Leviticus 1-3 - The Statutes of Burnt Offerings

The Statutes of Burnt Offerings

Lev 1:2-4 LSB - [2] "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When any man from among you brings an offering near to Yahweh, you shall bring your offering of animals from the herd or the flock. [3] 'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall bring it near, a male without blemish; he shall bring it near to the doorway of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh. [4] 'And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.

Lev 1:9 LSB - [9] 'Its entrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

Not all the blood of beasts

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

1 Not all the blood of beasts,
On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away its stain.

2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, 
Takes all our sins away;
A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood than they.

3 My faith would lay her hand
On that dear head of Thine,
While like a penitent I stand,
And there confess my sin.

4 My soul looks back to see
The burdens Thou didst bear
When hanging on the cursed tree,
And knows her guilt was there.

5 Believing, we rejoice
To see the curse remove;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing His bleeding love.

 

The Statutes of Grain Offerings

Lev 2:1-2 LSB - [1] 'Now when anyone brings near a grain offering as an offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it. [2] 'He shall then bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take from it his handful of its fine flour and of its oil with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer [it] up in smoke [as] its memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

Lev 2:11 LSB - [11] 'No grain offering, which you bring near to Yahweh, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an offering by fire to Yahweh.

Lev 2:12 LSB - [12] 'As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them near to Yahweh, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.

The Statutes of Peace Offerings

Lev 3:1-2 LSB - [1] 'Now if his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to bring near one from the herd, whether male or female, he shall bring it near without blemish before Yahweh. [2] 'Then he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and Aaron's sons the priests shall splash the blood around on the altar.

Lev 3:3-5 LSB - [3] 'From the sacrifice of the peace offerings he shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, [4] and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. [5] 'Then Aaron's sons shall offer [it] up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire; it is an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

Lev 3:17 LSB - [17] 'It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your [places of] habitation: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.'"

Hebrews 10-13 - Draw Near with a Sincere Heart in Full Assurance of Faith

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

Heb 10:1 LSB - [1] For the Law, since it has [only] a shadow of the good things to come [and] not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near.

Heb 10:5-7 LSB - 

[5] Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME; 

[6] IN BURNT OFFERINGS AND [sacrifices] FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE. 

[7] "THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME, IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME, TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.'"

Psa 40:6-8 LSB - 

[6] Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; 

My ears You have opened; 

Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. 

[7] Then I said, "Behold, I come; 

In the scroll of the book it is written of me. 

[8] "I desire to do Your will, O my God; 

Your law is within my inner being."

Heb 10:10 LSB - [10] By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Heb 10:12-14 LSB - [12] but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, [13] waiting from that time UNTIL HIS ENEMIES ARE PUT AS A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET. [14] For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

Heb 10:15-17 LSB - [15] And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying, [16] "THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART, AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM," [He then says], [17] "AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE."

Jer 31:33-34 LSB -

[33] "But this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days," declares Yahweh: "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

[34] "And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know Yahweh,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares Yahweh, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."

A New and Living Way

Heb 10:19-25 LSB -
[19] Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
[20] by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,
[21] and since [we have] a great priest over the house of God,
[22] let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
[23] Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
[24] And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,
[25] not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging [one another], and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

Warning Against Willful Sin

Heb 10:26-27 LSB - [26] For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, [27] but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES.

Heb 10:39 LSB - [39] But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.

Blessed Assurance 

Frances J. Crosby

1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!

O, what a foretaste of glory divine!

Heir of salvation, purchase of God,

born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Refrain:

This is my story, this is my song,

praising my Savior all the day long;

this is my story, this is my song,

praising my Savior all the day long.

2 Perfect submission, perfect delight,

visions of rapture now burst on my sight;

angels descending, bring from above

echoes of mercy, whispers of love. [Refrain]

3 Perfect submission, all is at rest,

I in my Savior am happy and blest;

watching and waiting, looking above,

filled with His goodness, lost in His love. [Refrain]

 

By Faith

Heb 11:1 LSB - [1] Now faith is the assurance of [things] hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Heb 11:6 LSB - [6] And without faith it is impossible to please [Him], for he who draws near to God must believe that He is and [that] He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

Heb 11:13 LSB - [13] All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Heb 11:17-19 LSB - [17] By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only [son], [18] to whom it was said, "IN ISAAC YOUR SEED SHALL BE CALLED." [19] He considered that God is able to raise [people] even from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he also received him back.

