{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Christ Covenant Church","title":"Journaling: Leviticus 9-12","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3fb87493\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3600,"description":"Leviticus 9-12\nThe glory of the Lord is associated w/His salvation or salvific intentions (Lev 9:1-6, 23 w/Exo 16:7, 10, 24:16-17, 28:2, 40, 33:12-23, 40:35; also Num 20:4-8; Tit 2:13).\nApproaching God for salvation requires: 1) a holy place (9:23; Exo 24:16, 29:42-46; 1Ki 8:11; 1Ti 3:15 w/Act 20:28), 2) holy sacrifices (9:7 [“draw near”], 22-24; Heb 10:1-18 = Christ the most holy sacrifice; 1Co 5:7; Rom 12:1; Heb 13:16; 1Pe 2:5), 3) holy fire (9:24; Act 2:3; 2Ti 1:6), 4) a holy mediator (9:1, 5-7, 21, 10:3-7, 11b-12, 11:1, 12:1 = Moses commanded/said; God’s ministers’ approach God thru His mediator = Lev 9:23 [“Moses (as mediator) and Aaron (as minister) went into the tent of meeting…and came out and blessed the people”] w/Lev 16:1-34 [Aaron the minister-mediator of most holy sacrifices]; Heb 3:1-6, 9:11-15a [Christ as the new minister-mediator and the most holy sacrifice]; Act 7:38), 5) holy people (11:1-47, 45; Exo 19:10; Heb 10:22-26; 1Pe 1:14-16), 6) and holy ministers (9:1 w/7-18 = Aaron’s mediator-ministry worked thru his minster sons, 10:8-11, 12:6-8; Joh 20:21-23; Heb 13:7-8 = The mediator still works thru His ministers – Hence v17).\nPeople who attempt to approach God outside of His prescription/requirements will end up like Nadab and Abihu (i.e. what once saved now slays) (10:1-2; also Num 14:9-22, 16:18-50; 1Co 11:28-32; Heb 10:27; N&A were ml drunk and in the HoH – consider Lev 10:9 w/16:1-2; Num 1:51-53; “YHWH consumes Nadab and Abihu as he had formerly consumed the sacrifices in 9:24” – Michael Morales [Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord? A biblical theology of the book of Leviticus]; Heb 12:29).\nA person or family’s calamity or death – spiritual or physical, which is the direct result and divine punishment for their sin is never an excuse for: 1) sadness or mourning in relation to them (10:1-6a; Deu 19:21), 2) neglecting our spiritual duties to the Lord (10:7).\nCongregations/covenant communities w/unholy (or disobedient/compromising)...","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}