DAY 55 Read Leviticus 22 and 23.
Today's reading: After prescribing the kinds of sacrifices for different situations the Lord gives instructions for the three great yearly festivals.
Memory gem: "Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast....with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" (1 Corinthians 5:7, 8).
Thought for today:
We might put it this way: The law of ceremonial sacrifices was the preaching of the gospel, revealing the promised Saviour, who would come and die for the sins of the world. The blood shed in those services pointed forward to Jesus, whose blood was shed for man's sin. In every sacrifice His righteousness was revealed as much as in every Communion service today.
As one travels through India he realized that the people of the vast land are very religious, and have been for centuries. The altars, the temples, the sacrifices, the multitudes of priests and devotees prove it. Some time ago a Calcutta newspaper reported that a young Brahman, a recognized leader of religion and Hinduism, came to the house of a missionary for an interview. In the course of the conversation he said, "Many things which Christianity contains I find in Hinduism, but there is one thing which Christianity has that Hinduism has not."
"And what is that?" the missionary asked.
The young man's reply was striking--"A Saviour."
And that is just what the sacrifices and ceremonies of the Old Testament promised--a Saviour. That is one reason why we should study the Old Testament as well as the New. The Old Testament promised a Saviour, in prophecy and ceremony, in the feast and sacrifice. The New Testament reveals a Saviour who had come and fulfilled the Old Testament promises.
----------------
Difficult or obscure words:
Leviticus 23:7, 8. "Holy convocation"--that is, a holy or sacred gathering, called a "sabbath" in verse 15. The first and last day of each of the week-long feasts was a"sabbath" regardless of the day of the week on which they fell. These were not the same as the seventh-day Sabbath of verse 3.
Today's reading: After prescribing the kinds of sacrifices for different situations the Lord gives instructions for the three great yearly festivals.
Memory gem: "Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast....with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" (1 Corinthians 5:7, 8).
Thought for today:
We might put it this way: The law of ceremonial sacrifices was the preaching of the gospel, revealing the promised Saviour, who would come and die for the sins of the world. The blood shed in those services pointed forward to Jesus, whose blood was shed for man's sin. In every sacrifice His righteousness was revealed as much as in every Communion service today.
As one travels through India he realized that the people of the vast land are very religious, and have been for centuries. The altars, the temples, the sacrifices, the multitudes of priests and devotees prove it. Some time ago a Calcutta newspaper reported that a young Brahman, a recognized leader of religion and Hinduism, came to the house of a missionary for an interview. In the course of the conversation he said, "Many things which Christianity contains I find in Hinduism, but there is one thing which Christianity has that Hinduism has not."
"And what is that?" the missionary asked.
The young man's reply was striking--"A Saviour."
And that is just what the sacrifices and ceremonies of the Old Testament promised--a Saviour. That is one reason why we should study the Old Testament as well as the New. The Old Testament promised a Saviour, in prophecy and ceremony, in the feast and sacrifice. The New Testament reveals a Saviour who had come and fulfilled the Old Testament promises.
----------------
Difficult or obscure words:
Leviticus 23:7, 8. "Holy convocation"--that is, a holy or sacred gathering, called a "sabbath" in verse 15. The first and last day of each of the week-long feasts was a"sabbath" regardless of the day of the week on which they fell. These were not the same as the seventh-day Sabbath of verse 3.
RSS Feed
