{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Christ Covenant Church","title":"Journaling: Leviticus 21-24","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3827,"description":"Those that God calls to be His ministers (priests/pastors) are held to a higher standard (21:1-22:9; Jam 3:1).\nThe priests and pastors represent Christ as husband (or lord or owner – “ba’al”; Exo 21:3, 34 ) to the congregation (21:4; For pastors as the equivalent to the OT priests – see Isa 66:21. Hence the reason – Deu 17:9-13 w/1Ti 5:19 and Heb 13:17).\nWhat we give as “holy things” to the Lord (in ministry/worship) is held to a higher standard (22:10-33; Consider what this means as it re: to our service on Sundays: singing, listening to God’s Word, as ushers or nursery attendants, meals we make for members in the congregation, gifts given, how we prepare for church the night before, personal hygiene and adornment on Sunday, ministry in general throughout the week).\nWhat God gives to sanctify (or cleanse) us will prove to be a deadly curse if presented (or approached) the wrong way (22:9, 32 w/1Co 11:26-34).\nBased on when they took place, the six “appointed feasts” or “holy convocations” or “Sabbath(s) to the Lord” established under the Old Covenant can be condensed into the three mandatory feasts or high Sabbaths (Deu 16:16) which all find their substance in (and) are fulfilled by our possession and proclamation (23:1-4 – “you shall proclaim”) of Christ in baptism and the LT: 1) Passover (w/Feast of Firstfruits or Unleavened Bread = 23:5-8, 9-15; 1Co 5:7,11b, 11:26//LT), 2) Feast of Weeks (or Pentecost -“fifty days” = 23:15-22; Act 2:1 and Rom 8:23; 2Th 2:13; Holy Spirit = the Spirit on behalf of Christ– see Joh 16:12-15//baptism), 3) Yom Kippur (w/Feast of Trumpets and Booths = 23:23-25, 26-32, 33-44; Heb 9-10//baptism-LT). That our possession/proclamation of Christ – or His ministry, is the substance/our fulfillment of these feasts is confirmed by (Col 2:16-17).\nThe arrangement of the lampstand shining its light on the 12 loaves stacked on the table of pure gold before the Lord every Sabbath by priests was meant to communicate Israel’s position before God as...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UXGjftzm8Yw--IISwUKe6A6-CX1YtARptisfLmFJFoI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Zjc4/MmNmNTMxZjNmOTgw/YjA1NWRhYmMxMTNl/YmE1Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}