1 00:00:14,119 --> 00:00:17,359 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,379 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,699 --> 00:00:26,660 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:36,020 --> 00:00:37,979 Guess we're good to get started, right guys? 5 00:00:38,899 --> 00:00:40,240 Up top. All right, cool. 6 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:43,180 So yeah, I just... 7 00:00:44,579 --> 00:00:48,679 You know, I think I know all of you guys, but I'm Danny and 8 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:54,840 my wife and I, we were missionaries in Turkey for the past couple of years and 9 00:00:56,539 --> 00:00:58,799 I remember coming to... 10 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,019 When I first started coming to Lansdale Life was, it was like spring of 11 00:01:05,619 --> 00:01:07,280 2016 and then 12 00:01:07,979 --> 00:01:12,500 got involved with the church and then quit my job in June of 13 00:01:13,039 --> 00:01:17,200 2016 and I got involved with full-time missions in 14 00:01:18,379 --> 00:01:19,500 September of 15 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:27,239 2016 and then basically since then, it's been a little bit off and on coming back and forth a couple years here or there, 16 00:01:27,359 --> 00:01:29,040 but basically since then my 17 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:30,420 full-time 18 00:01:32,060 --> 00:01:34,060 occupation has been to 19 00:01:35,459 --> 00:01:41,540 be involved with full-time missions up until last year in May. It's almost like one year 20 00:01:41,540 --> 00:01:44,599 from last week. My wife and I moved back 21 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,819 after we found out she was pregnant with our second. So we have a little guy, 22 00:01:50,579 --> 00:01:53,140 Judah, he's 19 months and a little girl, Maya, 23 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,780 she's seven months and we did the majority of our mission work in Turkey 24 00:01:58,859 --> 00:02:03,500 in Istanbul, but my wife also spent time in Israel and 25 00:02:03,500 --> 00:02:09,180 Lebanon and I spent some little bit of time in Iraq and Egypt. So 26 00:02:09,939 --> 00:02:13,539 been around, been around the block in the Middle East a little bit, 27 00:02:14,179 --> 00:02:20,960 but it's definitely good to be back and I haven't, having consistently been to 28 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:22,960 the Bible studies since 29 00:02:23,620 --> 00:02:28,259 2017 when I was home during the summer, but it was a really amazing time there and it's 30 00:02:28,259 --> 00:02:31,259 really sweet just to dig into the scripture 31 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:33,460 every week and 32 00:02:33,460 --> 00:02:34,719 yeah, so 33 00:02:35,719 --> 00:02:40,479 I guess you guys, we've been in Leviticus, right? Leviticus 27. 34 00:02:41,119 --> 00:02:44,120 That's where we're at today. So we can just open up our Bibles 35 00:02:45,419 --> 00:02:47,819 to Leviticus 27. 36 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,580 Everybody's favorite book, right? 37 00:02:54,199 --> 00:02:54,740 Yeah. 38 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:57,680 Yeah. 39 00:03:00,819 --> 00:03:01,900 So 40 00:03:03,479 --> 00:03:05,659 what I'd like to do 41 00:03:06,199 --> 00:03:08,199 tonight is 42 00:03:08,979 --> 00:03:09,539 basically 43 00:03:11,979 --> 00:03:15,879 yeah, I'd like to run through 44 00:03:16,620 --> 00:03:22,340 some points in Leviticus 27, dig into the scripture a little bit in there, 45 00:03:23,079 --> 00:03:24,039 but then 46 00:03:24,759 --> 00:03:25,819 would like to 47 00:03:26,539 --> 00:03:30,080 ask some questions. I mean, unless a bunch of other people come in 48 00:03:31,699 --> 00:03:36,460 would love to just get your guys' opinion on how the book was, 49 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:40,319 what were some high points, low points? Most of you seem like you've been here 50 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:45,719 every week or try to get here every week. What are some things that 51 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:52,060 started to make sense to you in the book? What are some things that still don't make sense? 52 00:03:52,419 --> 00:03:58,020 Do you like the book more now or less? Less so. I would like to have just a little 53 00:03:58,020 --> 00:04:03,639 conversation after running through Leviticus 27 and then wherever that leads us 54 00:04:03,639 --> 00:04:06,740 we could go in a couple different directions depending on how much time we have. 55 00:04:07,460 --> 00:04:10,379 But I do have some thoughts in general just about 56 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,640 priesthood and what that means for us today and 57 00:04:15,939 --> 00:04:20,480 drawing on some of the themes within the book of Leviticus from a higher level. 58 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,060 let's start out with 59 00:04:24,579 --> 00:04:25,819 just a word of prayer. 60 00:04:26,819 --> 00:04:28,500 So Lord, we just thank you for this time. 61 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:34,860 Tonight we pray that you would just come Holy Spirit. Just teach us. Be our teacher. 62 00:04:36,420 --> 00:04:41,899 Lord, we just invite you to come and to give us revelation over these words and 63 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:49,379 to teach us something new about you, God. Something that we can use, something that we can put into practice and 64 00:04:50,180 --> 00:04:54,540 something that we can just be inspired to love you and get to know you more. 65 00:04:56,180 --> 00:04:57,279 Jesus' name, Amen. 66 00:04:58,500 --> 00:04:59,480 Alright, so 67 00:05:00,719 --> 00:05:03,660 Leviticus 27, it's kind of like the 68 00:05:04,660 --> 00:05:09,019 the add-on to the rest of Leviticus 69 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:16,879 and to Leviticus 26. Some scholars think this was kind of tacked on at the end 70 00:05:17,699 --> 00:05:18,259 because 71 00:05:18,860 --> 00:05:24,939 you know if you look at verse 26 or sorry chapter 26 verse 45 72 00:05:26,639 --> 00:05:28,720 the Lord is talking about 73 00:05:29,620 --> 00:05:35,560 curses and what he's going to do if the Israelites, you know, are 74 00:05:36,219 --> 00:05:36,759 disobedient 75 00:05:37,540 --> 00:05:38,360 and then 76 00:05:39,060 --> 00:05:42,899 to kind of not end on that sort of low note 77 00:05:43,620 --> 00:05:50,800 there's a couple more instructions here that the Lord gives Moses that are included in this in this text. 78 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:52,040 So 79 00:05:54,180 --> 00:05:57,560 yeah, this section is not the most 80 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,860 interesting right out of the gate, I'll say. 81 00:06:01,980 --> 00:06:09,060 Leviticus is probably out of the gate on the surface. It's not one of the more interesting books, but 82 00:06:09,060 --> 00:06:13,680 there's always there's always nuggets. There's always gold in the scripture and 83 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:18,000 Leviticus, my general opinion of the whole book is 84 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:24,399 it's such a powerful book when taken out at a high level. 85 00:06:25,019 --> 00:06:30,939 Especially today because we're so far removed from the context of the Israelites at that time. 86 00:06:31,319 --> 00:06:35,459 But these are direct commands like concrete commands for the Israelite 87 00:06:35,459 --> 00:06:42,660 priest, the Levites, to do and looking at it from our perspective in our shoes, it's kind of like, alright, well 88 00:06:43,260 --> 00:06:48,720 Jesus now has fulfilled the law and these things don't really really apply to me. 89 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:52,439 But when you zoom out and you think about 90 00:06:53,220 --> 00:06:56,899 what is the role of the Levites 91 00:06:57,420 --> 00:07:04,639 within Israel and what are they actually doing here within the country in the nation, the community of Israel? 