The week of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ included some of the most mysterious events in all of Biblical history.[1] One that must have been shocking was that the veil of the temple was split from top to bottom. This was not just some gauzy curtain of sheer linen, the tearing of which youContinue reading “Shadows, Figures, Analogies. The Earthly Temple is a Frontier Outpost. Hebrews 9:24.”
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Worship During Wartime: Moses Brings a Boring Message to a Distracted Audience. Numbers 28.
Image: Could you read on a crowded train? President Lincoln was one of many lawyer-politicians. But Lincoln did not become a lawyer because he had his eye on a career in politics. Instead, Lincoln actually hung out a shingle, becoming a small business owner, a day-in, day-out lawyer for some twenty-five years, handling both civilContinue reading “Worship During Wartime: Moses Brings a Boring Message to a Distracted Audience. Numbers 28.”
Jesus and the Red Heifer: He is the Only Sacrifice that Can Cleanse Us from Death. Numbers 19.
Under Old Testament law many things could render you ceremonially unclean, including childbirth, skin diseases like leprosy, certain bodily discharges, and contact with unclean animals. To be unclean was to be unfit to participate in temple worship. Various ritual washings were required to restore a state of cleanliness. Being ceremonially unclean was not necessarily sinfulContinue reading “Jesus and the Red Heifer: He is the Only Sacrifice that Can Cleanse Us from Death. Numbers 19.”
Meat, Salt, Perfection. Leviticus 1:9.
Image created with A.I. (they are getting better quickly!). Last week I met my buddies Paul and Chris for lunch at Lupe Tortilla Mexican Restaurant. After I had dutifully chosen something with the word ‘vegetable’ in the name, Paul suggested the three of us share an order of beef fajitas for two. It was Paul’sContinue reading “Meat, Salt, Perfection. Leviticus 1:9.”
Reverse Engineering a Look at the Sacrifices. Exodus 29:1.
Orville Wright famously skipped kindergarten and spent a day hiding in a barn, where he took a sewing machine apart and then put it back together. Why? To figure out how it worked. In other words, a very young Orville Wright, one of the inventors of the airplane, was able to intuit a process weContinue reading “Reverse Engineering a Look at the Sacrifices. Exodus 29:1.”
Draw Up the Blueprints: Jesus is Not Only the Lamb, Jesus is the Temple. Exodus 27.
Have you ever read the Bible with graph paper and a pencil? Try it! There are many places in the Old Testament where the Bible provides so much information that with just a little attention to detail, you can produce drawings to scale. For example, call each line segment one cubit. Then count ten linesContinue reading “Draw Up the Blueprints: Jesus is Not Only the Lamb, Jesus is the Temple. Exodus 27.”
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