<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rssdatehelper="urn:rssdatehelper"><channel><title>Notes on the Bible - Comments</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible.aspx</link><pubDate></pubDate><generator>umbraco</generator><description>The latest comments for posts in 'Read It Again in 2010'.</description><language>en</language><item><title>Re: Judges 16-21</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/judges-16-21.aspx#3021</link><author>Gerry</author><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:12:49 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/judges-16-21/comment-1.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ That's more than ssneible! That's a great post!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Numbers 1-8</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/numbers-1-8.aspx#2407</link><author>Ellen</author><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:41:23 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/numbers-1-8/comment-4.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ In our reading today, we find Moses telling again of the sins of his people with the golden calf. Moses tells what he did with the golden calf. Deut. 9:21. He burned the gold, which would take out all the impurities, crushed the gold and then ground it to powder as dust and threw the dust into a stream. Then he made the Israelites drink it. Ex. 32:20  Dr. DeHann explains a little more about the gold. Gold is insoluble in water. However when ground into a fine powder as dust, and thrown into the water the dust will color the water red. That resulted in the water being blood-red. For the Israelites to drink that water,even though it was purified. would have been offensive.
  &quot;All of this was a fitting type of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. The blood-red solution was taken by Moses before the Lord and presented to Him as an atonement for their sin.&quot;  Do you agree with his thinking?]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Numbers 1-8</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/numbers-1-8.aspx#2403</link><author>Ellen</author><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:43:38 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/numbers-1-8/comment-3.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ In a book &quot;The Chemistry of the Blood&quot; by M. R. DeHann, he points out that there is no mention of a chair in the furniture of the Tabernacle. When we think of the many duties of the high priest, we realize he was busy with the various offerings and blood sacrifices. However, we read in Heb. 10:12,14, concerning our High Priest Jesus Christ, &quot;But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins (His perfect blood) forever, SAT DOWN on the right hand of God. For by one offering, He has perfected for ever them that are sanctified.&quot;

Hallelujah!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Numbers 1-8</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/numbers-1-8.aspx#2389</link><author>Pastor Joseph</author><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:36:25 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/numbers-1-8/comment-2.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ How great is our God ! His mercy and grace is seen through out His Word.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Leviticus 16-27</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-16-27.aspx#2388</link><author>Pastor Joseph</author><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:34:29 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-16-27/comment-2.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Brett these are good insights. I have heard it said that the believer is 'to keep short accounts with God' Which is a way of saying we are to deal with sin our lives quickly as we are aware of it. The way you stated it reminds me again how all of life, even our daily routine is to be rightly related to God. We are to adjust our lives and schedule to Him. I thnk in all these matters we reflect some aspect of the nature and character of God when His commands are obeyed.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Numbers 1-8</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/numbers-1-8.aspx#2387</link><author>Brett</author><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:44:55 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/numbers-1-8/comment-1.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's interesting that God appointed certain people whose job it was to guard the entrance to the sanctuary (3:38), and that God did this for the protection of the people, whose curiousity could have been their downfall had they approached! This illustrates God's great holiness, but at the same time his goodness and care for his people.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Leviticus 16-27</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-16-27.aspx#2386</link><author>Brett</author><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:26:41 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-16-27/comment-1.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Two thoughts:

I had to wonder while reading through the objects and situations that make someone ceremonially 'unclean' how these rules would have affected everyday life. In some cases they would have required changes to the plans for the day, to remedy the uncleanness rather than continue on with whatever else was planned. That seems like a lesson to us in that we should not delay to confess and seek forgiveness when we become aware of sin in our lives.

Also I noticed the second-greatest commandment (according to Jesus!) in all of scripture within chapter 19, and how that section (vv 9-17) make it so clear and simple how God wants us to treat each other: in truth and fairness, and how these rules are based on God's own nature.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Leviticus Introduction</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction.aspx#2378</link><author>Ellen</author><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:44:18 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction/comment-6.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am so thankful for the discussion concerning the sin and the guilt sacrifices. I was able to share with a prisoner, who was having a problem of guilt in his own life, that altimately Jesus cancelled His sin and His guilt. And that he should begin to praise and thank Jesus Christ for taking his sin and his guilt by dying for him.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Leviticus Introduction</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction.aspx#2370</link><author>Pastor Russell</author><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:46:50 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction/comment-5.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ An additional dimension to the Sin and Guilt offerings are concepts of substitution (4:33) and restitution (6:5). Of course, in our sinfulness towards God we can never ourselves be a perfect sacrifice (we have defects - 4:32) nor can we ever make restitution to God + 20%!!! Praise God that Jesus is both our sin offering (Hebrews 4:15, 2 Corinthians 5:21) and our guilt offering (Isaiah 53:10)!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Leviticus Introduction</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction.aspx#2369</link><author>Brett</author><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:33:22 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction/comment-4.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The practice of sacrifices must have left an impression on the people; at least I know it would with me, especially to place my hand on an animal while it's killed for something wrong that I've done. And like Ellen says this would have been a very effective visual aid to demonstrate that guilt had been lifted.