92 00:07:04,740 --> 00:07:10,399 It's a really powerful thing and that's kind of what I want to touch on a little bit with priesthood at the end. 93 00:07:10,399 --> 00:07:14,899 But since we are going through chapter by chapter, I do want to dig into 94 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,300 chapter 27 a little bit before that. So 95 00:07:23,020 --> 00:07:27,200 yeah, the chapter is basically a regulatory section governing the vows and 96 00:07:27,879 --> 00:07:35,760 redemption of pledges to the temple. And as you guys know, like the temple was a central part of the nation of Israel's 97 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:42,079 community and culture and this is where they would come and meet with God and 98 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:47,160 where they would come and preserve and maintain their covenant with God. 99 00:07:47,779 --> 00:07:54,740 And so the Lord has laid out many different regulations of how they are to approach him and how they are to maintain this 100 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:59,199 relationship with him. And this is a section 101 00:07:59,860 --> 00:08:01,959 where it's dealing mainly with 102 00:08:04,279 --> 00:08:05,199 mainly with 103 00:08:05,199 --> 00:08:07,240 either cash or 104 00:08:08,959 --> 00:08:17,839 in-kind, which just means like you can give a cash donation to the temple or tabernacle or the priests or you could give 105 00:08:17,839 --> 00:08:24,060 in-kind, like if you donated your car to church as your tithe, that would be an in-kind 106 00:08:24,639 --> 00:08:31,160 donation. And so what basically they're saying here is, you know, if you just we can just read a few verses 107 00:08:57,940 --> 00:09:01,139 in chapter 2 or verse 2, it says, 108 00:09:05,259 --> 00:09:12,720 And it kind of goes on and on. It talks about if they are under five years old, 109 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:19,480 it talks about verse 7, if they're over 60 years old, and if someone is too poor to pay the valuation, 110 00:09:20,220 --> 00:09:25,299 then they shall be made to stand before the priest and the priest shall value him and the priest shall 111 00:09:25,299 --> 00:09:29,580 value him according to what the Vower can offer. And then also there's 112 00:09:29,580 --> 00:09:31,740 animals and 113 00:09:33,139 --> 00:09:34,740 you can also 114 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:36,799 keep going. Verse 115 00:09:37,759 --> 00:09:38,259 13, 116 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:43,460 you can dedicate your house as a pledge to the Lord. 117 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:51,059 And then in verse 15 it says, if the donor wishes to redeem his house, he shall add a fifth to the valuation price. 118 00:09:51,259 --> 00:09:53,240 So what's going on here? It's like basically 119 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,620 the temple needs 120 00:09:55,620 --> 00:10:02,120 funds. The tabernacle needs funds. The priests are serving full-time and they 121 00:10:03,180 --> 00:10:04,960 basically need money to 122 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:12,820 keep the sacrifices going. As you know, like there's a lot of sacrifices that need to happen and there's a lot of 123 00:10:13,539 --> 00:10:20,259 things that the Lord is commanding the children of Israel to do. So the Lord is basically saying, okay, 124 00:10:20,259 --> 00:10:27,500 you can either, you can give cash gifts or you can pledge yourself or 125 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:33,980 you know, or you could pledge your your goat or your your house. 126 00:10:34,580 --> 00:10:40,480 But then the priest can kind of say, oh this house is worth like a hundred thousand dollars. 127 00:10:40,820 --> 00:10:47,840 So instead of giving your house, you can give a hundred thousand dollars. And then they also, if you look at verse 128 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:48,759 15, 129 00:10:49,899 --> 00:10:54,480 or what was it? 13, it says, if he wishes to redeem 130 00:10:55,039 --> 00:11:01,779 the animal, he shall add a fifth to the valuation. So it's kind of like a little bit of accounting going on here. It's like 131 00:11:02,599 --> 00:11:08,779 okay, this is the value of of your horse, but if you don't want to give your horse, then you will, 132 00:11:09,379 --> 00:11:13,440 you can give cash, but if you're gonna give cash, then it's gonna be 20% more. 133 00:11:14,299 --> 00:11:17,580 So it's kind of an interesting system laid out here and 134 00:11:17,580 --> 00:11:24,820 you know, there's a couple points that I find interesting here. 135 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:40,139 Let's see. So the first the first point is that there's there's a price on the valuation. 136 00:11:42,220 --> 00:11:42,340 And 137 00:11:43,620 --> 00:11:46,860 so this I think you can look at this two ways. You could you could say 138 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,740 alright, if you want to if you want to give a donation to 139 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:59,500 like let's say you wanted to give the smallest donation possible. So you come to Pastor Chris and you say hey Pastor Chris 140 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:01,540 I have this car and 141 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:04,500 I'm gonna give you this car as my tithe. 142 00:12:06,020 --> 00:12:07,919 But actually I'm not gonna give you the car. 143 00:12:08,540 --> 00:12:14,980 I'm gonna give you the market value of the car. And so let's say it's a nice car. It's it's $40,000 car. 144 00:12:15,179 --> 00:12:16,820 It's fairly new and 145 00:12:16,820 --> 00:12:23,360 but you say actually no, the market value of this car is actually only five grand. So I'm just gonna give you five. 146 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:28,279 How's that? And then then Chris is like, uh, okay. Sure. 147 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,799 Like give whatever you want because Chris is you know, we don't have these rules. 148 00:12:31,820 --> 00:12:38,679 But that's kind of like the one side is that there's sort of like a price floor for the valuation of 149 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:45,580 whatever you're pledging. And the other side is the priests are probably if you know 150 00:12:45,580 --> 00:12:49,919 we would love to think that every priest is just a good honest guy, 151 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,620 but the priests are trying to squeeze as much out as they can. 152 00:12:54,259 --> 00:12:56,379 Maybe. So to prevent that, 153 00:12:58,079 --> 00:12:59,759 then there's a there's a price 154 00:13:01,519 --> 00:13:05,759 tap on that too. Does that make sense? So like Chris couldn't come and say oh I actually 155 00:13:06,439 --> 00:13:10,879 that car's worth a hundred thousand dollars. Now you need to pay me a hundred thousand dollars cash. 156 00:13:11,919 --> 00:13:12,460 Does that make sense? 157 00:13:13,820 --> 00:13:16,419 And so one thing, 158 00:13:17,399 --> 00:13:20,320 so that that's one thing. It's kind of like a a 159 00:13:21,259 --> 00:13:24,259 regulation around how much or how little 160 00:13:24,820 --> 00:13:29,059 you have to value what you're putting up as as a pledge to the temple. 161 00:13:29,919 --> 00:13:31,899 So I found that interesting. 162 00:13:33,180 --> 00:13:37,240 Also one thing that really distinguished 163 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:39,120 the 164 00:13:39,740 --> 00:13:41,299 Israelites from 165 00:13:41,820 --> 00:13:45,419 people around them, especially the Canaanite populations 166 00:13:46,020 --> 00:13:50,200 and the Mesopotamian populations that lived around them, 167 00:13:50,779 --> 00:13:55,779 was, anybody want to guess what I'm gonna say? What is one thing that 168 00:13:55,779 --> 00:13:57,559 distinguished them 169 00:13:58,180 --> 00:13:59,679 from other people, 170 00:14:00,620 --> 00:14:02,260 other communities or 171 00:14:03,059 --> 00:14:06,159 nations or ethnic groups you could say, cultures. 172 00:14:07,539 --> 00:14:09,480 That's not immediately obvious. 173 00:14:12,979 --> 00:14:16,879 Human sacrifice. Okay, so basically 174 00:14:18,199 --> 00:14:18,779 a 175 00:14:19,639 --> 00:14:26,019 lot of cultures would, do you guys know what it means to put your, make your 176 00:14:26,959 --> 00:14:28,860 son or daughter walk through the fire? 177 00:14:30,940 --> 00:14:35,000 Yeah, pass through the fire. So there's a saying, it's not immediately 178 00:14:35,679 --> 00:14:38,159 apparent to us, but 179 00:14:38,660 --> 00:14:40,919 to the people in 180 00:14:41,299 --> 00:14:46,580 the Old Testament, everyone would have understood that this phrase, to make your child 181 00:14:46,580 --> 00:14:51,899 pass through the fire, means to basically offer them as a burnt offering 182 00:14:52,620 --> 00:14:57,100 to a deity. And this was a common occurrence. It's actually, 183 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,500 this is a great apologetic 184 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:01,899 for why the Lord 185 00:15:02,540 --> 00:15:03,559 had to 186 00:15:03,559 --> 00:15:10,220 wipe these cultures out when the Israelites came through. You know, the people say, well, 187 00:15:10,220 --> 00:15:17,200 how can you believe in the Old Testament God who just destroyed all those people who just judged all those, 188 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:22,700 all those innocent people living in the land or Mesopotamia? And it's like, all right, 189 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:30,440 yeah, like the Lord didn't just, you know, say, oh, I'm gonna, you know, get you out of there and destroy you for nothing. 190 00:15:31,899 --> 00:15:37,240 Like these were cultures that were sacrificing their children wholesale. 191 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:44,720 They were making their kids pass through the fire and they would, they would literally whip their children and they would go through and they 192 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,259 would be a burnt offering to 193 00:15:46,259 --> 00:15:51,480 Molech or whatever God that, a lot of those cultures had sort of the same 194 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:59,200 idea or framework for their paganism. It just, they had different names depending on their, the language they spoke. 