This is part 6 of the Read the Bible For Yourself. Tragically, many Christians skip over reading the Torah. They focus on the Gospels or Epistles of the New Testament. However, the first five books of the Bible contain many rich insights into God's heart and how he asked Israel to live. In fact, it's impossible to understand the rest of the Bible, or even Jesus, without first becoming familiar with the Law. This episode will provide you an overview of the Torah's instruction about holiness, sacrifice, justice, and sacred time. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/a9wxI1TWBlE —— Links —— See other episodes in Read the Bible For Yourself Check out the class New Covenant Theology to learn more about biblical covenants as well as this podcast episode on the New Covenant and this one responding to typical arguments for Torah observance today Other classes are available here, including How We Got the Bible, which explores the manuscript transmission and translation of the Bible Get the transcript of this episode Support Restitutio by donating here Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow Sean Finnegan on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here —— Notes —— Reading the Law takes work Sometimes it’s just weird (Lev 11:20-23) Sometimes it’s tedious (Ex 26:7-9) Important to focus while reading Eliminate distractions Read aloud if you can Keep track of things (underline, highlight, write notes in the margin) The books of the Law (Torah) Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Four categories of Law Holiness Sacrifice Justice Sacred time Sinai and the giving of the Law God came down on the mountain and spoke audibly (Ex 19:16-21) The people agreed to obey and then “stood at a distance” while Moses went up and received the rest of the Law (Ex 20:18-21) Tabernacle The 2nd half of Exodus contains meticulous instructions on how to build the tabernacle and everything that went outside and inside of it. The tabernacle is where God dwelled and where the people made animal sacrifices. Inside the tabernacle was a lampstand, table, bread, alter of incense, and ark of the covenant. Outside of the tent stood the bronze basin and the bronze altar for sacrifices. Numbers Organization of the camp Tabernacle was in the center, surrounded by Levites the Levites set up, tore down, and transported the tabernacle (Num 18:21-24). Later on, David commissioned the Levites to sing and play instruments to praise God (1 Chron 16) A man named Korah instigated a rebellion that resulted in disastrous judgement with God showing that he wanted only the Levites to serve him through the tabernacle worship system. Leviticus Priests maintained the inside of the tabernacle. They butchered animals and offered them on the altar. They managed cleansing ritual when someone became unclean for touching a dead person, touching the carcass of an unclean animal, nocturnal emissions, monthly menstruation, childbirth, bodily discharges, and skin diseases. Israel => Levites => Priests => High Priest Types of sacrifices (Lev 17:11) Burnt offerings Grain offerings Peace (well-being) offerings Sin offerings Guilt offerings Holy day offerings Covenantal structure of Deuteronomy Preamble (Deut 1:1-5) Historical review (Deut 1:6-4:49) Individual laws/requirements (Deut 5-26) Deposit of the text (Deut 31:9, 24-26) List of witnesses (Deut 4:26; 30:19) Blessings and curses (Deut 27-28) Ratification ceremony (Deut 29) Exhortation (Deut 29-30) Deuteronomy Second telling of the law to the next generation Shows so much of God’s heart Apodictic laws: general commands (ex. 10 Commandm
This is part 6 of the Read the Bible For Yourself.
Tragically, many Christians skip over reading the Torah. They focus on the Gospels or Epistles of the New Testament. However, the first five books of the Bible contain many rich insights into God's heart and how he asked Israel to live. In fact, it's impossible to understand the rest of the Bible, or even Jesus, without first becoming familiar with the Law. This episode will provide you an overview of the Torah's instruction about holiness, sacrifice, justice, and sacred time.
Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
https://youtu.be/a9wxI1TWBlE
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—— Notes ——
Reading the Law takes work
The books of the Law (Torah)
Four categories of Law
Sinai and the giving of the Law
Tabernacle
Numbers
Leviticus
Types of sacrifices (Lev 17:11)
Covenantal structure of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy
Dealing with embarrassing or sexist laws
Why the Law matters to you
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