When we confess sins and ask for forgiveness in Christ, we are obviously not asking Jesus to sacrifice himself again since he has offered himself once for all. So I look at the sacrificial system as a reminder to me of the great cost that Jesus paid and how anything good in my life has come by His sacrifice.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Leviticus Introduction</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction.aspx#2368</link><author>Ellen</author><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:13:18 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction/comment-3.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Thank you for explaining the difference between the Sin Offering and the Guilt Offering. I'm wondering how that relates to today. It seems there are many, who after confessing their sins and asking forgiveness, still carry the guilt for what they have done. Perhaps they need some visual aids to help us in dealing with the guilt.It really hard to get them past that.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Leviticus Introduction</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction.aspx#2367</link><author>Pastor Joseph</author><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:40:08 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction/comment-2.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Beverly I agree that these sacrifices were gruesome as they were carried out. It was to be a visual picture of the repulsiviness of sin and the consequence sin brings. The wages of sin is death, so says the Lord. As I read through these early chapters of Leviticus I was deeply struck with the fact that, as horrible as these sacrifices were, Jesus Christ endured the horrors of death on the cross and God's wrath against Him as He bore my sins and the sins of the world. Before you or I can worship God we must deal with our sins. In fact, dealing with our sins God's way is, in fact an act of worship, for it recognizes God for who He is and me for who I am in His sight. Also, as part of our worship we are called upon to celebrate Communion which remembers the death of Christ for our sins. Sacrifice is a vital part of our acts of worship. 

A few thoughts on your two questions:

Concerning the restriction on having yeast as part of the offerings. Yeast or leaven in Scripture is almost always used to illustrate sin or evil. (1 Corinthians 5:6-8, Matthew 16:6,12, Galatians 5:7-9). The offerings were without yeast because they were to be perfect, with sincerity. I can not say if the Israelistes understood the significance of this or not. The further revelation of Scripture gives us this insight.

Let me suggest a very simple distinction between the two sacrifices. The Sin Offering deat with the individual's sin against God whom he has offended. The offering allowed God to forgive the person because atonement had been made.The Gulit Offering provided forgiveness so the person's incured gulit would be lifted. He could be assured that God had forgiven both the sin and lifted the guilt.  I am sure there are other differences as well. This is one that I see.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Leviticus Introduction</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction.aspx#2365</link><author>Beverly</author><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:46:46 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/leviticus-introduction/comment-1.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ This section of the Old Testament is hard for me because what I read here clashes with my imperfect picture of God.  While I do get the symbolism of the shedding of blood for the covering of sin, the fact that God is commanding them to do something so disgusting as a part of worship just doesn't compute.  I've been around animals when they've been killed and butchered and it is a gross, dirty, smelly process.  My picture of the ideal place of worship is a beautiful, pristine, clean, peaceful sanctuary - NOT a butcher yard, so I have trouble &quot;getting&quot; it.

Here are some questions:
1.  What is the reason for the continued reference to not using yeast?
2.  What was the difference in purpose between a sin and a guilt offering?]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Exodus 18-34</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/exodus-18-34.aspx#2362</link><author>Pastor Joseph</author><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:17:21 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/exodus-18-34/comment-2.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Good insight Brett. I certainly did not want to imply that because we are on this side of the cross and in Christ that somehow God's awesome nature has changed. I think that too often I can be so 'confortable' and even 'glib' about the fact that I can pray and have a audience with God, that I forget just how great He is ! Passages like these remind me I am just clay, He is the potter. Just as mind boggling is the thought that God would make provision for me to come to Him and that in fact He wants me to come and have fellowship with Him. wow !]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Re: Exodus 18-34</title><link>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/exodus-18-34.aspx#2361</link><author>Brett</author><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:52:12 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.pleasantviewcma.org/blogs/notes-on-the-bible/exodus-18-34/comment-1.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Several comments on this section:

I noticed the original source for 1 Peter 2:5,9 in Exodus 19:6. How amazing it is to see how God expands an offer originally given to the Israelites in the OT into a reality in the NT for all those who believe, Gentiles included.

Also, reading through all the instructions given for the tabernacle and the priests it's easy to loose track of their significance, but God points out the purpose for all this in 29:42-43, which is to prepare a place where he, the Creator of the universe, will meet his people and speak to them! As you say, the fact that we as believers are not required to follow these instructions to approach God (because Jesus has fulfilled them all) doesn't diminish his awesome nature and character that required them in the first place.]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>