195 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:03,480 But how do you, how do you take that 196 00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:06,399 culture and say 197 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:11,159 all right, actually, no, we're gonna like have you do it the other way, right? 198 00:16:11,620 --> 00:16:15,019 And the Jews actually, this is another point, the Jews believe, 199 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:21,360 this is not in the scripture, but the Jews believe that the Torah or the first five books 200 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,340 of the Old Testament, 201 00:16:23,820 --> 00:16:31,159 that this covenant was offered to every people on earth. This is not scripture, but it's interesting that that they believe this 202 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:32,879 and that they, 203 00:16:33,439 --> 00:16:39,539 the way the saying goes is that every culture around them at least had a reason as to why 204 00:16:39,539 --> 00:16:43,080 they didn't want to accept this covenant with 205 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:44,559 Yahweh. 206 00:16:45,460 --> 00:16:52,000 And so in, in their framework, which we don't see this in scripture, so don't take this as, as gospel, 207 00:16:52,159 --> 00:16:57,480 but it does help to understand a little bit of, of the Jewish mindset behind this, that 208 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:02,519 the Lord is not just going in there and in a, in a moment he's saying 209 00:17:03,139 --> 00:17:04,960 like just putting them all, 210 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:10,039 you know, on the, in the death penalty, so to speak, all these cultures, right? 211 00:17:10,099 --> 00:17:13,460 You guys know what I'm talking about where the Lord came in and he cleaned out, 212 00:17:14,039 --> 00:17:16,599 you know, they, Israelites waged war on other cultures, 213 00:17:17,279 --> 00:17:18,900 and they basically took over the land. 214 00:17:20,619 --> 00:17:24,359 And so one thing that the, that is forbidden within 215 00:17:26,219 --> 00:17:28,700 the, the Bible obviously is child sacrifice. 216 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,440 Now we sit here and say, of course, child sacrifice. 217 00:17:31,619 --> 00:17:35,859 Like any, no person can you find what, in our culture today, 218 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:41,000 whether they're a person who believes in the Bible or they have no belief at all, 219 00:17:41,019 --> 00:17:42,500 they think, oh yeah, child sacrifice. 220 00:17:42,900 --> 00:17:43,980 That's, that's good. 221 00:17:44,259 --> 00:17:46,039 Or like, yeah, I think I'll do that. 222 00:17:46,519 --> 00:17:46,680 Right? 223 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:49,920 Nobody thinks that because we've been so far Christianized. 224 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,640 People are living in a Christian culture, 225 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:57,059 benefiting from Christian morals and Christian order, 226 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:02,519 but they're not living out God's ways. 227 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:03,319 Does that make sense? 228 00:18:03,740 --> 00:18:08,160 Some people, the way some people put it is we're living on borrowed capital or borrowed, 229 00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:10,559 borrowed, yeah, borrowed capital, right? 230 00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:14,299 We have the benefits of Christianity in our culture to a degree. 231 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,119 Some of them were, you know, can, we can see maybe starting to crumble, 232 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:22,180 but we are not fully as a culture. 233 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,500 We're not fully embracing the Lord in his ways. 234 00:18:24,779 --> 00:18:25,259 Does that make sense? 235 00:18:26,759 --> 00:18:29,920 But back to, back to my point there. 236 00:18:30,980 --> 00:18:34,420 Did you guys ever, you guys know, or what is it? 237 00:18:34,559 --> 00:18:35,319 Is it back here? 238 00:18:39,180 --> 00:18:41,779 Let's see the section about 239 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:51,400 the, the firstborn is holy unto the Lord. 240 00:18:53,380 --> 00:18:55,279 Is that, was that specific? 241 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,460 I wanted to touch on that, but was that specifically in here? 242 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,799 Because that relates to this. 243 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:08,619 Okay, I see 244 00:19:16,220 --> 00:19:21,160 there it is in verse 26, but I don't see, I don't see the, okay. 245 00:19:21,279 --> 00:19:22,539 I don't see the firstborn son. 246 00:19:22,819 --> 00:19:26,339 So you guys know that verse in the Bible where he said that the Lord says 247 00:19:26,339 --> 00:19:30,980 the firstborn is mine and the firstborn son must be redeemed. 248 00:19:32,019 --> 00:19:33,019 You guys remember that? 249 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,000 So I, so this is this kind of same kind of idea as, as that, 250 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:43,559 like the first section within, how much do our people, 251 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:47,500 how much does it cost to redeem people? 252 00:19:48,339 --> 00:19:53,240 So like, if I go and pledge myself, how I don't sacrifice myself to God, 253 00:19:53,420 --> 00:19:56,099 because that's illegal, that God doesn't take pleasure in that, 254 00:19:56,380 --> 00:19:57,779 but I pay a certain amount. 255 00:19:58,559 --> 00:19:59,480 It's the same thing. 256 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,220 Like when Jewish people back in the day and some Orthodox Jews still do this, 257 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,000 the firstborn is holy unto the Lord. 258 00:20:06,740 --> 00:20:10,500 And the firstborn male that comes out of the womb, 259 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,099 if it's a, if the first child that a couple has is a boy, 260 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:20,519 then they have to redeem that son. 261 00:20:21,180 --> 00:20:25,319 And I think the price in the New, the Old Testament was five shekels 262 00:20:26,079 --> 00:20:27,559 of silver to redeem. 263 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:32,539 And it's basically just a dedication with a money payment. 264 00:20:33,559 --> 00:20:37,559 And the priest comes to the father and the boy and he says, 265 00:20:37,779 --> 00:20:40,720 will you redeem your son for five shekels? 266 00:20:41,420 --> 00:20:46,859 And the, the kind of, the idea is you either pay the five shekels 267 00:20:46,859 --> 00:20:50,539 or the priest takes the boy because the boy is holy unto the Lord. 268 00:20:50,660 --> 00:20:55,180 The Lord says, he is mine and he's holy and you shall redeem the firstborn. 269 00:20:56,019 --> 00:20:58,339 And basically like, that's kind of the same idea here. 270 00:20:58,660 --> 00:21:01,619 And even if the father says, well, no, I'm not going to pay the five shekels, 271 00:21:01,619 --> 00:21:05,400 then the priest still doesn't take the boy in the, in the Jewish culture. 272 00:21:06,279 --> 00:21:09,640 But the idea is that when you have a firstborn son, 273 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,880 when you have a firstborn of your flock or the first fruits of your harvest, 274 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:15,579 that belongs to the Lord. 275 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,740 And there's a monetary payment that goes along with that. 276 00:21:18,779 --> 00:21:22,359 And that's kind of the same idea that's getting here. 277 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:29,480 That if, if you vow or you pledge yourself or your wife or your mom 278 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,740 or your grandma or your daughter or your son, 279 00:21:32,059 --> 00:21:35,400 then this is the price that you pay to the temple. 280 00:21:35,740 --> 00:21:36,240 Does that make sense? 281 00:21:36,940 --> 00:21:37,559 That's a little bit. 282 00:21:38,319 --> 00:21:39,759 When I first heard, I was kind of confused. 283 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:47,079 But that's, that's the way that, that's the way that I, I think it makes sense. 284 00:21:48,660 --> 00:21:55,200 And so, yeah, the temple, the temple needs, the temple needs money to run. 285 00:21:55,200 --> 00:22:01,960 And we, as the believers, you know, we are supposed to, 286 00:22:02,039 --> 00:22:04,460 and the Lord commands us to pay tithes. 287 00:22:04,759 --> 00:22:09,339 So what does the tithe mean that we have here in verse 32, 288 00:22:09,619 --> 00:22:12,180 we see the same idea as a tithe. 