Divine Encounters

Day 35 Reading: Lev. 21:1- Lev. 23:44 Serving God is what we are to live for. It's not the exclusive call of a few but for humanity. God made us to serve Him and that we serve Him wholly. The law was strict on what a priest was allowed to do. The priest was to carry out their life with total consecration to God. The priest was not to hang around dead persons. Defilement meant that as a priest you couldn't offer the offerings or partake of the bread. Yes, he could be there for close family members but not everybody. Charles, don't mix yourself with everyone and thus get defiled. God is to be hallowed before all men!  Live a consecrated life to be able to give bread to God. Don't live holy for the people but for God who makes me holy. A defect would disqualify a priest from serving in the tabernacle. Charles, how many priests are disqualified today because of defects in character though they are eating the bread of God. Deal with your defects Charles so as no...

Day 30 Reading: Lev. 5:1- Lev. 7:38 Keeping the Law was work. The law revealed more about the dispensation of law whereas the days of Abraham were the dispensation of promise. Some offerings required a bull; some a male goat or female goat; some a ram. Keeping all this was work. The law was about works but this does not mean I should dismiss it. One should read not just for knowledge but for a revelation of God. One thing I think we miss today in the church is the perspective of the Holiness of God. As I read about the different offerings I am amazed at how God breaks down every sin. Nothing is trivial to God. And the law was not one rule for all in terms of remediation. If one couldn't meet (afford) a certain requirement God had a solution.  Many things amazed me as I read this portion of scripture. The person who lied and was found as having stolen from another would restore to full value and add 20% to the person affected whilst also offering a trespass offering. To...