the Lord took the consecration of the priests and how he wanted everything to be followed exactly, made me do a self-examination this morning. Do I take seriously my own holiness? Am I keeping watch over my heart and preparing myself to meet with the glory of the Lord each and everyday? The Lord does care about the way we worship him. He does not want us to do things half-way or own our own terms like Aaron’s sons did. He wants true, right sacrifices. And when I see the glory of the Lord and meet with him in worship, what’s my response? Do I fall on my face, submitting to his plans and whatever he wills? Or do I proudly walk away and go about life as if I had never seen his glory?
Very convicting indeed. It is very easy to bypass things and become neutral or complacent. Thank you for your provoking thoughts.
Oops! I wrote this comment before I read the last Leviticus chapter. Didn’t realize what happened with his sons happened so soon!
This really took me by surprise. I knew that this happened, but I didn’t realize that it happened so soon. And Aaron is commanded to go about the temple business; he’s not allowed to mourn.
that reminds me of when Jesus told the disciples to let the dead bury the dead after their father died. when God has you on a mission there’s no time to lose focus.
It’s interesting to me the way the God uses Aaron and his sons even though Aaron sinned against the Lord by making the golden calf. And also, later on, the sons will sin against God and be killed for it, right?
Great point about the golden calf. It speaks to me of how the Lord creates each for purposes — He designed Aaron for a place of worship in the new tabernacle. But when left unchecked, the sin skewed that purpose. When allowed to be touched by God, that purpose met its fulfillment in Aaron’s office as priest!