289 00:22:12,180 --> 00:22:14,640 As a tithe, and actually using that word, 290 00:22:15,099 --> 00:22:17,460 it says, and every tithe of herds and flocks, 291 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:21,799 every tenth of every animal of all that passed into their herdsmen staff 292 00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:23,759 shall be holy unto the Lord. 293 00:22:23,759 --> 00:22:26,640 One shall not differentiate between good or bad, 294 00:22:27,019 --> 00:22:29,259 neither shall he make a substitute for it, 295 00:22:29,319 --> 00:22:30,859 and if he does not substitute for it, 296 00:22:31,140 --> 00:22:33,740 then both it and the substitute shall be holy, 297 00:22:33,940 --> 00:22:34,819 shall not be redeemed. 298 00:22:35,279 --> 00:22:37,740 These are the commandments of the Lord. 299 00:22:37,980 --> 00:22:43,920 And so, yeah, basically, the idea here is to pay your tithes 300 00:22:44,539 --> 00:22:48,859 a tenth of all your firstfruits, if you, if we think, 301 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,720 okay, we're living in this time in Israel, right? 302 00:22:53,339 --> 00:22:57,619 We're farmers, most of us, and tenth of our wheat, 303 00:22:58,039 --> 00:23:01,180 tenth of our, of the flock that comes in every year, 304 00:23:01,220 --> 00:23:02,579 we give that to the Lord. 305 00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:06,220 And we don't pick, we don't pick the bad wheat, right? 306 00:23:06,299 --> 00:23:09,859 We don't pick like the lamb that came out without a leg 307 00:23:09,859 --> 00:23:11,519 and say, oh, Lord, you can have this. 308 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:15,559 And I think, on the one hand, it's a practical thing, right? 309 00:23:16,099 --> 00:23:21,940 Giving of your resources and your money to the Lord, 310 00:23:22,519 --> 00:23:28,099 now, we do it because things need to run, right? 311 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,740 If we bring it to modern day, 312 00:23:30,180 --> 00:23:33,000 like we tithe because we want to keep the lights on, 313 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,779 we give because, you know, we want a pastor 314 00:23:36,779 --> 00:23:42,200 to be able to have time and the ability to serve the body, 315 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,359 do the time that, and spend the time it requires 316 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,279 in order to pastor the flock, right? 317 00:23:48,940 --> 00:23:51,000 So that's kind of the practical side. 318 00:23:51,559 --> 00:23:55,400 But then there's another side to tithing, 319 00:23:55,619 --> 00:23:59,519 which is really strange, which, and I say strange, 320 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,400 but it's really the spiritual part of it, right? 321 00:24:03,779 --> 00:24:07,640 Where when we give of our resources to the Lord, 322 00:24:08,659 --> 00:24:13,880 it's this trusting of Him that when we live 323 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,039 in a cash-based society, basically, 324 00:24:16,140 --> 00:24:17,900 we don't barter or trade for stuff. 325 00:24:18,259 --> 00:24:20,160 So, you know, almost all of it. 326 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,220 I don't think anybody here in this room or in our church 327 00:24:23,220 --> 00:24:28,319 gives like, you know, wheat or of their service to the church. 328 00:24:28,460 --> 00:24:29,319 Maybe some people do. 329 00:24:29,759 --> 00:24:32,500 I know we do have some people with some good skills 330 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:36,140 that could give of their time and resources to the church. 331 00:24:36,279 --> 00:24:37,500 But most people are writing checks 332 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:40,160 or you're paying your tithe with a credit card. 333 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:47,759 But when we do that, we open up our heart 334 00:24:47,759 --> 00:24:49,440 to be reliant on God. 335 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:59,140 And we open up our spirit to connect and rely on Him. 336 00:24:59,279 --> 00:25:01,000 Really tithing is such a spiritual thing. 337 00:25:01,299 --> 00:25:02,460 Tithe just means a tenth. 338 00:25:03,180 --> 00:25:06,000 And so giving 10%, you guys have probably do it 339 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,779 and probably heard it a hundred times. 340 00:25:09,980 --> 00:25:13,619 But, you know, the weird thing about tithing is 341 00:25:13,619 --> 00:25:16,579 it always stays the same. 342 00:25:17,039 --> 00:25:18,140 A tenth is always a tenth. 343 00:25:19,479 --> 00:25:24,559 And I remember just thinking when I was 22, 344 00:25:24,779 --> 00:25:27,500 working in a bank and not making that much money. 345 00:25:27,579 --> 00:25:30,119 And I was like, I don't really have much money. 346 00:25:30,839 --> 00:25:34,000 Why am I going to give 10%? 347 00:25:34,299 --> 00:25:35,319 Not that much anyway. 348 00:25:35,980 --> 00:25:37,559 And I was just an entry level guy. 349 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:41,279 And I remember my bank account was just creeping up 350 00:25:41,279 --> 00:25:44,299 and I had like $4,000 my bank account 351 00:25:44,859 --> 00:25:46,660 after working at this bank a couple of months. 352 00:25:46,660 --> 00:25:49,099 And I was like, wow, that's a lot of money for me. 353 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,059 I was living at home and so I didn't have that many expenses. 354 00:25:53,380 --> 00:25:56,759 But I just had this weird feeling came over me 355 00:25:56,759 --> 00:26:02,039 and I began to not want to give any money to the Lord 356 00:26:02,039 --> 00:26:03,880 or I didn't want to tithe anything. 357 00:26:04,079 --> 00:26:06,559 I didn't want to trust God with any of my money. 358 00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:10,579 And in that moment, I knew, oh my gosh, 359 00:26:10,819 --> 00:26:15,920 like I have to give, I have to develop giving 360 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,960 because right now I'm not making much money. 361 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:22,240 And it's the old saying, you've heard it a hundred times probably, 362 00:26:22,420 --> 00:26:24,819 but if you don't give 10%, when you have a little, 363 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,980 you're probably not going to give 10% when you have a lot, right? 364 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,759 If you're making a million dollars a year, 365 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,380 that's $100,000 to give. 366 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:36,920 If you're making $40,000 a year, that's $4,000. 367 00:26:37,039 --> 00:26:38,339 What do you think is easier? 368 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:40,000 And especially if you're a millionaire, 369 00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:42,619 you're getting taxed at a much higher rate 370 00:26:42,619 --> 00:26:45,640 and you probably have a much higher lifestyle. 371 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,180 Normally, tithing doesn't ever get easier. 372 00:26:49,559 --> 00:26:50,640 It always stays the same. 373 00:26:51,579 --> 00:26:54,160 And even right now, like my wife and I, 374 00:26:54,299 --> 00:26:56,859 we're probably the tightest we've ever been. 375 00:26:56,859 --> 00:26:58,099 We're living with my parents. 376 00:26:59,220 --> 00:27:03,619 And like I said, we got back from Mission Field a year ago 377 00:27:04,940 --> 00:27:08,039 and now I've started doing some work. 378 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:08,839 I'm doing accounting. 379 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:13,180 And we're giving, but it's hard. 380 00:27:13,519 --> 00:27:14,140 It hurts. 381 00:27:14,140 --> 00:27:15,039 You know? 382 00:27:15,259 --> 00:27:17,480 And we're looking at maybe getting into a house 383 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,200 and it's like doing the budget. 384 00:27:19,339 --> 00:27:22,180 It's like, well, I didn't say this to my wife, 385 00:27:22,579 --> 00:27:23,759 but I'm thinking it. 386 00:27:23,859 --> 00:27:24,880 It's like, well, if we didn't give, 387 00:27:25,299 --> 00:27:29,279 we could definitely afford this way more comfortably, right? 388 00:27:29,799 --> 00:27:30,619 If you think about it. 389 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,619 But then I just remember, you know, 390 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,859 there's so many promises and commands in the scripture 391 00:27:35,859 --> 00:27:37,700 about giving and tithing. 392 00:27:38,180 --> 00:27:40,200 And you know, really, it is true. 393 00:27:40,339 --> 00:27:42,700 Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 394 00:27:42,700 --> 00:27:45,519 That's, you know, that's Matthew five or six. 395 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,940 And then another one that has stuck with me for years 396 00:27:48,940 --> 00:27:51,119 is I think it's second Corinthians eight 397 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,480 where he who sows abundantly will reap abundantly. 398 00:27:55,980 --> 00:27:58,859 And during our time, it's so weird for us right now, 399 00:27:59,019 --> 00:28:01,640 finances, because when we were serving as missionaries, 400 00:28:02,420 --> 00:28:05,819 you'd think that'd be harder to believe God for money, right? 