Leviticus 26 begins by telling the Israelites that as long as they follow the Lord's commandments they will be rewarded. In my opinion this still applies in today's life. If we do what the Lord ask us to do is He not going to take care of us? We then learn about what will happen if they do not follow the Lord's commandments. I for one would strive to follow everything to the letter rather then face the punishment that was laid out before them. The Lord describes some pretty horrendous stuff as their punishment. He does show them that there can be light at the end of the tunnel though as long as the confess their sins and the sins of their fathers.
Okay, as for the last chapter in Leviticus I am really not sure what is going on here. Pretty much all I can see from this chapter is that there is more value placed on a male over a woman. They were definitely not equals in this time period.
Our remaining reading of Mark 11 explains why he cursed the fig tree. He was showing us that as long as we have faith in the Lord what we ask for in prayer will happen for us. What an amazing concept. All we have to do is have faith and ask. Could it really get any simpler then that. Now, do not misunderstand that and think that it may happen that instance. God really does answer prayer but He does not do it according to our time frame. He has a master plan for each and every one of us and knows exactly what we need and when we need it.
Well folks, congratulations, one more book of the Bible complete. That is a total of five books now and we are just barely 2 months into this. Honestly though I am a little glad to be done with the book of Leviticus. I found it rather dry most of the time reading about how to perform all of the offerings. I can only hope Numbers is a better read.
Tomorrow's reading is:
Numbers 1, 2 and Mark 12:1 - 27
26. Scary chapter. You really get a look at God's angry side in this chapter.
ReplyDelete27. A bitter pill to swallow. So glad Leviticus is done!
11. Not what I got out of the fig tree story. I still don't get why he cursed the fig tree. But I thought what he was saying about it withering was that we can do amazing things if we only have faith. Move mountains for example.