Lev 25:10 Jubile

Lev 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

I am already 49 and this is the year of jubile to me. When I was small, I thought that I might die a yeaafter the age my father passed away at - which was 39. This year is a jubile to me. Whether I live a little longer or not, I can celebrate a jubile in my LORD.

the LORD your God

Reading Leviticus 19, I was struck with the repeated phrase "the LORD your God". The exact phrase appears 140 times in KJV. Here are the verses where the LORD my God reminds me that He is the LORD my God in Leviticus 19:

Lev 19:2 KJV - Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy.

Lev 19:3 KJV - Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God. 

Lev 19:4 KJV - Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the LORD your God.

Lev 19:10 KJV - And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.

Lev 19:25 KJV - And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I [am] the LORD your God.

Lev 19:31 KJV - Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.

Lev 19:34 KJV - [But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.

Lev 19:36 KJV - Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

LORD, You are my God!

Who is clean and who is unclean?

Lev 13:13-14 read:

Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, [if] the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce [him] clean [that hath] the plague: it is all turned white: he [is] clean. But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

I have been wondering about these verses for few days. Why would God consider a man covered with the leprosy all over his flesh clean? On the other hand why would God consider a man with some raw flesh unclean? I would think that the former is more unclean than the latter. However God says the former with leprosy all over his body is clean and the latter is unclean.

Matthew Henry said:

If the eruption, whatever it was, covered all the skin from head to foot, it was no leprosy (v. 12, 13); for it was an evidence that the vitals were sound and strong, and nature hereby helped itself, throwing out what was burdensome and pernicious. There is hope in the small-pox when they come out well: so if men freely confess their sins, and hide them not, there is no danger comparable to theirs that cover their sins. Some gather this from it, that there is more hope of the profane than of hypocrites. The publicans and harlots went into the kingdom of heaven before scribes and Pharisees. In one respect, the sudden breakings-out of passion, though bad enough, are not so dangerous as malice concealed. Others gather this, that, if we judge ourselves, we shall not be judged; if we see and own that there is no health in us, nosoundness in our flesh, by reason of sin, we shall find grace in the eyes of the Lord. 

2Cr 12:10 reads:

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

May I find grace in the eyes of my LORD!

Visit to Dermatologist

Lev 13:1-2 read:

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh [like] the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

My LORD is concerned with details about me such as a skin irritation or leprosy and gives detailed instructions of what to do in this and other cases.

Yesterday I went to see a dermatologist because of hair loss. He told me that he thinks that I was in an early stage of getting bold and that he suspected that it was hereditary and not because of any medications I had been taking.

I am a little embarrassed and overwhelmed to think that My LORD would also be concerned about my hair loss.

In fact the LORD said in Lev 13:40-41:

And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he [is] bald; [yet is] he clean.
And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he [is] forehead bald: [yet is] he clean.

MY LORD, who is so detailed and concerned about the skin irritation and hair loss, must also be so concerned with everything that is happening to me such as my skin skin irritation problem, my hair loss, my job situation, my financial trouble, my family, etc.

Exodus 35:21 - Stirred Heart and Willing Spirit

35:21

And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, [and] they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

Lord, please stir my heart and make my spirit willing to serve you.
Please do the same with the students as they come to the meeting this morning.
Amen.

Face to Face

Here are some verses where God and people speak face to face:

Gen 32:30

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Deu 5:4

The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

Exd 33:11

And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

Deu 34:10

And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,

Eze 20:35

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

1Cr 13:12

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

The Lord spoke with Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend.

Jesus calls us his friends:

Luk 12:4

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Jhn 15:13	Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Jhn 15:14	Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Jhn 15:15	Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Jesus is my friend. He speaks to me like a friend.