401 00:28:05,980 --> 00:28:07,079 Because we don't have a salary. 402 00:28:07,279 --> 00:28:10,079 We're just people give to us, you know, monthly 403 00:28:10,079 --> 00:28:12,519 or just, you know, one time donations. 404 00:28:13,099 --> 00:28:15,240 But I just had so much faith to believe God 405 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,220 that he would provide for me and for my family on the field. 406 00:28:19,599 --> 00:28:21,400 And it was just like I got to that place 407 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,220 where I was just full of faith for that. 408 00:28:24,079 --> 00:28:26,039 And then moving back home now, 409 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:29,460 now we have two little kids and that might be part of it. 410 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,420 But moving back home now, it's like, oh my gosh, 411 00:28:32,519 --> 00:28:36,839 I feel like I'm struggling to trust God to provide 412 00:28:36,839 --> 00:28:41,240 for me, just working, you know, a regular nine to five. 413 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:43,880 And, you know, I'm getting better. 414 00:28:44,140 --> 00:28:45,859 I feel like the Lord has strengthened me 415 00:28:45,859 --> 00:28:47,599 and I've been talking through it, 416 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,000 but it's been this a different working 417 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,680 a different muscle for me. 418 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:53,319 You know what I mean? 419 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:59,099 And yeah, so it's just never, if you don't, 420 00:28:59,099 --> 00:29:01,299 if you don't just say, hey, I'm going to give 421 00:29:01,299 --> 00:29:03,900 and you just budget for it, 422 00:29:04,019 --> 00:29:06,400 it's really hard to like adjust later. 423 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,359 So anyway, yeah, 424 00:29:18,620 --> 00:29:22,880 yeah, no, for sure. 425 00:29:24,059 --> 00:29:28,619 Yes, we are, you know, we are continuing to do it 426 00:29:28,619 --> 00:29:31,220 and to give, but I just want to, you know, 427 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,559 encourage everybody as well that, yeah, 428 00:29:34,559 --> 00:29:37,579 just to give, even when it hurts, right? 429 00:29:41,039 --> 00:29:45,400 So yeah, I think that's kind of all I wanted to hit on. 430 00:29:48,140 --> 00:29:50,400 Wasn't really planning to go in that direction, 431 00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:54,680 but the Lord, you know, we believe that he's leading us. 432 00:29:55,980 --> 00:30:00,519 And yeah, so I would just like to ask you guys 433 00:30:00,519 --> 00:30:05,099 that now as Leviticus is wrapping up, 434 00:30:05,579 --> 00:30:11,279 like what were some, and maybe this won't go that far, 435 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:16,000 but what were some things that you, 436 00:30:16,460 --> 00:30:20,980 like I guess, what is the one thing 437 00:30:20,980 --> 00:30:22,059 you took out of this book 438 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,819 that you feel like you didn't have 439 00:30:25,819 --> 00:30:27,819 when you first started going through it? 440 00:30:29,019 --> 00:30:29,500 Anything? 441 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,220 I mean, I, the, and if you want to say something, 442 00:30:36,319 --> 00:30:38,119 just jump in, go for it. 443 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,420 I'll let you guys think, just a second. 444 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:45,160 But you know, Leviticus is not everybody's go-to, right? 445 00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:49,779 And I think going through Leviticus verse by verse, 446 00:30:49,779 --> 00:30:53,799 it's amazing that when you take the time to read it 447 00:30:53,799 --> 00:30:56,720 and you take the time to study it, 448 00:30:58,620 --> 00:31:03,519 how actually much the Lord teaches you through this book. 449 00:31:05,180 --> 00:31:07,640 And I think it's an awesome book. 450 00:31:08,220 --> 00:31:11,319 Yeah, if anybody else has something, 451 00:31:12,599 --> 00:31:14,960 but I did have some one other thing 452 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,599 I would like to touch on if we have time, 453 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:21,440 something that I think will bless all of us. 454 00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:25,279 But if anyone wants to say, you know, 455 00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:27,779 point they took away from the book 456 00:31:27,779 --> 00:31:29,759 or something that shifted their perspective. 457 00:31:30,740 --> 00:31:35,420 Yeah, one thing that when you study the ancient Near East, 458 00:31:37,039 --> 00:31:38,779 you see that many of the things 459 00:31:38,779 --> 00:31:42,019 that the Israelites were commanded to do 460 00:31:42,019 --> 00:31:44,759 and many of the laws and the traditions 461 00:31:44,759 --> 00:31:48,200 and even if when you look through Leviticus, 462 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,640 the different rituals and the cleanliness regulations, 463 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:57,539 they were fairly similar 464 00:31:57,539 --> 00:32:01,380 to what other cultures were doing that were pagan. 465 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,759 But there were clear, distinct lines 466 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:09,519 and very clear differences that were communicated 467 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,059 within the Israelite tradition 468 00:32:13,059 --> 00:32:16,099 and obviously like who Yahweh is. 469 00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:18,559 And well, you know, I don't want to say, 470 00:32:18,799 --> 00:32:19,859 feels weird to say was, 471 00:32:19,859 --> 00:32:22,380 but who he is, right? 472 00:32:23,059 --> 00:32:25,240 And those cultural things 473 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,980 like the rituals and the cleanliness 474 00:32:27,980 --> 00:32:29,359 and like just look at our, 475 00:32:29,779 --> 00:32:31,039 look at your feet, right? 476 00:32:31,180 --> 00:32:32,740 Is anybody wearing socks? 477 00:32:34,220 --> 00:32:36,440 No, we're all wearing shoes, right? 478 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,359 So why are we wearing shoes? 479 00:32:41,279 --> 00:32:43,220 Right, because you would never approach, 480 00:32:43,380 --> 00:32:46,720 in our culture, it's fine to wear shoes, right? 481 00:32:47,159 --> 00:32:49,700 But where I came from, from Turkey, 482 00:32:50,019 --> 00:32:51,440 you would never wear your shoes 483 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,779 in their house of worship in a mosque, right? 484 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,000 Why? Because it's communicating something. 485 00:32:57,319 --> 00:32:58,900 It communicates reverence. 486 00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:02,180 Now we don't, now we're all reverent to God, right? 487 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,359 Like we, none of us walked in here today 488 00:33:04,359 --> 00:33:05,220 and said, I'm going to wear my shoes 489 00:33:05,220 --> 00:33:07,079 because I'm in defiance to God, right? 490 00:33:09,539 --> 00:33:10,779 But we have our shoes on. 491 00:33:10,980 --> 00:33:11,819 So what's going on here? 492 00:33:12,140 --> 00:33:14,980 It's a cultural, it's a cultural thing 493 00:33:14,980 --> 00:33:18,259 to approach God with our shoes on 494 00:33:18,259 --> 00:33:21,000 because it, like we don't live, number one, 495 00:33:21,019 --> 00:33:23,420 in a culture that has a lot of dust or mud, right? 496 00:33:23,420 --> 00:33:25,500 If we were just tracking tons of mud in here, 497 00:33:25,819 --> 00:33:27,200 we'd probably take our shoes off 498 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,880 or we'd figure out a way to keep it clean, right? 499 00:33:31,359 --> 00:33:33,140 But no, we get, a lot of us, 500 00:33:33,359 --> 00:33:35,220 we go out our door, get in our car, 501 00:33:35,420 --> 00:33:36,859 which is in our garage, we drive here, 502 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:37,640 walk across the street 503 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,319 and our shoes are pretty clean, right? 504 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,700 But, and people have different preferences 505 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:45,420 about their house and keeping shoes on. 506 00:33:45,519 --> 00:33:47,559 But anyway, shoes is kind of a weird example, 507 00:33:48,940 --> 00:33:50,799 but a lot of the rituals 508 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,359 and a lot of the temple worship and practice 509 00:33:57,220 --> 00:34:00,299 makes a ton of sense to people in the ancient Near East. 510 00:34:01,019 --> 00:34:08,280 For instance, when people in the ancient Near East 511 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:12,619 read Genesis 1 and 2 and 3, 512 00:34:14,220 --> 00:34:19,819 they read it in a way that we probably don't read it. 513 00:34:20,980 --> 00:34:24,500 And so, what do you think people 514 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:28,460 in the ancient Near East and Mesopotamia back in that time 515 00:34:28,460 --> 00:34:33,460 would immediately recognize in Genesis 1, 2, and 3? 