Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. The Bible tells one big story of redemption,

and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to

finish and exploring how all of it points to Jesus.

Welcome back to another episode of a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. This is Stephanie,

who hosts through the Book of Leviticus. Today we are covering chapters 19 through 21.

After the last few chapters and their peculiar details, today's readings probably sounded a bit

more familiar and relatable. Let's dive right in. Chapter 19 continues on practical holiness.

The chapter opens up with what can be argued as the theme verse for the entire Book of Leviticus.

Verse 2 says, You shall be holy for I the Lord your God and holy. Remember, the major theme woven

throughout Leviticus is how God's people can dwell with God. It's about holiness. That is the

unchanging standard for union and fellowship with God. This is important. As you read this chapter,

you were probably reminded of the ten commandments that we read about in Exodus 20. God's people were

told to revere their parents and keep the Sabbath and guard against idolatry. And then,

there's a lot of details of how once you love their neighbors. As you read this chapter,

did you notice the phrase, I am the Lord? In this chapter alone, we see it 15 times. As believers,

we strive to obey and live according to his word for this very reason. He is our Lord. He is the

one true God. And we see in this chapter that God cares about how we live in community.

Practical holiness or living a life that reflects God's character is often worked out in community

because we don't live in isolation. Particularly as God's people, we are to live in community,

reflecting the perfect fellowship we see in the three persons of the Godhead. Think about the

ten commandments. The first four commands concern how we relate to God and the latter's six

concern how we relate to others. So continuing in this chapter, we see God say,

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