March 8th, 2013
Hey, everyone,
Hope you having an awesome day after an awesome night of rest! It's so amazing to know that, "while you were sleeping" (isn't there a movie named that?) God was not, and He was watching over you and protecting you all night! Check this…
"He who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep!" (Ps 121)
So sweet to know! While we're on the subject…
The other morning I read a verse that filled me with…well, questions.
I'm going thru Leviticus and the Gospel of Mark in the morning, and I got to Leviticus 24. Before I show you the verse, remember that in the Old Testament, there was a special tent that had a life-size diarama inside that showed how to get to God. One of the awesome things inside was a candlestick with seven branches of gold that used special precious oil for the flames. The high priest, Aaron (Moses' big brother) had several jobs and one had to do with this candle lamp and is mentioned in Leviticus 24…
"The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning continually…Aaron is to tend the lamps before the Lord from evening till morning, continually…"
How'd he did that?! If I'm reading this right, Aaron had to stay up all night, every night! "Evening till morning", right? He must have been one sleepy dude! Once a year, he had to go in the special room, the Holy of Holies, for a special assignment on the Day of Atonement. What if he fell asleep in there 'cause he'd been up all night? It woulda been a disaster!
I guess Aaron's job lots of times was supposed to "act out" what Jesus actually does for us. Like watch over us day and night. And the point would be that no one could ever really do well what only Jesus can! We're too weak and sleepy to do what Jesus does for us!
Maybe you've read something in the Scriptures that you really are confused about. Or maybe you were wondering, "What does the Bible say about…?" Maybe there's a question you've always wanted to know about…"Does the Bible ever talk about this?" Or, "What does the Bible really teach us about that?"
After Easter, we're gonna have a "Four Wednesdays" (four Wednesday evenings in a row from 7:00-8:00pm) on the subject, "I've Gotta a Question!" (we were gonna call it "Stump the Chumps" but decided this was a little more dignified!) You can write in (anonymously or not) ANY question about the Bible and what it says about ANYTHING and we'll see if someone has the answer for you!
We've done this once before and it was super fun! Someone asked one of the most amazing questions I've ever heard!! And it led to the most interesting discussions of all time! The question was simply, "Why do the…
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…and she said, "Are you kidding me?! I've never heard that in my entire life!! That is totally amazing! I'll never be the same!"
It was awesome! So remember…Four Wednesdays…"I've Gotta a Question"…Coming soon!