How God Reveals Himself in Leviticus – Leviticus E1

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Christianity, Old Testament, Torah, Theology, New Testament, God, Demons, Tim Mackie, Bible Study, Angels, Bible, Jesus, Spiritual Beings, Jon Collins, Religion & Spirituality, Spirit, Satan

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🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Holiness is a word we frequently associate with the Bible, but what does it mean? As we pick up the story from where we left off in Exodus, we find even Moses unable to enter God’s presence—and a whole bunch of laws about situations many of us have never considered. What is going on in the scroll of Leviticus? And why is it important? In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they dive into the first movement of the Leviticus scroll, where we’ll trace the theme of sacrifice.

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0:00.0	If you've made it this far in the Bible, you've read through chapters of strange stories,
0:09.1	dense genealogies, ancient law code, but nothing could prepare you for what you're about
0:15.2	to read.
0:16.2	A book so dense and foreign, we jokingly call it a priestly tech manual.
0:22.5	But have no fear, because as we wave through the scroll of Leviticus, we'll find.
0:28.3	The priestly tech manual is actually a story.
0:32.4	Leviticus picks up where we left off in Exodus.
0:35.5	Moses went up to meet with God on Mount Sinai, and he's there for 40 days and 40 nights
0:40.9	receiving Israel's law, including the blueprints for a sacred tent in which God will come and
0:46.9	live among them.
0:48.8	At the end of the scroll of Exodus, God's presence comes down off the mountain into the tent,
0:53.8	but Moses can't enter, because there's something horribly wrong with Israel.
0:58.9	The people who had just promised to follow God's law had grown tired and afraid of Moses
1:05.0	being up on the mountain so long and they made a God out of gold, shaped in the form of
1:10.8	a calf.
1:12.1	So Moses' inability to enter in because of the people's failure at the golden calf is
1:18.5	an analogy to Adam and Eve's failure at the tree and then their inability to get back
1:24.1	into Eden.
1:25.5	And Leviticus comes into this story as a bridge, a way to enter the tent and to be with God
1:31.6	in spite of their idolatrous hearts.
1:34.6	The book of Leviticus is interested in this dilemma.
1:38.2	How does the author of all life stay in relationship with those who love death?
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