February 2, 2022: Day 25 – Leviticus 5-8 and Hebrews 3-4

I hope you are holding on as we make our way through Leviticus.  The building project is done with the tabernacle, all the things are in place and everything has been finished and is ready now for us.  But now it is time to get the people who are going to be administrating the actions that take place in the tabernacle ready.  If you haven’t noticed already Aaron and his sons have been set apart to take the role of the priests.  They are now in these Scriptures, and for all future Scriptures, identified as the priestly class.  They have the responsibilities of carrying out all of the priestly duties in  relationship to the tabernacle and later to the temple.

They have to be taught what types of sacrifices are acceptable to the Lord and how are they to logistically administer those sacrifices.  Earlier someone had commented about those offering the sacrifices and if they were allowed to have some of what was sacrificed.  These verses give us those answers.  Yes, they were, but depending on the type of sacrifice.  So each of the chapters describes the sacrifices, how to perform them, and the details involved.  In chapter 8 you have the ordination of Aaron and his sons, their being set apart for this work.  This is similar to what we did last Sunday in church as we ordained installed our elders and our deacons and our trustees for their duties and responsibilities.

In Hebrews we have some of the most powerful memory verses in Scripture.  Granted, Scripture has a lot of really powerful memory verses, but let’s listen to some of them here.  Chapter 4 has a couple of them, look at vs. 12-13.  The Word of God is called a two edged sword able to judge the thoughts of the heart.  We then also see in chapter 4 vs.15 the fact that we repeat over and over again that Jesus understands us and knows us and has suffered and undergone the same things that we have, and faced every temptation that we have, but without sin.  This is powerful.  If you can memorize these verses it will be to your benefit.  Just meditate on them night and day.