Leviticus 10

Religious debate and differences of opinion, began early. It was not long after the first Israelites Priests were commission when issues began. The first and most startling, is when Aaron's sons (Nadab and Abiha) put coals of fire in their incense burners and sprinkled incense over it. This made the Lord so angry that fire blazed forth and burned them both up.

Leviticus 9

Even if you read the biblical text out loud, unless you pause for a moment, and clear your mind. Wiping out all thoughts of work, and the text message you just read. If you do not enter the time prayer fully, you will do what I did.

Read an entire chapter of the bible, and recall only that it was about when the priest began their ministry, and that it included wiping sacrificial blood on something.

Leviticus 8

Leviticus 8 is a change in the bible. It moves from the offerings and sacrifices to Ordination. Ordination, is one of the means of grace, I have been fortunate enough to attend several ordination ceremonies within the Methodist Church, thankfully there was no animal sacrifices involved, or sprinkling blood on the clothes. Ordination is an important part of the ministry that pastors participate in with the community of faith.

Leviticus 7

Alas, the last chapter describing in detail, the process for making the offerings to the Lord. All of the requirements were given from the Lord to Moses, in Sinia. The details in Leviticus are very intricate. They walk a person, or priest, through each of the steps of making the sin, guilt, or peace offering gave the United Methodist Chuch a run for their money on the details of the requirements.

Leviticus 6

The guilt offering, as passed from God to Moses, then to Aaron and the priest, is another offering to the Lord. Of the offerings to the Lord, this one differs from the rest, in that only the priest may eat it, and only in the courtyard. After reading in Leviticus,it makes me wonder what the courtyard was like.

If I lived in those days, I might as well be a priest, because I would be making lots of sacrifices... ...not that I am part of Hells Angles. Rather, because throughout any given day, there are times when I am not obedient to the Lord.

I had a pastor describe it like this one time:
Following the Lord, is like letting God drive the car. In our lives, more often than not, we grab the wheel, and tell God to sit in the passenger seat, or even the back seat. How many people like the back seat drivers, or listen to them, how good are we going to listen to God if he goes in the back seat of our lives.

Leviticus 5

Some people have said that the Old Testament is not as relevant, or important as the New Testament. Along with all of the other "high brow" religious debates, and I must say, the the OT is just as important as the NT. The OT goes into great details to describe, what the Israelites must do to stay in concert with the Lord. Which ranges anywhere from sacrificing a dove, to a sheep, to a bull. The OT also goes into specifics of how to make the peace offerings, and sin offerings. The comforting though, is that today, Jesus was given to fill the void for us, as out peace and sin offerings.

Leviticus 3

Reading in Leviticus, while it is the bible, is only slightly more exciting than the tax code. However, there are many important facts to glean from the book. Leviticus 3:6 "If you present a peace offering to the Lord from the flock, you may bring either a goat or a sheep. It may be either male, or female, and it must have no physical defects." When we offer ourselves to the Lord through our service, do we give 100%? God does not call for us to only give 75%, as in the verse about his desire is not to have the leftovers. How many sheep in a flock have physical defects? Yet the Lord is asking for a sheep with NO physical defects. We should be giving the Lord our best, not what is left over after a hard week at work.