Heb 11:39-40 LSB - [39] And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, [40] because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

Faith Is Believing | Daniel O. Teasley

Faith is believing, the promise is true,

Trusting in Jesus your strength to renew;

Resting so sweetly, secure on His word,

Shielded from danger with Jesus the Lord.

Refrain:

Faith is believing, simply receiving

What in His promise God has revealed;

Trust Him forever, doubt Him, no, never,

Till thy petition His Spirit hath sealed.

Faith is believing, why longer remain

Under the bondage of Satan’s domain?

See, though all blood-stained, the banner unfurled—

Faith is the victory that conquers the world.

Faith is believing, the soul’s happy rest,

Faith is believing, though sorely oppressed;

Singing in triumph whatever assail,

High on the mountains or low in the vale.

Faith is believing, then doubt Him no more,

Sell all your sorrows, your troubles give o’er;

Soar in the sunlight above every cloud,

Triumph forever, believing in God.

 

 Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of Faith

Heb 12:1-2 LSB - [1] Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, [2] fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The Father’s Discipline

Heb 12:5-6 LSB - 

[5] And you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, "MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM; 

[6] FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE FLOGS EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."

Psa 94:12 LSB - [12] Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O Yah, And whom You teach out of Your law;

 

Contrast of Sinai and Zion

Heb 12:22-24 LSB - 

[22] But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, 

[23] to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of [the] righteous made perfect, 

[24] and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than [the blood] of Abel.

Church of God | Frances R. Havergal

Church of God, thou spotless virgin,

Church of Christ, for whom He died,

Thou hast known no human founder,

Jesus bought thee for His bride.

Sanctified by God the Father,

Built by Jesus Christ the Son,

Tempered by the Holy Spirit,

Like the Holy Three in One.

God Himself has set the members

In His body all complete,

Organized by Jesus only,

Oh, the union, pure and sweet!

Church of God, the angels marvel

At the music of thy song;

Earth and hell in terror tremble,

As thy army moves along.

Church of God, “beloved city,”

Thou art of celestial mold;

Lo, from God, and out of heaven,

Came the city of pure gold.

Stones of jasper, clear as crystal,

Is the building of thy wall;

And the Lamb, thy light forever,

Jesus, Jesus, all in all.

God’s own holiness within thee,

His own beauty on thy brow;

Glorified in His own image,

This thy wondrous portion now.

In thee dwells the triune fullness,

Blessing all thy pilgrim days;

All around thee His salvation,

And before thee gates of praise.

Church of God, in heaven written,

Thine the risen life of Christ,

And the treasures to thee given,

Never, never can be priced.

Far above this world’s confusion,

Walking close by Jesus’ side,

Leaning on His loving bosom,

Is the church, His chosen bride.

 

An Unshakable Kingdom

Heb 12:28-29 LSB - [28] Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; [29] for OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE.

Sacrifices Pleasing to God

Heb 13:1 LSB - [1] Let love of the brothers continue.

Heb 13:15 LSB - [15] Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

Benediction

Heb 13:20-21 LSB - [20] Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, [21] equip you in every good thing to do His will, by doing in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom [be] the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 7-9 - The Old Covenant vs The New Covenant

The Priesthoods of Melchizedek and Christ

Heb 7:24-25 LSB - 

[24] but [Jesus], on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently. 

[25] Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Heb 7:26-28 LSB - 

[26] For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; 

[27] who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the [sins] of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 

[28] For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, [appoints] a Son, who has been made perfect forever.

Aaron, and the true Melchizedek

Author: Isaac Watts

1 Jesus, in thee our eyes behold

A thousand glories more

Than the rich gems and polished gold

The sons of Aaron wore.

2 They first their own burnt offerings brought

To purge themselves from sin;

Thy life was pure without a spot,

And all thy nature clean.

3 Fresh blood, as constant as the day,

Was on their altar spilt;

But thy one offering takes away

For ever all our guilt.

4 Their priesthood ran through several hands,

For mortal was their race;

Thy never-changing office stands

Eternal as thy days.

