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Exodus 29 Aaron is going to be the first High Priest, so this chapter outlines the process of ordination for the task, which is carried out in Leviticus 8. The bull and rams are sacrificed, so that their blood could be used for the forgiveness of sins. The wages of sin is death, so a […]
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Exodus 28 V3 Notice how the Holy Spirit empowers creative people to serve God in craftsmanship. The ephod was a garment – in 1 Sam 30, David calls for the ephod as a garment of praise. Time to seek God! It was a vest worn by the high priest, reaching to the thighs, when he […]
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Blogging my thoughts while doing Murray M’Cheyne’s Bible Reading Plan Exodus 26 Detailed instructions for the tabernacle are given The inside is decorated with cherubim – the tabernacle is a copy of heaven, so it’s fitting to see angels! There are lots of overlapping curtains – unity in diversity. There are layers – linen curtain, […]
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Exodus 25 The Tabernacle The building fund was not compulsory! The Lord only wanted contributions from “those whose heart moves him”. The ark would contain the ten commandments and was carried on poles on men’s shoulders, not carts! The mercy seat was the lid – God would meet with the priest at the mercy seat […]
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Exodus 33 Under the Old Covenant one would have needed a priest as a mediator to access God – by grace we all have access to god by one Spirit because of Jesus (Eph 2:18) Much of this chapter is about the obedience required – under grace, we get to obey by faith Rom 1:5 […]
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Continuing blogging some thoughts as I go through teh Bible with the Murray M’Cheyne Plan. Exodus 23 Verses 1-3,6-7 talk about lawsuits. Grace tells us we can deal with civil conflict within the church without recourse to the courts (1 Cor 6) The sabbath laws point to the sabbath rest from works that comes when […]
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Was too busy to blog last week, so back on track with Murray M’Cheyne’s Bible reading plan… Exodus 22 Grace goes beyond the law – the law points us to Christ. Being in Christ, full of the Spirit, means that we fulfil the law and are often empowered to go beyond! So when I read […]
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Exodus 21 Ch 20 had the ten commandments v1-17, which introduced fear v18-21. Then further legislation from v21. Chapter 21 is case law v2-11 are “when..then..”, v12-17 are someone doing something and from v18 when..then.. scenarios. Galatians teaches us the law drives us to Christ. The gospels show that Jesus fulfilled the law perfectly, the […]
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Exodus 11-12 The Passover Lamb points to Jesus Passover Lamb Jesus Without defect Sinless Blood Shed Blood Shed on the cross Saved by blood applied to the doorway Saved by believing in Jesus’ death and resurrection (blood shed for us) Luke 14-16 Humble people get exalted People make excuses not to respond, so go and […]