Heavenly Postbox - God's love letters

Today's passage discusses the regulations regarding the lampstand and the bread of the presence in the sanctuary of God. Upon entering the sanctuary and facing the left wall, there are seven lampstands, while facing the right wall reveals the twelve loaves of bread on the table of the presence. God commanded the Israelites to bring pure, pressed olive oil to keep the lamps burning continuously, and Aaron was to tend to the lamps from evening until morning outside the curtain of the testimony in the tabernacle of meeting. This was to be an everlasting statute for generations to come (Leviticus 24:2-3). The oil used to light the seven lampstands was pure, pressed olive oil, and the lamps had to be cleaned and refilled with fresh oil every day from evening until morning. "Take fine flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf. Arrange them in two stacks, six in each stack, on the table of pure gold before the Lord. By each stack, put some pure...

Leviticus 23 outlines the regulations regarding the "Seven Feasts of Israel." Unlike national holidays, which are usually based on a significant event in a country's history, the feasts of Israel were established by God to commemorate future redemptive events that would take place in human history. God instructed that there should be a set time for each feast, and these feasts were known as "God's appointed times" or "divine appointments." The feasts were designed to provide an opportunity for the Israelites to prepare themselves spiritually and to remind them of their dependence on God. The seven feasts of Israel, with their symbolic meanings, are as follows: Spring Feasts: 1) Passover - Jesus' crucifixion and suffering 2) Unleavened Bread - Jesus' burial in the tomb 3) Firstfruits - Jesus' resurrection 4) Pentecost - the coming of the Holy Spirit Fall Feasts: 5) Trumpets - the second coming of Jesus 6) Atonement - the Great Tribulatio...

Say to them, ‘Throughout the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the Lord, that person must be cut off from my presence. I am the Lord. (Leviticus 22:3, NIV) Leviticus 22 outlines the regulations for offering sacrifices to God. The sacrifice must be without blemish, and the person offering it must also be ceremonially clean. If the sacrifice or the person offering it is impure in any way, it will not be accepted by God, and that person will be cut off from His presence. . . . Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. (Romans 12:1, NIV) Paul boldly challenges us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice that is pleasing to God. As a sinner, how can I offer myself as a holy mountain sacrifice to God, since I am full of sin and impurity? We need n...

The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need. He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. (Psalms 23:1-2, NLT)

In Leviticus 20, the regulations that the priests must follow are recorded. Among them, while reading the regulation that the "high priest" should observe, I was reminded of the love of the Holy Trinity, Jesus Christ, and pondered the grace in the words for a long time, filling my soul to the brim. The high priest, who was the top among the brother priests, had to be anointed with oil on his head and be dressed in a special and distinct garment, so he could not loosen his hair, tear his clothes, or mourn. (Leviticus 21:10, New International Version) The high priest had to be anointed with oil on his head and wear a distinctive garment. He could not loosen his hair, tear his clothes, or mourn. Therefore, Aaron could not mourn for his dead sons while offering other sacrifices to the Lord. When Jesus Christ was incarnated and came down from heaven, the anointing of the Holy Spirit descended on his head like a dove. He, who had to wear the most splendid and special garment, was b...

Today's passage describes the "sin that must be put to death" which includes: - Offering one's child to Molech (pagan god) - Calling up a spirit or medium - Practicing witchcraft - Cursing one's parents - Committing adultery or incestuous acts - Engaging in homosexual acts - Having sexual relations with an animal All of these sins have a common factor that they do not acknowledge God's sovereignty. They are sins of idolatry where people trust pagan gods like Molech more than God himself. These acts violate God's order of creation and challenge his authority, and are serious acts of rebellion that prove they are not God's people. In short, if we were to summarize the sin that must be put to death, it would be the sin of 'unbelief' that does not acknowledge God as God. . . . Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, ...