5 Once in the circuit of a year,

With blood (but not his own),

Aaron within the veil appears,

Before the golden throne.

6 But Christ, by his own powerful blood,

Ascends above the skies,

And, in the presence of our God,

Shows his own sacrifice.

7 Jesus, the King of Glory, reigns

On Zion’s heavenly hill;

Looks like a lamb that has been slain,

And wears his priesthood still.

8 He ever lives to intercede

Before his Father’s face;

Give him, my soul, thy cause to plead,

Nor doubt the Father’s grace.

 

Jesus, High Priest of a New Covenant

Heb 8:6 LSB - [6] But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

Heb 8:10-13 LSB - 

[10] "FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND UPON THEIR HEARTS I WILL WRITE THEM. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 

[11] "AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACH EVERYONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN, AND EVERYONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, 'KNOW THE LORD,' FOR ALL WILL KNOW ME, FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM. 

[12] "FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE." 

[13] When He said, "A new [covenant]," He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.

Jer 31:33-34 LSB - 

[33] "But this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days," declares Yahweh: "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 

[34] "And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know Yahweh,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares Yahweh, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."

The New Covenant

Author: Charles Wesley

1 O God most merciful and true,

Thy nature to my soul impart;

’Stablish with me the cov'nant new,

And write perfection on my heart.

2 To real holiness restored,

O let me gain my Saviour’s mind;

And in the knowledge of my Lord

Fulness of life eternal find.

3 Remember, Lord, my sins no more,

That them I may no more forget;

But, sunk in guiltless shame, adore

With speechless wonder at thy feet.

4 O’erwhelmed with thy stupendous grace,

I shall not in thy presence move;

But breathe unutterable praise,

And rapturous awe, and silent love.

5 Then every murmuring thought and vain

Expires in sweet confusion lost:

I cannot of my cross complain,

I cannot of my goodness boast.

6 Pardon'd for all that I have done,

My mouth as in the dust I hide,

And glory give to God alone,

My God forever pacified!

 

The Old Covenant

Heb 9:6-7 LSB - [6] Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the first part [of the] tabernacle performing the divine worship, [7] but into the second, only the high priest [enters] once a year, not without [taking] blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

The New Covenant

Heb 9:11-12 LSB - [11] But when Christ appeared [as] a high priest of the good things to come, [He entered] through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, [12] and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy places once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

Heb 9:13-14 LSB - [13] For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, [14] how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Heb 9:27-28 LSB - [27] And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this [comes] judgment, [28] so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without [reference to] sin, to those who eagerly await Him.

 Jesus, in thee our eyes behold

Author: Isaac Watts

1 Jesus, in thee our eyes behold
A thousand glories more
Than the rich gems and polished gold
The sons of Aaron wore.

2 They first their own burnt offerings brought
To purge themselves from sin;
Thy life was pure without a spot,
And all thy nature clean.

3 Fresh blood, as constant as the day,
Was on their altar spilt;
But thy one offering takes away
For ever all our guilt.

4 Their priesthood ran through several hands,
For mortal was their race;
Thy never-changing office stands
Eternal as thy days.

5 Once in the circuit of a year,
With blood (but not his own),
Aaron within the veil appears,
Before the golden throne.

6 But Christ, by his own powerful blood,
Ascends above the skies,
And, in the presence of our God,
Shows his own sacrifice.

7 Jesus, the King of Glory, reigns
On Zion’s heavenly hill;
Looks like a lamb that has been slain,
And wears his priesthood still.

8 He ever lives to intercede
Before his Father’s face;
Give him, my soul, thy cause to plead,
Nor doubt the Father’s grace.

 

Hebrews 4-6 - Jesus Our Great High Priest

The Believer’s Rest

Heb 4:1-2 LSB - [1] Therefore, let us fear, lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have fallen short of it. [2] For indeed we have had good news proclaimed to us, just as they also; but the word that was heard did not profit those who were not united with faith among those who heard.

Heb 4:6-7 LSB - [6] Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news proclaimed to them failed to enter because of disobedience, [7] He again determines a certain day, "TODAY," saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS."