516 00:34:33,659 --> 00:34:34,059 Any thoughts? 517 00:34:35,699 --> 00:34:36,800 Anyone get where I'm going with this? 518 00:34:38,699 --> 00:34:39,340 Okay, maybe not. 519 00:34:40,059 --> 00:34:42,380 But they would read it as a temple. 520 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:47,219 That the Garden of Eden is actually a temple. 521 00:34:48,139 --> 00:34:52,340 So a lot of temples in the Near East, in Egypt, 522 00:34:52,619 --> 00:34:54,340 in Mesopotamia, in Assyria, 523 00:34:54,579 --> 00:34:55,699 they would have gardens, 524 00:34:56,420 --> 00:34:57,559 they would have pools of water, 525 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,079 they would have streams flowing in and out. 526 00:35:01,860 --> 00:35:05,679 And then, they would have like an inner chamber 527 00:35:06,460 --> 00:35:09,199 where the presence of that deity 528 00:35:09,199 --> 00:35:11,360 that they worship would come, 529 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,199 rest, and dwell. 530 00:35:15,420 --> 00:35:21,280 And so, when you read the book of Genesis 531 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:22,739 chapters 1, 2, and 3, 532 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,860 with someone who has that perspective 533 00:35:25,860 --> 00:35:26,940 of the ancient Near East, 534 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:28,119 you begin to see, 535 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:33,420 oh, this is the place where God dwells, 536 00:35:33,460 --> 00:35:36,119 where this Hebrew God dwells, 537 00:35:36,119 --> 00:35:38,400 where this Yahweh dwells. 538 00:35:39,140 --> 00:35:44,199 And then, you begin to see that God is walking 539 00:35:44,199 --> 00:35:46,659 with Adam and Eve. 540 00:35:48,219 --> 00:35:51,019 And he's dwelling with them, essentially, right? 541 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:53,599 And so then, when the fall happens, 542 00:35:53,699 --> 00:35:56,639 and they're banished from the garden, 543 00:35:57,559 --> 00:35:58,579 a lot of us think, 544 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:01,860 well, now they don't get to be in paradise. 545 00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:06,900 They don't get to live in this amazing environment. 546 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:09,400 But people in the ancient Near East 547 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:10,119 would immediately think, 548 00:36:10,199 --> 00:36:12,059 and maybe some of us think this too, 549 00:36:12,340 --> 00:36:15,619 but we are banished from God's presence. 550 00:36:16,900 --> 00:36:18,380 That actually, the temple, 551 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,980 we are no longer able to approach 552 00:36:21,619 --> 00:36:23,659 the place where God dwells. 553 00:36:24,119 --> 00:36:25,719 That was the real punishment 554 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:29,400 for violating God's commands within Eden. 555 00:36:30,940 --> 00:36:32,739 Okay, so this is the first setting 556 00:36:32,739 --> 00:36:34,599 in the Bible where God is saying, 557 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,260 I want to dwell with man, 558 00:36:38,039 --> 00:36:39,420 and I have a place, 559 00:36:39,639 --> 00:36:41,619 I have a house where I rest, 560 00:36:41,820 --> 00:36:43,039 and that house is Eden. 561 00:36:44,340 --> 00:36:45,659 And then, you keep going, 562 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,059 Adam and Eve get exiled, if you will, 563 00:36:49,119 --> 00:36:49,699 from Eden, 564 00:36:50,159 --> 00:36:52,760 and we come through Abraham, 565 00:36:53,340 --> 00:36:54,539 or Noah, Abraham, 566 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:56,260 come all the way to Moses. 567 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,300 And God speaks to Moses, 568 00:37:01,159 --> 00:37:02,000 and he says, 569 00:37:04,079 --> 00:37:06,800 I want you to lead my people 570 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,099 out of slavery, 571 00:37:09,199 --> 00:37:11,179 and out of exile, 572 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:12,260 and I want you to bring them 573 00:37:12,260 --> 00:37:13,239 to a promised land. 574 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:14,679 And then he says, 575 00:37:15,539 --> 00:37:16,139 in Exodus, 576 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:23,380 I think it's chapter 29, 577 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:24,059 where he says, 578 00:37:24,260 --> 00:37:26,880 I will dwell among the Israelites. 579 00:37:27,619 --> 00:37:28,320 So now you see, 580 00:37:28,559 --> 00:37:29,780 his original intent 581 00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:32,320 was Eden, to dwell with people, 582 00:37:32,739 --> 00:37:34,619 and now he's saying, 583 00:37:35,079 --> 00:37:36,579 I want to dwell with you 584 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,079 among this nation called Israel, 585 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:44,860 and I want to dwell with you. 586 00:37:45,199 --> 00:37:46,019 And I want you, 587 00:37:46,179 --> 00:37:47,420 this is Exodus 19, 588 00:37:47,820 --> 00:37:48,860 he says, I want you to be 589 00:37:48,860 --> 00:37:50,599 a royal priesthood. 590 00:37:52,300 --> 00:37:53,820 And Leviticus is all about 591 00:37:53,820 --> 00:37:55,039 being a priest. 592 00:37:56,460 --> 00:37:58,380 And every one of us, 593 00:37:58,380 --> 00:38:00,440 as a believer and follower of Christ, 594 00:38:00,579 --> 00:38:01,739 it's also called to be a priest. 595 00:38:03,019 --> 00:38:05,239 And so what does a priest do? 596 00:38:06,260 --> 00:38:07,679 A priest maintains 597 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:12,140 the place where God dwells. 598 00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:14,360 And the Lord, 599 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:15,539 given the time, 600 00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:19,619 and this is like a deep theological discussion, 601 00:38:19,739 --> 00:38:22,139 and you could go different ways with this, 602 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:24,320 but the Lord, 603 00:38:24,619 --> 00:38:25,860 and it's kind of your point Monday, 604 00:38:26,019 --> 00:38:27,119 like why all the regulations, 605 00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:28,960 but the Lord laid out 606 00:38:29,519 --> 00:38:31,000 to Israel and to Moses, 607 00:38:31,300 --> 00:38:32,239 this is the way 608 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:33,599 you will approach 609 00:38:33,599 --> 00:38:35,699 and maintain my temple. 610 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,519 And this is the way you will support it, 611 00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:40,619 and this is the way 612 00:38:40,619 --> 00:38:44,300 that I'm choosing to dwell among you, 613 00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:46,099 and to be with you as a family, 614 00:38:46,159 --> 00:38:47,719 because the Lord's original intent 615 00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:48,739 always was to dwell 616 00:38:48,739 --> 00:38:49,960 and have fellowship with us. 617 00:38:50,679 --> 00:38:51,460 But you know, 618 00:38:51,639 --> 00:38:52,579 humans always keep 619 00:38:53,139 --> 00:38:54,400 running away from God, 620 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,699 and we always need to be 621 00:38:56,699 --> 00:38:58,119 reconciled back by His grace. 622 00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:00,579 And so the temple, 623 00:39:00,780 --> 00:39:01,500 being a priest, 624 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:03,900 is all about maintaining that presence. 625 00:39:04,619 --> 00:39:06,840 Some scholars say that the menorah, 626 00:39:06,860 --> 00:39:07,760 you guys know the menorah, 627 00:39:08,059 --> 00:39:10,139 that's the Jewish lamp 628 00:39:10,139 --> 00:39:11,099 they light on Hanukkah, 629 00:39:11,780 --> 00:39:12,980 that the menorah 630 00:39:12,980 --> 00:39:14,780 actually within the temple 631 00:39:14,780 --> 00:39:15,679 as it rests there 632 00:39:15,679 --> 00:39:16,519 in the Holy of Holies, 633 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,699 that symbolizes the tree of life 634 00:39:20,380 --> 00:39:20,980 in the garden. 635 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:23,940 And that's where you go 636 00:39:23,940 --> 00:39:24,880 to meet with God 637 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:25,780 and live forever. 638 00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:27,420 And so we have Eden, 639 00:39:27,619 --> 00:39:28,340 we have the temple, 640 00:39:28,659 --> 00:39:30,159 and in this age, 641 00:39:30,980 --> 00:39:31,139 right, 642 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:32,559 we are the temple 643 00:39:32,559 --> 00:39:33,659 of the Holy Spirit. 