{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Christ Covenant Church","title":"Journaling: Numbers 34-36; Luke 1","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3458,"description":"Numbers 34-36\nThe “inheritance” (or realization) of God’s b-haps (big, happy, awesome promises) requires: 1) great attention to God’s definitions/details (34:1-15 -the land of Canaan defined by its “borders”), 2) following the assigned path given to you by your appointed leaders (34:16-29 – “men who shall divide the land to you”; Heb 13:17).\nGod commands His people to live in areas where there are Levitical cities (today this wb the church) for the purpose of receiving: 1) spiritual influence (35:1-5, 7-8; These cities/dwelling places of the Levites became the centers for biblical education; Heb 13:7), 2) justice (35:6, 9-34; These cities/dwelling places of the Levites also become the courts for protecting the innocent and punishing the guilty; 1Co 6:1-6).\nThe congregation of God’s people (in each Levitical city) are to serve as witnesses and judges when determining the protection or punishment of those accused of a capital crime (35:9, 24-29; Lev 5:1).\nIntentionality, use of a lethal weapon, enmity or hatred are the criteria when determining what makes a person guilty of murder in the wrongful death of another (35:9-24).\nJustice (or equity) does not allow for: 1) speculation (35:30), 2) exceptions (35:31-32), 3) penal substitutes (35:33-34) (How then could Jesus be our penal substitute since this would mean God is a corrupt judge?).\nMarrying w/in your clan is also necessary to protecting your inheritance from God (36:1-13 w/1Co 7:39; 2Co 6:14-18).\nLuke 1\n“Certainty” is the result of thorough investigation and sufficient evidence (1:1-4; “having followed all things closely for some time”, “many have undertaken to compile…from the beginning were eyewitnesses”).\nBeing “righteous before God”: 1) means “walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord” (1:5-6), 2) is a very real possibility for imperfect people (“Zechariah” and “Elizabeth” were not perfect – e.g. 1:7-22; e.g. Heb 11).\nBeing a great man or woman of God includes turning (or...","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}