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1151. The Fellowship Offering (II)

Leviticus 7:11-21

Understanding Series

W. H. Bellinger, Jr.

... violating this eating prohibition. 7:19–21 These verses offer a brief supplement on the disposal of fellowship offerings—the only sacrifice in which laity eat meat. The verses operate out of a medical model in which uncleanness is contagious and thus dangerous. Contact with the unclean could make meat unclean, and thus it must be burned, presumably outside the holy precincts, and not eaten. Such meat now does not belong to the Lord. Those who are clean may eat clean meat. Conversely, one who is unclean ...

1152. Punishment for Disobedience

Leviticus 26:14-46

Understanding Series

W. H. Bellinger, Jr.

... 30. High places, . . . altars, and idols are lifeless and will become the place of death, of corpses as a result of destruction wrought by direct divine intervention. A disaster of major proportions is at hand, when corpses lie unburied in unclean places, in contact with idols. The term in verse 30 for incense “altars” (khamman) is an odd and rare word, but some association with idolatry appears to be in view. The picture of this fifth calamity is particularly abhorrent. The consequence in verse 31 is ...

1153. Saul Kills the Priest of Nob

1 Samuel 22:6-23

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... he can and does protect and provide for Abiathar. Abiathar managed to rescue the ephod used for determining God’s will and brought it with him on his flight (23:6). Thus Saul’s actions again defeated his purposes and went further toward separating himself from contact with God. David now had the use of the ephod available to him and Saul did not—further evidence, perhaps, of God’s ongoing support for David and rejection of Saul. The brief mention of the prophet Gad in 22:5 and this reference to the ...

1154. Faith and Deeds

James 2:14-26, James 2:1-13

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... Old Testament passage which lies behind his conclusion, Genesis 22:12, in which God says, “Now I know that you fear God,” the “now I know” being the declaration of righteousness. (This difference in meaning, of course, is another indication that James had not had contact with Paul’s work.) The basis of the declaration was actions: It was for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar. Abraham’s faith in God was real because it governed Abraham’s life. The word what he did is plural ...

1155. Two Kinds of Wisdom

James 3:13-18, James 3:1-12

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... from nature: “All kinds of species are being tamed and have been tamed by humans.” He is not arguing scientifically: It would not bother him to learn that no one had yet tamed a rhinoceros or that in his day killer whales still lacked human contact; nor is James concerned about whether an animal is fully domesticated. It is enough for him that wild-cats and apes can be brought under human control. This is true, from the prisoner taming the mice and rats in his dungeon, to the elephant driver causing ...

1156. Be Holy

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... , the meaning of chrēstos is richer than “kindness” (Luke 6:35; Rom. 2:4; Eph. 4:32). An “easy gentle relationship” (Matt. 11:30) paraphrases the sense intended here. How can new believers, who have now experienced the tenderness of divine love when they came into contact with Jesus Christ for the first time, ever want to slide back into their old way of life? But it will be only too easy to do so unless they continue to grow in the faith and the knowledge of their Lord (2 Pet. 3:18). Such ...

1157. Walking in the Light and the Problem of Sin

1 John 2:15-17, 1 John 1:5--2:14

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... with the truth and who have left the fellowship are in serious spiritual danger. They are now outside the community of life (vv. 1–3). Therefore, walking in the light keeps one in the community, in fellowship with other faithful believers. The second result of continuous contact with the light is that the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. The closer one’s fellowship with God and with those who walk with God, the more aware one will be of sin in one’s life. The secessionists fled the ...

1158. The Radiant Face of Moses

Exodus 34:29-35

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... a radiant face. 34:33 The veil has been compared to a “cultic mask” used by shamans. It has, however, exactly the opposite function. A shaman’s mask is a window into the spirit world, while covering the human face. It is worn during cultic contact with spirits and during communication with the people. The Lord, by contrast, is present to Moses “face to face” without the veil. Moses also does not wear the veil when speaking the word of the Lord to the people. See the discussion in Durham, Exodus ...

1159. Elisha Traps Blinded Arameans

2 Kings 6:8-23

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... 4:1–44). Prior to chapter 5, there was just that single excursion into the wider world in chapter 3. We know, however, that it is his destiny to be a pivotal figure in the drama of international politics between Israel and Aram (1 Kgs. 19:15–18). His contact with Aram began in chapter 5 and will now occupy most of our attention for the next two chapters, as we are prepared for the bloody events of 2 Kings 8–10. Second Kings 6:8–23 shows Elisha fully drawn into the politics of the region, yet always ...

1160. Jehoash King of Israel

2 Kings 13:10-25

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... of God’s presence with not so much as a remnant left (cf. Ps. 88:3–12, and see the additional note on 1 Kgs. 13:33 for another place where death appears to be a metaphor for exile). Yet even in exile, there is hope. If contact with the great prophets of the past is maintained, through obedience to their teachings (we presume), death may yet be followed by unexpected resurrection (cf. Ezek. 37:1–14), defeat by victory. For God’s love is ultimately strong enough to overcome death. It is no coincidence ...

1161. Israel Exiled because of Sin

2 Kings 17:7-23

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... about northern worship in this period. It is true, it tells us, that when these peoples first settled in Israel, they did not worship the LORD (v. 25). When the lions struck, however, they realized that the god of the land was against them, and they contacted the king of Assyria. He sent an exiled Israelite priest to Bethel, who taught them how to worship the LORD (v. 28). The LORD was thus truly worshiped alongside all the various other foreign gods of the peoples concerned (vv. 29–33). Merely to state ...

