Tag: offering
Cover to Cover Reading: Leviticus 5:1-7:38 Focus: Leviticus 7:28-36 In the 21st century, we have this thing called wages. We go to work and we get paid. Simple. We know that we can have food on the table if we go to work. But that’s not how it’s always been. In a highly agricultural society, the food on the table was what you produced on your land, then for things that you didn’t produce, you would trade with others who did. If you were in the services business, then, as a wage, you would trade food and products for your…
Cover to Cover Reading: Leviticus 1:1-4:35 Focus: Leviticus 1:1-4:35 As one reads through the details of the various sacrifices, one can’t help but notice that it paints the picture of nothing short of a slaughterhouse. Let’s not try and avoid the fact, the act of atonement for humanity’s sins is a bloody one. Any offering that involved animals would involve death. It is a sobering thought to be reminded that sins before God is not something to be taken lightly.
Cover to Cover Reading: Exodus 34:1-37:16 Focus: Exodus 36:2-7 In the world of church and ministry, there are costs involved. Though driven and funded through the generosity of believers, it is always a point of contention as there never seems to be enough (or budgets never seem to be met). Churches are always making requests, project fundraisers run, donation drives, etc. it seems that it is never-ending. Various people have their theories about how much people should given, what they should give, etc. but are they valid?
