Blended Readings

Saturday, April 16, 2005

April 16 Readings

Leviticus 25 with Commentaries, verse by verse

ISBE Sabbatical Year
ISBE Jubilee Year
Sabbatical Year and Jubilee

Other Links
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 25.1-34
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 25.35-55
Stedman: Leviticus 25

Peter Pett Commentary on Leviticus

Links to Commentaries and other References - Old Testament

Revelation 2 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Revelation 3
The churches to which the letters were written to were Sardis (3.1-6); Philadelphia, (v. 7-14); Laodicea, (v. 14-21). The church is Sardis was a dead church, although they have a few people who were faitful to the Lord, Philadlphia was a faithful church, and Jesus commended that church.

Revelation 3:20
Revelation 3:20 and the Offer of Salvation

The church in Laodicea was a compromising church, it was a lukewarm church.

The Seven Churches
The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia by W. M. Ramsay
Seven Church Ages

Guzik on Revelation 3
Series in Revelation by J, Hampton Keathley III
Stedman on Revelation
Precept Austin on Revelation

Links to Commentaries and other References - Revelation

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How to Become a Christian

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Friday, April 15, 2005

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Today's Reading Leviticus 23-24; Revelation 2

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia links: <Leviticus 23; Leviticus 24; Revelation 2

Leviticus 23 spoke about the Feast Days which were the Sabbath (Lev 23.3);
The Passover and the Unleavened bread (Lev 23.4-8; Exo 12.4-20; Num 28.16-25; Deut 16.1-8),
First Fruits (Lev 23.9-14);
Feast of the Weeks (Lev 23.15-22; Num 28.26-31; Deut 16.9-12);
the Feast of the Trumpets (Lev 23.23-25; Num 29.1-6);
the Day of Atonement (Lev 23.26-32; Lev 16.2-34; Num 29.7-11)
and the Feast of the Tabernacles (Lev 23.33-43; Num 29.12-39; Deut. 16.13-17).

We have to look beyond the ceremonial details to see that Christ is foreshadowed in the offerings and feast days of Leviticus. All of these feast days have prophetic significance. For example, Passover symbolizes Good Friday, the Feast of the Unleavened Bread symbolizes Jesus was buried, and the Feast of the Firstfruits symbolizes the Resurrection of Jesus, the First Fruit (1Cor. 15.23)

Jewish Feast Days Prophecy of Jesus the Messiah
Jewish Feasts and their Significance

Leviticus 24 spoke about oil and bread set before the Lord (Lev 24.1-9; Exo 27.20-21) and a blasphemer was stoned. Again, the lamps be kept burning continually (v. 2), the lampstand must be continually taken care of day and night. This is the light shining in the wilderness just as how our lights (Mat 5.14) should be shining in the world because Jesus is the Light. (John 8.12) The bread was for the Aaron and his sons, only so they could eat it in holy place.
In the second half of the chapter, a blasphemer was stoned. Today, this would be a trivial matter because we do not take the name of the Lord seriously and this includes Christians. Today God's and Jesus' names are common curse words, even among Christians who cannot control their tongue. God's name is a name to be revered. The third commandment states that we should not misuse the name of the Lord our God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name." We should not profane nor blaspheme His name. Here is a link to the meaning of God's Name 2 pages

Other Links
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 23
Stedman: Leviticus 23
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 24
Stedman: Leviticus 24

Peter Pett Commentary on Leviticus

Leviticus 23 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Leviticus 24 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links

Links to Commentaries and other References - Old Testament

Revelation 2 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Revelation 2
The churches to which the letters were written to were Ephesus (2.1-7); Smyrna, (v. 8-11); Pergamum, v. 12-17 and Thyatira v. 18-29. Common phrases found 'He who has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches'; 'To him who overcomes...' There is a word of praise and a word of warning also for each church. There are three types of churches: the dead church, the compromising church and the faithful church. Many think that the seven churches speak about different periods of Church History. Other believe it reflects the spiritual health of the last days. Other think this applies to the churches of today. Regardless, Jesus has the seven churches in His right hand (Revelation 1.20). Jesus is in control of these seven types of churches, whether they are dead, compromising or faithful? Some think this even reflect the individual. Are you spiritually dead, compromising or faithful as a Christian?

The Seven Churches
The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia by W. M. Ramsay

Guzik on Revelation 2

Links to Commentaries and other References - Revelation

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How to Become a Christian

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Thursday, April 14, 2005

April 14 Readings

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Index to Blended Readings

Today's Reading Leviticus 21-22; Revelation 1

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia links: <Leviticus 21; Leviticus 22; Revelation 1

Leviticus 21-22

Leviticus 21 discusses the rules of Priests, the way they dress, behave, who he marries.
Why all these regulations? Because God is a holy God and He expects His people to be holy. Rom 6.23 states that the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life.