1162. Samaria Resettled

2 Kings 17:24-41

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

1163. The Return to Jerusalem

Ezra 8:15-36

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... Ezra now made arrangements to transport the temple contributions given in accord with 7:15–16, to protect them against theft or other loss. The Torah directed that priests had charge of sacred objects and actually handled them, while Levites carried them without physical contact (Num. 3:6–4:33). So Ezra chose twelve of the priests and an equal number of Levites for this special task. The list of the contributions, which consisted of both ingots and articles of precious metal, was derived from the record ...

1164. The Day of the Lord

Isaiah 2:6-22

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... The dread is not a feeling but an objective dreadfulness, a terrifying awesomeness, parallel to Yahweh’s majestic splendor. Both the dread and the splendor are implicit in Yahweh’s holiness, Isaiah’s key motif. In being put in touch with Yahweh, Judah is in contact with power that has the capacity to electrocute if mishandled. The dread is a reason to hide or flee, and also a reason that images in their triviality are destined to be discarded (vv. 18, 20). The majesty and the exaltedness are a reason ...

1165. New Heavens and a New Earth

Isaiah 65:17-25

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... have its way. It is, rather, because a number of separate prophecies have been accumulated at the end of the book. These different prophecies have overlapping themes, and this has presumably contributed to the arrangement. The prophecies also have a number of points of contact with 56:1–59:8, and this may have contributed to their placement here in the chiasm that comprises chapters 56–66 as a whole. Further, the way they rework images such as heavens and earth and the servants of Yahweh may have ...

1166. Judgment and Hope

Isaiah 66:1-24

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

1167. Message to Shemaiah

Jeremiah 29:24-32

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

... stay in exile and the latter were under judgment. Hananiah attacked Jeremiah and optimistically stated that all would end well in just a short period of time. The present chapter continues the same note of prophetic conflict. However, rather than two prophets in contact physically, we have here the exchange of letters between Jeremiah who is in Jerusalem and Shemaiah, a prophet in Babylon. 29:24–32 The sequencing of events of this chapter’s ending episode is a little convoluted, but the gist may still ...

1168. In Search of Heroes

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... worship. They are not sharing their faith with others. They are not volunteering in their communities. They are not giving to those who are down and out. Some of these followers have only one virtue and that is they seek to keep themselves free from contact with an impure world. In that regard, they are like the character Hilda in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Marble Faun. Hilda lived in a shell of selfish security. She did nothing that was apparently wrong, and she was quick to condemn those who did ...

1169. A Different World

John 17:1-11

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... young men and women are stepping into now is quite different from the world that I graduated in. In the 60’s we lived under the "cold war." No one ever thought of terrorism. We didn’t have cell phones and social apps. Instead of the Internet we contacted our friends with a rotary telephone. Gas cost about 30 cents a gallon and it wasn’t difficult to find a job. Even paying for a college education in those days was relatively easy. But, that has all changed. This is a different world. The job market is ...

1170. When You're Rejected

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... disappointments, how could he help us as we pass through the dark valleys of our existence? Remember how, in Galilee, a wretched leper forced his way into Christ’s presence. “Depart! Unclean!” the man said pitiably, for a leper was forbidden to come into contact with other people. The man’s body was covered with decaying flesh and running sores. What does the Master do? Moved by compassion he reaches out and touches the man’s decaying body and the man was made whole. The rabbis had a saying that ...

1171. Giving Back to Caesar

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... my silver medal.” Coming in second in the Men’s discus throw, however, gave Malachowski an opportunity to show his gratitude in a very special way. The mother of Olek Syzmanski, a 3-year-old boy suffering from a deadly form of eye cancer contacted Malachowski shortly after the Rio Olympics. Olek needed surgery to remove the cancer. At a price tag of $126,000, however, Olek’s mother simply couldn’t afford it. Malachowski instantly took interest in the little boy’s case, and decided to auction his ...

1172. Ready for the Big Date?

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ahead. This was on April 14, just four days into the trip. Consequently, the ship was traveling near its maximum speed when the ship’s navigation officer, Fredrick Fleet, sighted an iceberg floating right in the path of the big ship. Fleet contacted the ship’s First Officer William Murdoch who maneuvered desperately to avoid the impending collision. Unable to turn quickly enough, however, the ship suffered a glancing blow from the iceberg that buckled the ship’s starboard side and opened five of her ...

1173. The Most Generous Gift

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... wanted for Christmas. While some of the passengers wished for electronic gadgets like tablets, phones and TVs. Others just wanted free flights. One dad merely asked for socks and underwear. After the flight embarked, the ground staff of the airline in Toronto was contacted and they quickly ran into malls and stores to fetch the items on the wish list. Extra care was taken to ensure nothing was overlooked. On arrival, the passengers headed for the carousel to pick up their luggage. When they arrived at the ...

1174. Does Easter Really Matter?

Mark 16:1-8, John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... . It began with a traffic accident in which a man died. The police arrived on the scene and examined the body. The victim was badly disfigured but several of the witnesses thought they knew the car and identified the victim as a 60-year-old local shipbuilder. Police contacted this man’s family and a brother-in-law came to officially identify the body. “Yes,” he said, “That’s him. That’s my brother-in-law.” Then he went home to break the sad news to the rest of his family. They in turn quickly ...

1175. Have You Been Pruned?

John 15:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... standing under a Manchineel Tree can be a horrifying experience, especially if it’s raining. Many seek shelter under the shady eaves of this tree, only to be drenched in drops of acidic sap dripping from the leaves. When it rains, drops that have made contact with the tree fall on the unsuspecting shade-lover. The result is severe rashes and blistering of the skin. (2) Christopher Columbus encountered this tree and called it the Tree of Death. You don’t want to have anything to do with the “tree of ...

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