by Paul Apple | Jan 25, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE DEDICATION OF PEOPLE, ANIMALS OR PROPERTY TO THE LORD INVOLVES FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF VOWS WITH STRICT REGULATIONS FOR REDEMPTIONINTRODUCTION:Constable: The “blessings and curses” (ch. 26) were, in a sense, God’s vows to His people....
by Paul Apple | Jan 25, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: TEMPORAL BLESSINGS OR CURSINGS BASED ON COVENANT LOYALTY TO GOD’S COMMANDS CAN NEVER NEGATE GOD’S FAITHFULNESS TO HIS ULTIMATE RESTORATION AGENDA FOR THE NATION OF ISRAELINTRODUCTION:Roy Gane: Leviticus 26 provides a dramatic climax to the book of Leviticus,...
by Paul Apple | Jan 24, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: REDEMPTION OF BOTH LAND AND PEOPLE PATTERNED AFTER THE GENEROSITY OF THE GOD WHO OWNS BOTH THE LAND AND THE PEOPLEINTRODUCTION:Richard Hess: This text follows directly from the cultic calendar of Leviticus 23. Whereas that text considered the Sabbath (vv....
by Paul Apple | Jan 22, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: FOR THE PROTECTION OF SOCIETY, GOD’S STANDARD FOR CIVIL JUSTICE IS THAT THE PUNISHMENT MUST FIT THE CRIMEINTRODUCTION:Constable: God evidently preserved the record of this significant incident involving a blasphemer, in Scripture, not only because it took...
by Paul Apple | Jan 21, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: MAINTAINING THE OIL AND BREAD IN THE SANCTUARY SERVED AS ONGOING REMINDERS OF THE LORD’S PRESENCE AND PROVISIONINTRODUCTION:Mark Rooker: The logical connection between Leviticus 23 and 24:1–9 has been advocated by Gispen. According to Gispen the laws of...
by Paul Apple | Jan 20, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD’S PEOPLE AS A COMMUNITY MUST TAKE TIME ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS TO CEASE FROM WORK AND REJOICE IN GOD’S REDEMPTIVE AGENDA AND PROVISION FOR OUR NEEDSINTRODUCTION:Allen Ross: Through the observance of the festivals in the holy calendar, the Israelites were...
by Paul Apple | Jan 19, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE STANDARD OF HOLINESS REQUIRED FOR PRIESTS SPECIFIED PARTICIPATION RULES AND ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICESINTRODUCTION:David Guzik: All the ceremonies and rituals of the Old Covenant pointed towards a perfect fulfillment by Jesus the Messiah under the New...
by Paul Apple | Jan 18, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE STANDARD OF HOLINESS REQUIRED FOR PRIESTS SPECIFIED DEFILING PROHIBITIONS AND DISQUALIFYING DEFECTSINTRODUCTION:Mark Rooker: These two chapters differ from the other chapters of this section in that the regulations given are primarily directed toward the...
by Paul Apple | Jan 17, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THESE SEVERE PENALTIES FOR COVENANT INFRACTIONS AND SEXUAL OFFENSES SHOULD HELP US TO TAKE SIN SERIOUSLYINTRODUCTION:Roy Gane: Holy living is not optional for those who wish to live as God’s people. So Leviticus 20 lays out terminal penalties for serious...
by Paul Apple | Jan 16, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: BECAUSE GOD IS HOLY, HIS COVENANT PEOPLE MUST CONFORM TO HIS HOLY NATURE BY KEEPING HIS COMMANDS AND SHOWING LOVE AND JUSTICE TOWARDS OTHERSINTRODUCTION:Kenneth Mathews: Holy living before God and honest living before our neighbors are the two pillars upon...
by Paul Apple | Jan 16, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING WORLDLY PATTERNS OF IMMORALITY, BELIEVERS MUST HONOR GOD IN THE REALM OF SEXUAL BEHAVIORINTRODUCTION:R. K. Harrison: The attention of the enactments now shifts from the matter of ceremonial defilement and its removal to the question of...
by Paul Apple | Jan 15, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM ORDAINED FOR OT WORSHIP REVOLVED AROUND THE LINK BETWEEN BLOOD AND LIFEINTRODUCTION:Allen Ross: The main theological theme, then, is the sanctity of blood. The basis for this emphasis forms the second significant idea: life is in the...
by Paul Apple | Jan 14, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: TO MAINTAIN GOD’S HOLY PRESENCE WITH HIS COVENANT PEOPLE, ATONEMENT FOR SIN AND CLEANSING MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE HIGH PRIEST ON THIS VERY SPECIAL DAY ACCORDING TO A VERY STRICT RITUALINTRODUCTION:F. Duane Lindsey: Nadab and Abihu were consumed...
by Paul Apple | Jan 13, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD’S ABIDING PRESENCE WITH HIS PEOPLE DEPENDS ON BOTH MEN AND WOMEN ADDRESSING THE UNCLEANNESS DERIVING FROM BODILY DISCHARGES (WHETHER HEALTHY OR DISEASED) FROM THEIR GENITAL ORGANSINTRODUCTION:Mark Rooker: Leviticus 15, which deals with the purity laws...
by Paul Apple | Jan 12, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD’S ABIDING PRESENCE WITH HIS PEOPLE DEPENDS ON A PROCESS OF CLEANSING AND RESTORATION IN SITUATIONS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT BLEMISHES ON SKIN OR HOUSESINTRODUCTION:Kenneth Mathews: Chapter 14 continues the discussion of dealing with skin and...
by Paul Apple | Jan 12, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD’S ABIDING PRESENCE WITH HIS PEOPLE DEPENDS ON RESTRICTING CONTACT WITH SKIN OR GARMENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLEMISHESINTRODUCTION:Constable: Before proceeding, we need to note that by “treatment,” we do not mean that God medically prescribed a...
by Paul Apple | Jan 11, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: RITUAL PURITY MUST BE REESTABLISHED AFTER CHILDBIRTH VIA THE REQUIRED PERIOD OF SECLUSION AND THE APPROPRIATE SACRIFICESINTRODUCTION:Richard Hess: Turning from foods to childbirth, ch. 12 continues the theme of impurity. Indeed, this change signals what the...
by Paul Apple | Jan 11, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD’S PEOPLE MUST IDENTIFY WITH GOD’S HOLINESS IN THE CHOICES THEY MAKE IN THEIR DAILY DECISIONSINTRODUCTION:Mark Rooker: The purity laws cannot be isolated from previous laws concerning instruction for bringing sacrifices (1:1 – 6:7), instruction for the...
by Paul Apple | Jan 10, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: PRIESTLY PRESUMPTION MUST BE SEVERELY JUDGED IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE SACRED AND THE PROFANEINTRODUCTION:Keil and Delitzsch: The Lord had only just confirmed and sanctified the sacrificial service of Aaron and his sons by a miracle,...
by Paul Apple | Jan 9, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE GOAL OF WORSHIP FROM ITS INCEPTION IN THE LEVITICAL OT SYSTEM MUST BE THE APPEARANCE OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD TO HIS REDEEMED AND CLEANSED PEOPLEINTRODUCTION:Kenneth Mathews: Up to this place in Leviticus, all that has gone before was preparatory for...
