{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Christ Covenant Church","title":"Journaling: Numbers 6-9","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3244,"description":"God has provided ways for His people to show their dedication to Him thru special vows of separation (6:1-21; Rom 14:4-17, 5).\nWe are still responsible for those sins that are the result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time (6:9-12, 11).\nThere is no such thing as a Nazirite today since: 1) the prescription requires the OC sacrificial system (6:14-18; Heb 9:10), 2) abstaining altogether from wine would be a violation of the NC prescription regarding the LT (since it requires grapes/wine) (Luk 22:18; 1Co 11:21).\nThe (ordained/anointed) priests are commanded – and possess the ability, to place God’s blessing on His people (Num 6:22-27; Consider w/Act 6:4 w/Jam 5:14-18 = Ordained/Anointed elders equated w/anointed prophets and able to request/place God’s blessing on people; Also Gen 20:7 – “prophet” – i.e. anointed person w/17-18; Consider NT epistles: “grace and peace to you”[Rom 1:7; 1Co 1:3; 2Co 1:2; Gal 1:3; Eph 1:2; Phi 1:2; Col 1:2; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 1:2; 1Ti 1:2; 2Ti 1:2; Tit 1:4; 1Pe 1:2; 2Pe 1:2]= Num 6:24-26; “grace” = saving favor – Psa 67:1-2, “peace” = life w/God – Psa 4:6-8).\n“[The priest] it is that must put up prayers for you to God, who will readily hear them, because God will receive them as offered by one that he hath himself chosen to this office.” – Josephus\nLike the priests, God’s house and holy things are also “anointed” signifying their ability to confer salvation (7:1; Think: no salvation outside of God’s house and his sacraments; Gen 28:17 w/Mat 16:19).\nThe responsibility of providing for the priests and Levites what is necessary to fulfill their duties to God and His house is to be shared equally among the members of the covenant community (7:2-88, 84 = The silver plates, basins and golden dishes were ml part of the bounty given by God during Israel’s earlier plundering of the Egyptians – Exo 12:36; e.g. Sharing equally the resp. = The tithe [going back to the Adam and Eve – e.g. Gen 4:3-5] was the first to establish this principle and...","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}