644 00:39:34,619 --> 00:39:34,719 Amen. 645 00:39:35,059 --> 00:39:36,139 We are the temple. 646 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:37,500 After Jesus came, 647 00:39:37,659 --> 00:39:38,500 died, resurrected, 648 00:39:39,260 --> 00:39:40,500 1 Corinthians 6 says, 649 00:39:40,699 --> 00:39:41,880 your body is a temple. 650 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,059 The Spirit is in you 651 00:39:44,059 --> 00:39:45,880 and is a gift from God. 652 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:46,340 Right? 653 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:47,860 So now we are the temple. 654 00:39:48,179 --> 00:39:50,539 The temple went from Eden 655 00:39:51,460 --> 00:39:53,260 to a tabernacle. 656 00:39:53,420 --> 00:39:55,159 It was like a tent, right? 657 00:39:55,159 --> 00:39:56,460 That they gave to Moses. 658 00:39:56,699 --> 00:39:58,219 Then David wanted to build the Lord 659 00:39:58,219 --> 00:40:01,300 at a real brick and mortar temple 660 00:40:01,300 --> 00:40:03,300 and the Lord was touched by that. 661 00:40:03,599 --> 00:40:05,039 So then we had the temple in Jerusalem 662 00:40:05,559 --> 00:40:06,900 for a long time. 663 00:40:07,179 --> 00:40:08,119 Then it got knocked down, 664 00:40:08,199 --> 00:40:09,219 I got rebuilt and knocked down. 665 00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:11,059 Now we don't have a temple there, really. 666 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,320 But after Christ died and resurrected, 667 00:40:14,699 --> 00:40:15,820 now we are the temple. 668 00:40:16,079 --> 00:40:16,920 We are the priests. 669 00:40:20,559 --> 00:40:23,039 And if you look at 670 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:25,139 the book of Revelation, 671 00:40:25,820 --> 00:40:26,980 the book of Revelation 672 00:40:26,980 --> 00:40:28,940 also echoes this image. 673 00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:31,460 And chapter 20 says 674 00:40:31,460 --> 00:40:32,659 that you will reign, 675 00:40:32,860 --> 00:40:34,039 blessed and holy is he 676 00:40:34,039 --> 00:40:35,599 who shares in the first resurrection, 677 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:38,559 for he will reign as a priest 678 00:40:38,559 --> 00:40:41,420 and a king throughout the millennium. 679 00:40:42,059 --> 00:40:42,679 And so forever, 680 00:40:42,820 --> 00:40:44,260 our destiny, our identity 681 00:40:44,260 --> 00:40:48,300 is to reign as priests with God, 682 00:40:48,559 --> 00:40:50,159 maintaining the fire. 683 00:40:50,679 --> 00:40:51,679 One of the priest's jobs 684 00:40:51,679 --> 00:40:53,719 was to maintain the fire. 685 00:40:54,539 --> 00:40:56,300 I think Jesse talked about this 686 00:40:56,300 --> 00:40:57,360 a couple weeks ago 687 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:00,039 of maintaining that fire, the lamp. 688 00:41:00,219 --> 00:41:02,119 May the fire never go out. 689 00:41:03,039 --> 00:41:04,440 And that fire, what does it symbolize? 690 00:41:04,579 --> 00:41:06,440 It symbolizes our nearness 691 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,300 and the eternal communion 692 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:11,360 that we have with God. 693 00:41:12,159 --> 00:41:14,380 And that will go on forever and ever. 694 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:19,039 And so I just love the theme 695 00:41:19,039 --> 00:41:20,320 of priesthood because 696 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:23,300 it runs throughout the whole scripture. 697 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:24,800 It starts in Eden 698 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,179 and it runs all the way through 699 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,400 the Torah, the first five books. 700 00:41:30,980 --> 00:41:33,139 And then it runs all the way to Christ. 701 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:34,880 And he is our high priest 702 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:35,900 and we follow him. 703 00:41:36,159 --> 00:41:37,260 And then it runs all the way 704 00:41:37,260 --> 00:41:37,820 through eternity. 705 00:41:37,980 --> 00:41:39,139 And for all of eternity, 706 00:41:39,460 --> 00:41:42,320 we will be a priest and a king 707 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,440 unto our Lord God. 708 00:41:47,099 --> 00:41:48,960 And when you put 709 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:50,699 the book of Leviticus 710 00:41:50,699 --> 00:41:53,059 in this context, 711 00:41:54,099 --> 00:41:55,500 the book of Leviticus 712 00:41:55,500 --> 00:41:59,000 specifically is teaching 713 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,599 the people of Israel 714 00:42:00,599 --> 00:42:03,579 how they can approach God 715 00:42:03,579 --> 00:42:06,099 and maintain this agreement 716 00:42:06,099 --> 00:42:07,679 or covenant with him. 717 00:42:08,199 --> 00:42:10,340 That is the closest thing 718 00:42:10,340 --> 00:42:11,739 we have to it on earth 719 00:42:11,739 --> 00:42:12,460 is marriage. 720 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:17,239 Of that marriage contract, 721 00:42:17,860 --> 00:42:18,500 covenant, we could say, 722 00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:20,159 contract might be a better word, 723 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:21,099 but it's a contract 724 00:42:21,099 --> 00:42:24,039 of being in union with God. 725 00:42:24,980 --> 00:42:27,780 And priests, we are to maintain 726 00:42:27,780 --> 00:42:30,119 that union with God. 727 00:42:30,460 --> 00:42:32,079 We are to keep that fire burning. 728 00:42:32,559 --> 00:42:34,079 That's part of our role. 729 00:42:34,980 --> 00:42:37,219 And I just love that 730 00:42:37,219 --> 00:42:38,760 about the book of Leviticus 731 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:42,099 and thinking about everything 732 00:42:42,099 --> 00:42:44,260 that the book of Leviticus 733 00:42:44,980 --> 00:42:46,440 means for us today 734 00:42:47,079 --> 00:42:49,000 in terms of the first seven chapters, 735 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:50,460 the sacrifices. 736 00:42:51,139 --> 00:42:53,639 Are we being a living sacrifice 737 00:42:54,579 --> 00:42:55,539 to the Lord? 738 00:42:56,639 --> 00:42:58,000 It says, and there are many times, 739 00:42:58,380 --> 00:42:59,659 it's a pleasing aroma. 740 00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:01,860 The Lord gets pleasure 741 00:43:01,860 --> 00:43:03,400 from our sacrifice, 742 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:05,559 from our communion with him, right? 743 00:43:05,940 --> 00:43:07,619 This echoes Romans 12 744 00:43:07,619 --> 00:43:08,860 where it's saying 745 00:43:08,860 --> 00:43:11,159 we are a living sacrifice 746 00:43:11,159 --> 00:43:12,260 to the Lord. 747 00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:15,420 And he gets pleasure from it. 748 00:43:15,420 --> 00:43:17,059 I love the way that Leviticus 749 00:43:17,059 --> 00:43:17,559 puts it that 750 00:43:17,559 --> 00:43:20,519 he smells the sacrifice 751 00:43:20,519 --> 00:43:22,480 of the burnt animal there 752 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:24,860 and it's a pleasing aroma to him. 753 00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:29,019 He's not actually 754 00:43:29,019 --> 00:43:29,699 probably doing that, 755 00:43:29,900 --> 00:43:32,619 but he gets pleasure from it 756 00:43:32,619 --> 00:43:33,760 that we can actually 757 00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:35,840 give the Lord pleasure. 758 00:43:37,159 --> 00:43:39,699 He enjoys our fellowship. 759 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:41,639 That's the craziest thing to me 760 00:43:41,639 --> 00:43:45,539 is that the Lord enjoys us. 761 00:43:47,539 --> 00:43:48,300 You know, it's like 762 00:43:48,300 --> 00:43:50,460 we mainly just want stuff from God. 763 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:52,280 Like, Lord, give me this. 764 00:43:52,500 --> 00:43:52,820 Give me this. 765 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:53,260 Give me this. 766 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:53,480 Okay. 767 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:53,940 Yeah. 768 00:43:54,139 --> 00:43:54,260 Yeah. 769 00:43:54,519 --> 00:43:54,639 Okay. 770 00:43:54,900 --> 00:43:55,079 So yeah. 771 00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:55,460 Bye. 772 00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:56,400 No, you're like, 773 00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:57,940 we're just kids, right? 774 00:43:58,320 --> 00:43:59,739 Like, my kids are just like, 775 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:00,340 I want food. 776 00:44:00,900 --> 00:44:02,320 It's like, you know, 777 00:44:02,420 --> 00:44:04,099 they don't really say thanks yet. 778 00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,079 They're just going, right? 779 00:44:07,159 --> 00:44:09,400 But the Lord loves us so much 780 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:10,679 like our kids. 781 00:44:11,119 --> 00:44:12,460 Like, we love our kids. 782 00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:17,500 Even though we don't get a whole lot of, 783 00:44:17,619 --> 00:44:18,239 at this point, 784 00:44:18,579 --> 00:44:19,980 like we don't get a whole lot of like, 785 00:44:20,179 --> 00:44:20,900 hey, dad, thanks. 