We are walking in today: 5 Smooth Stones--Leviticus 18, Do Only What Yahweh Directs!
Witness ark of the covenant throughout the Bible: H727 'arown chest, ark, money chest,
Ark of the Covenant. H1285 bĕriyth covenant, alliance, pledge between men, treaty, alliance, league (man to man)
Numbers 10:33, 14:44; Deuteronomy 10:8, 31:9, 31:26; Joshua 3:6, 3:8, 3:14-17, 4:9, 6:6, 6:8; Judges 20:27; 1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Kings 3:15, 6:19, 8:1; 1 Chronicles 15:29, 16:37, 22:19; Jeremiah 3:16; Hebrews 9:4
The book of Leviticus is linked with the book of Exodus; this book is a continuation of thought. Moses the author, intended for the people to read these two books together. In chapter 18 we have instruction and warnings for the children of Israel for the land that they are being given, the promised land. These warnings are so that they are not vomited out of the land like the present people who had abominable practices and caused the land to be defiled.
The translation from Hebrew to Greek has unfortunately given the appearance in the New Testament or the Brit Chadasha that only here, grace is being shown by Almighty God, through Yeshua. However the term meaning grace and mercy--chesed appears in the Tanakh or Old Testament. This word is first found in Genesis with Noah, then again with Moses when Yahweh places him in the rock as He passes by. We have to understand that if there was no instruction for the people to know in the first portion of the Bible, how could they were upheld to keep that which they did not know? Would this reflect His grace and mercy, that appears before the instructions were given? Upon closer study, the people in the Bible, before the giving of the Torah at mount Sinai were walking in order--how could they know if the instruction was not given yet? Those who Yahweh spoke to were directed by Him. We have to understand that moral laws are still in effect for they are based on His character! Those that knew Him and His character were taught about the orderly way that He desires us to live. For that is the best for us. The study of His principles shows that when followed we have peace, healthy lives, children and marriages. Because of the skewed view of grace so many of the practices that the pagan people did that caused the land to be defiled are now commonplace. This grave error places us in great danger if not ceased. The people that lived in the land before the children of Israel, were dispelled due to these practices that are abominable--that is the following: detestable thing or idol, an unclean thing, an abomination, detestation. One of the reasons why this was not to be done besides that it has been instructed by Yahweh--is that He is holy and the children of Israel were to be holy as well. Leviticus 11:45 For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. This understanding leads us back to the moral law of Yahweh, which is based on His character and is still in effect! To listen to this teaching again click here.
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