Psa 95:7-8 LSB - [7] For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you hear His voice, [8] Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Heb 4:9 LSB - [9] So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Heb 4:12 LSB - [12] For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Jesus Our Great High Priest

Heb 4:14-16 LSB - [14] Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of our confession. [15] For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things like [we are, yet] without sin. [16] Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Christ's Compassion to the Weak

Author: Isaac Watts

With joy we me­di­tate the grace

Of our high priest above:

His heart is made of ten­der­ness,

His bow­els melt with love.

Touched with a sym­pa­thy with­in,

He knows our fee­ble frame;

He knows what sore temp­ta­tions mean,

For He has felt the same.

But spot­less, in­no­cent, and pure,

The great Re­deem­er stood,

While Sa­tan’s fie­ry darts He bore,

And did re­sist to blood.

He in the days of fee­ble flesh

Poured out His cries and tears,

And in His mea­sure feels afresh

What ev­ery mem­ber bears.

He’ll nev­er quench the smok­ing flax,

But raise it to a flame;

The bruis­èd reed He nev­er breaks,

Nor scorns the mean­est name.

Then let our hum­ble faith ad­dress

His mer­cy and His pow­er;

We shall ob­tain de­liv­er­ing grace

In the dis­tress­ing hour.

Heb 5:5-6 LSB - [5] In this way also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"; [6] just as He says also in another [passage], "YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK."

Heb 5:7 LSB - [7] He, in the days of His flesh, offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

Heb 5:8-10 LSB - [8] Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. [9] And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, [10] being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

Warning Against Falling Away

Heb 6:4-6 LSB - 

[4] For in the case of those once having been enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and having become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 

[5] and having tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 

[6] and having fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

Psa 51:10 LSB - [10] Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Heb 12:17 LSB - [17] For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

2Ti 2:25 LSB - [25] with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may give them repentance leading to the full knowledge of the truth,

 

The Inheritance of the Promises

Heb 6:13-14 LSB - [13] For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, [14] saying, "I WILL GREATLY BLESS YOU AND I WILL GREATLY MULTIPLY YOU."

Gen 22:16-17 LSB - [16] and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares Yahweh, because you have done this thing and have not spared your son, your only one, [17] indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.

Heb 6:19-20 LSB - [19] This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a [hope] both sure and confirmed and one which enters within the veil, [20] where a forerunner has entered for us--Jesus, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

 

Hebrews 1-3 - God Spoke to Us in His Son

John MacArthur Bible Introductions - Hebrews

God’s Final Word in His Son

Heb 1:1-4 LSB - 

[1] God, having spoken long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 

[2] in these last days spoke to us in [His] Son, 

whom He appointed heir of all things, 

through whom also He made the worlds, 

[3] who is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, 

and upholds all things by the word of His power; 

who, having accomplished cleansing for sins, 

sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 

[4] having become so much better than the angels, 

as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

Heb 1:5 LSB - [5] For to which of the angels did He ever say, "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"? And again, "I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME"?

Psa 2:7 LSB - [7] "I will surely tell of the decree of Yahweh: He said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.

Heb 1:8 LSB - [8] But of the Son [He says], "YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE SCEPTER OF UPRIGHTNESS IS THE SCEPTER OF YOUR KINGDOM.

Psa 45:6 LSB - [6] Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Heb 1:9 LSB - [9] "YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS; THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS."

Psa 45:7 LSB - [7] You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your companions.

Heb 1:10 LSB - [10] And, "YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING FOUNDED THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;

Psa 102:25 LSB - [25] "Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Heb 1:13 LSB - [13] But to which of the angels has He ever said, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES AS A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET"?

Psa 110:1 LSB - [1] Of David. A Psalm. Yahweh says to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand Until I put Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet."

 

Rejoice, the Lord is King!

Author: Charles Wesley (1744)

1 Rejoice, the Lord is King:
Your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore.
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

2 Jesus, the Savior, reigns,
The God of truth and love;
When He has purged our stains,
He took his seat above;
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

3 His kingdom cannot fail,
He rules o'er earth and heav'n;
The keys of death and hell
Are to our Jesus giv'n:
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

4 Rejoice in glorious hope!
Our Lord and judge shall come
And take His servants up
To their eternal home:
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

Warning Against Neglecting Salvation

Heb 2:3-4 LSB - [3] how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? That [salvation], first spoken by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard, [4] God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.