786 00:44:21,099 --> 00:44:21,980 It's just really appreciate 787 00:44:21,980 --> 00:44:23,239 you like waking up 788 00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:24,780 and coming in here at like 3 a.m. 789 00:44:24,780 --> 00:44:25,280 and, you know, 790 00:44:25,340 --> 00:44:26,760 just like holding me for like, 791 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,099 you know, half hour, right? 792 00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:29,260 It's like, we don't get that, 793 00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:33,400 but we get pleasure from parenting 794 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:36,059 and just want to encourage you. 795 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,719 That's basically all I have for today, 796 00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:39,960 but just encourage you 797 00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:43,900 if you feel like 798 00:44:43,900 --> 00:44:47,699 you maybe don't have as much tenderness 799 00:44:47,699 --> 00:44:49,099 or hunger for God 800 00:44:49,099 --> 00:44:51,920 or passion for the Lord 801 00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:55,159 as you maybe would like in your life, 802 00:44:57,639 --> 00:45:04,679 remember how much he desires you, 803 00:45:05,559 --> 00:45:06,960 how passionate he is 804 00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,059 about having a relationship with you. 805 00:45:09,779 --> 00:45:10,960 And like Gail was saying, 806 00:45:11,159 --> 00:45:15,380 it's not anything that we muster up. 807 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:20,340 Even this might be a little bit mind blowing 808 00:45:20,340 --> 00:45:24,699 or maybe you've never heard this before, 809 00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:25,940 but I'm just going to say it anyway. 810 00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:35,579 The covenants that God made with Israel 811 00:45:37,119 --> 00:45:39,219 were also based on grace. 812 00:45:40,139 --> 00:45:42,099 They were also based on atonement. 813 00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:44,659 And there were measures and means 814 00:45:44,659 --> 00:45:47,800 that the people would get saved 815 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,460 and be in covenant with God by his grace. 816 00:45:50,679 --> 00:45:53,280 It wasn't like nobody was perfect 817 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:54,300 in fulfilling the law. 818 00:45:55,519 --> 00:45:57,960 Like the law is basically designed 819 00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:01,019 so that you have a fault, right? 820 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:02,079 And you're like, okay, 821 00:46:02,099 --> 00:46:03,239 I can't do it on my own. 822 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:05,340 You come and you present yourself 823 00:46:05,340 --> 00:46:11,199 to God and today it's the same way. 824 00:46:11,559 --> 00:46:12,940 We are saved by grace, 825 00:46:13,660 --> 00:46:14,800 not under ourselves. 826 00:46:15,639 --> 00:46:19,039 But if we give him our faith, 827 00:46:19,420 --> 00:46:20,900 we believe in him 828 00:46:20,900 --> 00:46:23,539 and we don't just do it with our mouth, 829 00:46:23,539 --> 00:46:25,539 but we actually live it with our life 830 00:46:25,539 --> 00:46:26,920 and they align. 831 00:46:27,559 --> 00:46:28,539 Because that's true for 832 00:46:28,539 --> 00:46:29,420 that's true. 833 00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:32,599 Salvation is letting your words 834 00:46:32,599 --> 00:46:34,599 and your life come into submission 835 00:46:34,599 --> 00:46:35,719 under the Lord 836 00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:37,599 and letting him purify you 837 00:46:37,599 --> 00:46:40,059 and teaching you to be holy. 838 00:46:41,659 --> 00:46:44,199 And we don't have to do it 839 00:46:44,199 --> 00:46:45,619 on our own strength. 840 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,719 We do it by relying on him. 841 00:46:50,380 --> 00:46:52,280 And we get to be priests 842 00:46:53,179 --> 00:46:56,219 and we get to maintain the fire. 843 00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:58,900 And so, yeah, I would just encourage us. 844 00:46:59,059 --> 00:47:00,920 I'm encouraged just thinking about this 845 00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:04,480 that the Lord is so desirous 846 00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:08,199 to dwell with us and live with us 847 00:47:08,199 --> 00:47:09,920 that this has been mainly 848 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:11,820 what he's been trying to do since Eden. 849 00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:15,900 He's been trying to work this out 850 00:47:15,900 --> 00:47:17,400 and it's this amazing story. 851 00:47:17,639 --> 00:47:18,440 And right now we're in such 852 00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,239 an exciting time with it 853 00:47:21,239 --> 00:47:23,360 because now it's not mainly concentrated 854 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:24,460 on only Israel, 855 00:47:24,460 --> 00:47:26,460 but it's to go out to all the nations 856 00:47:27,079 --> 00:47:29,760 and all the tribes and tongues in the world. 857 00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:33,420 And even you can make arguments 858 00:47:33,420 --> 00:47:35,260 that when it was given to Israel 859 00:47:35,260 --> 00:47:37,619 there was some type of evangelism 860 00:47:37,619 --> 00:47:40,639 or proclaiming to the nation going on. 861 00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:43,440 But it's kind of all the little things 862 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:44,380 I'm kind of throwing out here 863 00:47:44,380 --> 00:47:45,480 is not really in the scope 864 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:46,739 of this conversation, 865 00:47:47,039 --> 00:47:48,559 but I'd love to just ramble. 866 00:47:48,900 --> 00:47:50,400 So I'll wrap it up. 867 00:47:52,420 --> 00:47:53,159 But yeah, anyway, 868 00:47:53,739 --> 00:47:55,860 does anyone have any thoughts on that 869 00:47:55,860 --> 00:47:59,480 or does anybody want to add anything? 870 00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:01,460 Maybe you thought of a thing 871 00:48:01,460 --> 00:48:05,019 that you really learned about Leviticus 872 00:48:05,019 --> 00:48:07,500 or any other kind of questions 873 00:48:07,500 --> 00:48:09,639 or stuff that you'd have. 874 00:48:09,900 --> 00:48:11,099 But that's basically all I have. 875 00:48:11,559 --> 00:48:12,860 Maybe you guys think 876 00:48:12,860 --> 00:48:17,599 you want to just add anything 877 00:48:17,599 --> 00:48:18,619 and then we could wrap up. 878 00:48:18,780 --> 00:48:19,860 Or do you guys want to break 879 00:48:19,860 --> 00:48:21,000 into small groups 880 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:23,000 and just talk more about it? 881 00:48:24,260 --> 00:48:25,800 I know Walt, you like small groups, right? 882 00:48:27,579 --> 00:48:28,480 Should we do that? 883 00:48:29,819 --> 00:48:32,760 Could just break up into people. 884 00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:35,599 People probably will talk more, right? 885 00:48:36,500 --> 00:48:36,739 In the small. 886 00:48:36,820 --> 00:48:37,880 Yeah, it is a small group, so. 887 00:48:38,860 --> 00:48:40,420 All right, we'll just do that then. 888 00:48:41,260 --> 00:48:44,059 We could just turn this off. 889 00:48:45,860 --> 00:48:47,059 Lord, we thank you for this time. 890 00:48:47,179 --> 00:48:47,719 We thank you, God, 891 00:48:48,559 --> 00:48:50,840 you just desire fellowship with us 892 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:51,559 and being priests 893 00:48:51,559 --> 00:48:53,619 that we would be priests to you, Lord. 894 00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:54,679 Let us follow your example, 895 00:48:55,099 --> 00:48:57,980 Jesus of being a high priest, Lord. 896 00:48:57,980 --> 00:49:00,260 And we just desire fellowship with you. 897 00:49:00,300 --> 00:49:02,699 And thank you for this amazing book, 898 00:49:03,340 --> 00:49:05,760 Leviticus, that's not easy to get into 899 00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:06,579 right off the surface, 900 00:49:06,780 --> 00:49:07,940 but it has so much treasure. 901 00:49:08,940 --> 00:49:10,019 In Jesus' name, amen. 902 00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,039 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church 903 00:49:17,039 --> 00:49:19,539 as we praise God and discuss His word. 904 00:49:20,239 --> 00:49:21,500 Don't forget to join us 905 00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:23,300 for Worship Live Sunday mornings 906 00:49:23,300 --> 00:49:25,719 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 907 00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:28,820 Be blessed and have a great day!