Leviticus 22 spoke about other requirements of the priests (v. 1-16) and unacceptable offerings (v. 17-33). The priests must be ceremonially clean at all times, free from bodily discharge, infectious skin diseases, and not touch a corpse. Only the priest's family can eat from the fellowship offering, the daughter of a priest can only marry the son of another priest. If a priest's daughter become divorced or widowed she can return to her father's house. The priest should not desecrate the sacred offerings. They are a chosen people hand have this strict requirement of be ceremonially clean and morally pure.

The second half of Leviticus 22 discusses unacceptable offerings. Offerings offered to God must be male, unblemished without physical defects. God does not want rejects or left-overs. These offerings must be acceptable to him.

So what? Do we christians live a live of purity being very careful to live the life. Do we give God our send best and rejects? Do we spend five minutes in quiet time with him but spend three hours going shopping or watching a football game. We go to bed all tired after having fun and give God two minutes before we go to sleep! Which is most important? Romans 12.1

Other Links
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 21 and 22
Stedman: Leviticus 21 and 22
Guzik on Leviticus 21
Guzik on Leviticus 22

Leviticus 21 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Leviticus 22 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 21 and 22
Stedman: Leviticus 21 and 22

Links to Commentaries and other References - Leviticus

Revelation 1 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Revelation 1
John was exiled on the isle of Patmos for his faith in Jesus Christ. On the Lord's day he had a vision of Jesus standing among the seven golden candlesticks, which repesent the seven churches. We need to see who Jesus really is.

Guzik on Revelation 1

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005

April 13 Readings

Leviticus 20 deals with the punishment of sin. It also forbids worshiping Molech, communication with the mediums, and a variety of sexual practices including adultery, homosexuality, incest, bestiality. Whether we like it or not, sin has its consequences. It separates God from man and man from his fellow-man. Sexual sin have its consequences. It has caused damage to the family in divorce, child molestation, the spread of the HIV-AIDs, the spread of many sexual diseases, pornography, homosexuality, crime of rape and incest. Remember a moment of sin can lead to years of heart-ache. There things that you wish could take back, words, that you have said, actions that you did. IF you could only change them...but it's too late. God will forgive of your sins but some of the consequences have to paid, repentance done, reconciliation and restitution have to be made. An example of this is David with Bathsheba. The baby conceived during that union died, Uriah was killed, Absalom rebelled against God, and he faced his remaining life paying the consequences. (2Sam 11-24)!
Life of David by Pink

Guzik on Leviticus 20
Leviticus 21 discusses the rules of Priests, the way they dress, behave, who he marries.
Why all these regulations? Because God is a holy God and He expects His people to be holy. Rom 6.23 states that the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life.

Leviticus 19 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Leviticus 20 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Leviticus 21 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 19
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 20
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 21 and 22
Stedman: Leviticus 19 and 20
Stedman: Leviticus 21 and 22

Links to Commentaries and other References - Leviticus

Hebrews 13 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Hebrews 13
The author uses this chapter for concluding remarks and encouragement. Among the ones to remember is keep loving each other as brother, do not forget to show hospitality to strangers. remember those in prison, honor the marriage vows, keep yourselves free from the LOVE of money, and be CONTENT with what you have. Many other instructions are there for us.

Hebrews 13.8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.

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Monday, April 11, 2005

April 12 Readings

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Guzik on Hebrews 11

April 11 Readings

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Index to Blended Readings

Leviticus 15-16; Hebrews 11.20-40

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia links: Leviticus 15; Leviticus 16; Hebrews 11

Leviticus 15 dealt with bodily discharges that caused uncleaness both in men (2-15); or the discharge of semen (16-18), female uncleaness caused by monthly period (9-24) or lengthy periods of hemorrhaging (25-30); a recap of these bodily discharges. Notice in all these instances the person became unclean until some prescribed action is taken such as the person bathing with water and washing the clothes or materials that the bodily discharges touch. Any person who became in contact with these bodily discharges, were also unclean, until they washed with water and were in insolation for a certain period of time.

We should mention that when Jesus was on the way to Jairus house in Mark 5.22-43, a woman with a lengthy period of hemorrhaging, with no hope for cure from medicine of that day, had FAITH, and touched Jesus. She, too, were subjected to the public health laws of Leviticus.

