Charles (Chuck) Kensinger

Leviticus chapter 22 emphasizes the importance of cleanliness on the part of the priests.  Death is the reward for performing their duties while unclean.  The life of those who minister to the people and to Jehovah have additional restrictions.  This continues today, but many in Christian service rebel against the high standards they are held to.  The call to ministry is special and not to be taken lightly.

In many of the verses, God says, “I am the Lord.”  This is literally translated, “I am that I am.”  This is the name that we transliterate as Jehovah or Yahweh.  It can be stated another way.  “I exist because I exist.”  He is the Creator, not a creation.  Throughout the scriptures, this is stated in various manners.  God is God and there are no others.

The Sabbath is one of the festivals mentioned in Leviticus 23.  These are holidays.  They are days of rest and no work is to be done.  A minimum of one day a week is to be celebrated.  The Passover is the next one mentioned with the Feast of Unleavened bread.  The Festival of First Fruits is to celebrate the beginning of the harvest.

The Festival of Weeks, Trumpets, and Tabernacles, as well as the Day of Atonement, are all times to stop and think about what God has done for them.  We have lost the idea of rest on holidays and focusing on God.  Each holiday has its own regulations just as each of our holidays is celebrated for different reasons.

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