9/27/2008 8:07 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: An appointed time
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Lev. 16:1-2; 29
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron,
when they had approached the presence of the LORD and died. 2 The LORD said to Moses: "Tell your
brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside
the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for I will
appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
“29 ¶ "This shall be a permanent statute for
you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your
souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among
you;”
It seems
that there are two calendars for Israel Israel
Just to be
clear on when this will take place this year (2008) Rosh Hashanah, which is the
beginning of the civil year is sundown on the 29th of September and
ten days later will be Yon Kippur or the Day of Atonement.
The 29th
verse in Lev. 16 gives the timeline from the Lord as to when the Day of
Atonement will be celebrated each year.
Aaron would
understandably be frightened to go into the Holy of Holies after what happened
to his two sons, but He would have to go there once a year, that is the High
Priest would have to go there once a year in order to put the blood in there
for God to forgive the sins of Israel.
Now Jesus Christ who came in the “fullness of time” would go to the
cross and die for the sins of the world and this would not have to be repeated
each year, “Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the
foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has
been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.” (Heb. 9:26)
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am more thankful that I can express at what
the Lord Jesus Christ did on the cross to secure my salvation for ever and am
also glade that there need not be any more sacrifices to be done in order to
have salvation like in the OT. My sins
are forgiven, but I still sin and am in need of confessing them to the Lord
when I sin in order to have sweet fellowship with Him.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- “23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
- “1 ¶ Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”
- “5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.”
- “11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.”
- “11 Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.”
Memory verses for the week: Exodus
20:8-12
- Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
- but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
- For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
- Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
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