Wed 4/17 · Lev 20 · Acts 20
This chapter deals harshly with Israel’s sins in connection with the pagan god Molech (v.1-5), with mediums (v.6-8, 27), with cursing parents (v.9), and with various acts of fornication (v.10-21).…
Pastor Elmer Inafuku’s reflections on each day’s Bible reading.
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This chapter deals harshly with Israel’s sins in connection with the pagan god Molech (v.1-5), with mediums (v.6-8, 27), with cursing parents (v.9), and with various acts of fornication (v.10-21).…
This chapter describes various laws. One that I found interesting was in v.23-25. God told Israel when they enter the land and plant trees for food, the fruit would be…
This chapter deals with sinful immoral behavior, which is strongly prevalent around the world today. God warned in v.24-29 that immorality defiles the land, which caused the nations of Canaan…
This chapter describes commandments that teach the sanctity of blood. Billy Graham, the famous evangelist, once said v.11 was the most important verse in the OT: “For the life of…
1) The 1st goat symbolized Jesus’ body. This goat was killed, its blood taken into the Holy of Holies and sprinkled on the Mercy Seat (v.15). Jesus’ body was killed,…
This chapter deals with laws concerning bodily discharges. These were considered unclean, so laws were made for what offerings to bring for their cleansing. Two very personal discharges mentioned are…
This chapter explains the rituals for the cleansing of lepers and leprous houses. These ceremonies were full of symbols of the cross cleansing us from sin! One example is the…
(2/2) 1) While Paul was witnessing to a Roman proconsul, a sorcerer opposed him. So Paul rebuked him and declared he would be blind! Immediately the sorcerer lost his sight…
This chapter deals with the ritual of purification after childbirth. The length of impurity was 1 week for boys and 2 weeks for girls. I believe this was the result…
This chapter is God’s instructions on clean and unclean foods. This is timely because we just read yesterday about God telling Peter to eat unclean animals! We can apply this…
(2/2) 1) Jews didn’t keep company or visit the house of Gentiles (v.28). 2) Because God showed him through a vision not to call Gentiles unclean but to accept them…
This chapter describes the start of Aaron and his sons’ priestly ministry. Moses told Aaron what sacrifices to make and said as a result, the Lord would appear (v.4)! Just…
When persecution against the church in Jerusalem arose, v.4 says, “Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.” Persecution was God’s plan, God’s way to scatter the disciples…
This chapter describes Stephen’s last message and martyrdom. In his message Stephen refers to Moses, who tried to save the Jews at 40 years of age, but was rejected (v.23-29).…
This chapter tells the story of the 1st deacons in the church (v.1-7). One lesson we can gain here is if we’re faithful in little things, God will reward us…
One episode in this chapter was about Ananias and Sapphira (v.1-11). They did a good thing by selling their land and giving an offering! But they sinned by lying that…
At first, although few in numbers, the apostles were powerful and unstoppable because of the miraculous healing of the lame man, which the elders and scribes couldn’t deny! V.14 “And…
When the disciples obeyed Jesus and waited and sought for the Holy Spirit to come and fill them, they were rewarded with a tremendous outpouring of the Spirit’s power, anointing…
In v.6, the disciples asked Jesus if he was going to restore the kingdom to Israel at that time! This shows they still did not understand the plan of God…
1) A) The birth order B) The marching order 2) Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin were descendants of Rachel (Gen 30:24; 35:18; 41:50-52), who was the true bride whom Jacob loved…