Jesus, the Author of Salvation

Heb 2:8 LSB - [8] YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET." For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

Heb 2:9-10 LSB - [9] But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels--Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. [10] For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.

Heb 2:14-15 LSB - [14] Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, [15] and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.

Jesus Greater than Moses

Heb 3:1-3 LSB - [1] Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession--Jesus, [2] who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house. [3] For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, in so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.

Heb 3:5-6 LSB - [5] Now MOSES WAS FAITHFUL IN ALL HIS HOUSE AS A SERVANT, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later, [6] but Christ [was faithful] as a Son over His house--whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope.

The law by Moses came

Author: Isaac Watts

The law by Moses came,

But peace, and truth, and love,

Were brought by Christ, a nobler name,

Descending from above.

Amidst the house of God

Their diff'rent works were done;

Moses a faithful servant stood,

But Christ a faithful Son.

Then to his new commands

Be strict obedience paid;

O'er all his Father's house he stands

The sovereign and the head.

Ihe man that durst despise

The law that Moses brought,

Behold! how terribly he dies

For his presumptuous fault!

But sorer vengeance falls

On that rebellious race,

Who hate to hear when Jesus calls,

And dare resist his grace.

Warning Against Unbelief

Heb 3:14-15 LSB - [14] For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end, [15] while it is said, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME." 

Exodus 37-40 - Thus Moses finished the work.

Making the Ark of the Testimony

Exo 37:1 LSB - [1] And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits;

Exo 37:6-7 LSB - [6] He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. [7] He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat;

Making the Table

Exo 37:10 LSB - [10] Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.

Exo 37:16 LSB - [16] He made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes and its pans and its offering bowls and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

Making the Lampstand

Exo 37:17 LSB - [17] Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs, and its flowers were of [the same piece].

Making the Altar of Incense

Exo 37:25 LSB - [25] Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were [of one piece] with it.

Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

Exo 38:1 LSB - [1] Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide, square, and three cubits high.

Making the Laver of Bronze

Exo 38:8 LSB - [8] Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Making the Court

Exo 38:9-10 LSB - [9] Then he made the court: for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits; [10] their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases, [made] of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands [were] of silver.

The Things Numbered for the Tabernacle

Exo 38:21 LSB - [21] These are the things numbered for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were numbered according to the command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Exo 38:24 LSB - [24] All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

Making the Holy Garments

Exo 39:1 LSB - [1] Moreover, from the blue and purple and scarlet [material], they made finely woven garments for ministering in the holy place as well as the holy garments which were for Aaron, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Exo 39:32 LSB - [32] Thus all the service of [constructing] the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel did according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses; so they did.

Setting Up the Tabernacle

Exo 40:1-2 LSB - [1] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

Exo 40:16 LSB - [16] Thus Moses did; according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so he did.

Exo 40:17 LSB - [17] Now it happened, in the first month of the second year, on the first [day] of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

Exo 40:33 LSB - [33] He erected the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and he put up the screen for the gateway of the court. Thus Moses finished the work.

The Glory of Yahweh

Exo 40:34-35 LSB - [34] Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle. [35] And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had dwelt on it, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.

Exo 40:36-38 LSB - [36] Now throughout all their journeys whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out; [37] but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up. [38] For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.

Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah

Author: William Williams (1745)

1 Guide me, O my great Redeemer,
pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but you are mighty;
hold me with your powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me now and evermore,
feed me now and evermore.

2 Open now the crystal fountain,
where the healing waters flow.
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
ever be my strength and shield,
ever be my strength and shield.

3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside.
Death of death, and hell's Destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises
I will ever sing to you,
I will ever sing to you.

Exodus 34-36 - Willing Hearts Contribute to Yahweh

Stone Tablets like the Former Ones

Exo 34:1 LSB - [1] Now Yahweh said to Moses, "Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered.

Exo 34:6-7 LSB - 

[6] Then Yahweh passed by in front of him and called out, "Yahweh, Yahweh God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 

[7] who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He will by no means leave [the guilty] unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations."

