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In chapter 23 God gave Israel their calendar for holidays throughout the year. Each feast was to remind the people of who their God was and what He had done for them. We also saw how the spring feasts pointed to the first coming of Jesus and how the fall feast...

Most of the book of Leviticus has been God instructing His people as He calls out from the tabernacle. During the short month or two that the entire message of Leviticus is communicated; two issues arose in the camp that interrupted God’s instructions. The fir...

In Leviticus God has been giving His people an extensive list of laws explaining how to live in His presence. God has instructed them in worship, morality, wholeness, purity and even what feasts they are to celebrate. Instructions and laws have been given for ...

God put many reminders in place for the people of Isreal to learn to trust and rest in Him. He wanted His people to be in a close consistent relationship with Him. Each week the Sabbath was to remind the people that He was the creator (Ex 20:11), and that He b...

Psalms 89:15 NAS95 (15)  How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance. This is not any joyful noise that is referenced but specifically the trumpet blast of the Jubilee. Each Israelite was to ex...

Today we gather to celebrate the Lord’s Supper. We have been studying in Leviticus all the ceremonies and reminders God left Israel to keep them focused on Him. It is very fitting then for us to gather as a body of believers to be reminded of the death, burial...

Every contract includes the specific terms that are to be upheld. If both parties fulfill their obligations in the contract then it describes the positive outcome. Conversely, penalties are included if one party does not honor the contract. In chapter 26 God i...

Last week God made a set of promises to Israel. He promised amazing blessings for following His commandments and He promised terrible curses if they did not walk with Him. God desired to bless and have Israel enjoy fellowship with Him. The issue was would Isra...

 1 John 1:1-4 ESV (1)  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life—(2)  the Life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and test...

John never moved passed hearing, seeing, and touching the One that was from the beginning. He was an eyewitness to Jesus, the eternal God in human flesh and it astounded him. He knew that it was fellowship with the Father and the Son that changed him and he wa...

John shared the message that He heard from the one that was from the beginning. Jesus taught John that God is light and in Him is no darkness or sin at all. It is with this God of light that John has fellowship with and wants all believers to experience that s...

John has been describing how to have fellowship with a God who is light and in Him is no darkness at all. To be able to have fellowship with this God we must walk openly before Him in His light. Meaning His word will come into our lives and point out the areas...

1 John is one of the bluntest and most loving books. I am amazed at how God’s truth can call us liars and warn us that we have deceived ourselves and yet do so in a loving way to draw us to fellowship. 1 John 1:6; 8; 10; 2:9 ESV (1:6)  If we say we have fe...

It is interesting that sometimes the simplest commands or rules are the hardest to follow. For instance a doctor telling someone to stop eating dairy is a very simple command. On its surface we might think it will be fairly easy to follow, just no ice cream, b...