The twenty-third chapter of Leviticus is talking about religious practices of the Israelites being legally in force for a perpetual term! (Leviticus 23:9-16). If Jesus fulfilled the Law, imagine the greatness of God, Who is
In the fifth chapter of John, the LORD rebukes the religious, legal authorities for their presumption. They have become too familiar with a God they don’t know by reading words about God, and though they
Long after I was married and had kids, I would call my parents’ house (wherever it was) “home”. What mattered wasn’t the address or the specifics of the place and its furniture. What was important
(Leviticus 23:1-2). I looked up convocations in Strong’s Bible Concordance and found: Something called out, i.e., public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place) A rehearsal: —assembly, calling, convocation, reading The idea of the
In the twenty-second chapter of Leviticus, it says, ‘And you shall not pollute the Name of my holiness which is hallowed among the children of Israel; I AM LORD JEHOVA who hallows you’ (32, Aramaic
(Leviticus 22:29-30). I’ve said it before, in a different way: Law had a window that expired. Grace is also a window—an offer from the God of heaven, which also expires. When an offer is made,
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Forgiveness is a release, or liberty a cause for celebration—jubilee. In Strong’s Concordance, I find that “jubilee” refers to “the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); the signal of the silver trumpets, or
My tools are out, drafted for duty into the unjust Hair War: shampoo, conditioner (wash-out and leave-in), combs, various brushes, and the blow dryer—silent, they stand ready to perform with grim obedience. I’m the villain
God help me, I wish I’d never started that pie. If I hadn’t been convinced my worth could be found and sifted together with flour and sugar, I might have avoided breaking my pie plate