Psa 86:15 LSB - [15] But You, O Lord, are a God compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Deu 7:9 LSB - [9] "You shall know therefore that Yahweh your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

Attend, my soul, the voice divine

Author: Philip Doddridge
Meters 8.8.8.8.8.8

1 Attend, my soul, the voice divine,
And mark what beaming glories shine
Around thy condescending God!
To us, to us, he still proclaims
his awful, his endearing names;
Attend, and sound them all abroad.

2 "Jehovah I, the sovereign Lord,
The mighty God, by Heaven adored,
Down to the earth my footsteps bend;
My heart the tenderest pity knows,
Goodness full-streaming wide o'erflows,
And grace and truth shall never end.

3 "My patience long can crimes endure:
My pardoning love is ever sure,
When penitential sorrow mourns;
To Millions, through unnumbered years,
New hope and new delight it bears;
Yet wrath against the sinner burns."

4 Make haste, my soul, the vision meet,
All-prostrate at thy sovereign's feet,
And drink the tuneful accents in;
Speak on, my Lord, repeat the voice;
Diffuse these heart-expanding joys,
Till Heaven complete the rapturous scene.

Yahweh Cuts a Covenant with Israel

Exo 34:10 LSB - [10] Then God said, "Behold, I am going to cut a covenant. Before all your people I will do wondrous deeds which have not been created in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of Yahweh, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to do with you.

Psa 65:5 LSB - [5] By fearsome [deeds] You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, [You who are] the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea; 

Exo 34:19 LSB - [19] "The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, even of all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep.

Exo 34:26 LSB - [26] "You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."

Exo 34:27-28 LSB - [27] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have cut a covenant with you and with Israel." [28] So he was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

The Shining Face of Moses

Exo 34:29 LSB - [29] Now it happened when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony [were] in Moses' hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him.

Mat 17:2 LSB - [2] And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

2Co 3:18 LSB - [18] But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Exo 34:34-35 LSB - [34] But whenever Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and then he would come out and speak to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded, [35] and the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone. So Moses would return the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him.

2Co 3:16-18 LSB -
[16] but WHENEVER a person TURNS TO THE LORD, THE VEIL IS TAKEN AWAY.
[17] Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is freedom.
[18] But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

 

The Sabbath Command

Exo 35:2 LSB - [2] "Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy [day], a sabbath of complete rest to Yahweh; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

Willing Hearts Contribute to Yahweh

Exo 35:5 LSB - [5] 'Take from among you a contribution to Yahweh; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as a contribution to Yahweh: gold, silver, and bronze,

Exo 35:10 LSB - [10] 'And let everyone wise at heart among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded:

Contributions Brought by the People

Exo 35:21 LSB - [21] And everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit was willing came [and] brought the contribution to Yahweh for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments.

Exo 35:25 LSB - [25] All the women wise at heart spun with their hands and brought what they had spun, [in] blue and purple [and] scarlet [material] and [in] fine linen.

Exo 35:29 LSB - [29] The sons of Israel--all the men and women whose heart was willing to bring [material] for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded through the hand of Moses to do--brought a freewill offering to Yahweh.

Exo 35:35 LSB - [35] "He has filled them with wisdom [in their] heart to do every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in blue and in purple [and] in scarlet [material] and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as those who do every work and make designs.

Making the Tabernacle

Exo 36:6-7 LSB - [6] So Moses commanded and a proclamation was passed throughout the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman any longer do the work for the contributions of the sanctuary." Thus the people were restrained from bringing [any more]. [7] Indeed, the material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to do it.

Come to Us, Creative Spirit

Author: David Mowbray (c. 1977)

8.5.8.5.8.7

1 Come to us, creative Spirit;

In our Father's house;

Ev'ry human talent hallow,

Hidden skills arouse

That, within your earthly temple,

Wise and simple

May rejoice.

2 Poet, painter, music-maker,

All your treasures bring;

Craftsman, actor, graceful dancer,

Make your offering.

Join your hands in celebration;

Let creation

Shout and sing!

3 Word from God eternal springing,

Fill our minds, we pray;

And in all artistic vision

Give integrity.

May the flame within us burning

Kindle yearning

Day by day.

4 In all places and for ever

Glory be expressed

To the Son, with God the Father

And the Spirit blessed.

In our worship and our living

Keep us striving

For the best.