It was a horrible thing to be unclean in that society during the Old Testament and Jesus' days., especially if you had leprosy such as the lepers or the woman with the bleeding for an extended period of time. You were literally an outcast in that society. What about today, we have people who have the HIV-Aids virus. Are we as Christians concerned about them as Jesus is. Can you imagine, Jesus touched the leper, and the woman touched Him, he was, by the requirements of the Levitical regulations unclean. But, He is the Lord over these rules and regulations. The Pharisees went beyond the requirement of the law and made the requirements so cumbersome on the people. The intent behind this section of Leviticus is for the people to have safeguard against diseases in this type of public health system, with the priests acting as doctors. The word unclean came up a lot. We may also be unclean in a spiritual sense, we need to be cleansed by the blood of Jesus.

Leviticus 16 deals with the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kuppir (Day of Pardon) was the most holy day of the Jewish Year. This was when, the High Priest enter the Holy of Holies (Most Holy Place) to make a sacrifice for himself and the people. There is an elaborate protocol to enter and offer sacrifices. The high priest has to wash himself in water, sacrifice a bull as a burnt offering for himself and the people. Anyway, the details are in the chapter! An interesting fact was that a goat was spared in the sacrifices (v.20-22), that day, the high priest would lay his hands on the head of the goat and confess the sins of the people and put it on the goat's head. The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary place, and a man shall release it in the desert. This is a description of the substitionary atonement. The sin was transferred to that goat. This is similar to Isaiah 53.12 This is where we propbably got that everyday terminology, scapegoat.

In the book of Hebrews, we see that Jesus is superior to the leaders of the Old Covenant, His sacrifical work was greater than the Aaronic priesthood. Jesus provided a better covenant, sanctuary and sacrifice, than any of these high priests ever could. If you remember, as a part of the high priest clothing, he had golden bells on his garment. Jewish tradition said that they tied a rope around a foot of the high priest before he went into the Most Holy Place. The reason being, if God struck the high priest dead because of his sin, they have to pull him out to avoid being struck by God.

The high priest were involved in thousands of sacrifices every year but he could only enter the Most Holy Place once a year. The day of Atonement was once a year symbolizing that Jesus came only once to die for us so that our sins can be forgiven. Jesus was pure and without sin but he became the sacrifice the Lamb of God. (John 1.29) Have you had your day of atonement? An encounter with a Holy God that you could walk away justified and declared holy. You can, today, put your trust in Jesus Christ. See Jesus Saves

Spurgeon Sermon-The Day of Atronement
More on the Day of Atonement
The High Priest Link

Stedman on Leviticus 15
Stedman on Leviticus 16
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 12-15
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 16

Leviticus 15 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Leviticus 16 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Links to Commentaries and other References - Leviticus

Hebrews 11.20-40 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Hebrews 11.20-40
The author continues with the list of the heroes of the faith starting with the phrase, by faith... He continues with Isaac, Jacob, Moses, the people, Rahab and then there were Gideon, Barak, Samuel, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets. Then there were the unnamed heroes who became martyrs through the ages. There is a great phrase in verse 38, the world was not worthy of them. God had promised them something better , that they would be made perfect.

Martyrs
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Guzik on Hebrews 11

Sunday, April 10, 2005

April 10 Readings

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Leviticus 11-12; Hebrews 10.1-18

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia links: Leviticus 14; Hebrews 11

Offerings from Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology

Leviticus 14 deals with the ceremonial cleansing from infectious skin diseases (v. 1-32) and cleansing from mildew (v. 33-54). Again this is a public health issue. The ceremonial cleansing from an infectious skin disease involves examination by the priest, if the person was healed, two live birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop is brought for the for the one to be cleansed. A certain protocol was done with these including having one of the birds killed. The person cleansed took a bath and then went through an isolation period, after that he saw the priest and offered up a guilt offering. Anyway, it was an involved process for ceremonial cleansing. The leper who was cured by Jesus in Mark 1.44 and Luke 5.14 where Jesus said "..But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them."

Leviticus 14 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Links to Commentaries and other References - Leviticus

Hebrews 11.1-19 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Hebrews 11.1-19
This the Great Faith Chapter, where the author defines Faith as 'the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.' NKJV. A phrase that repeats itself is 'By faith..' If you are born-again, the meaning of faith should be real to you. We piut or faith in the Lord Jesus, whom none of us has seen, he is the substance of things hoped for, although we have not seen Him. Hebrews 11 is a Heroes of Faith Gallery.

Saturday, April 02, 2005

April 2 Readings

Jesus the Great High Priest
14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens,[e] Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are–yet was without sin. 16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Links to Commentaries and other References - Hebrews

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