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Weekly Guide：2022-2023 Week 21
May 29, 2022
Week 21 Day 1: The Tabernacle Offering ⇧ ⇩
Question
What happened after the completion of the Tabernacle?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Upon Tabernacle’s completion, God told Moses to set it up and He filled the Tabernacle.
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The phrase “as the Lord commanded” appeared eight times again in this chapter. Everything had to be done according to His commands.
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God designed the salvation plan. The stories in Exodus gives us a preview of His plan.
Meditation: My Story
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Walking with God - The climax of building the Tabernacle was God fulfilling the Tabernacle. God’s fulfilling of the Tabernacle signifies His presence, leading, and protection. As a believer and receiver of Holy Spirit, do I often experience His presence, leading, and protection?
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Fidelity - “And so Moses finished the work” (verse 33). Fidelity in serving includes “as the Lord commanded” as well as “finishing the work”. Do I follow through all the way and see to the completion when I serve?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 21 Day 2: The Burnt Offering and the Grain Offering ⇧ ⇩
Question
What kind of sacrifices did God command in the Tabernacle?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Leviticus 1-7 records the laws on offerings. God demanded five types of offerings. The first three are through fire that brings out aroma to God, the last two are to atone for sins.
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Burnt offering points to how Jesus Christ willingly sacrificed for us and became the God pleasing aroma. Grain offering points to the pureness of Jesus Christ.
Meditation: My Story
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Walking with God - Burnt offering and grain offering represent Jesus’ perfection and pureness. He sacrificed willingly for us and burnt for us so that we are seen as pleasing to the eyes of God. How do these two offerings help me understand better about Jesus and His Salvation?
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Integrity - As the chosen people, burnt offering reminds us that we need to offer ourselves completely to God. What does that mean to me? What can I start doing today?
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Integrity - Grain offering reminds us the need to be Godly and learn to be like Jesus. What do the finest flour mixed with pure olive oil, salt, incense, but without yeast, remind me of?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 21 Day 3: The Fellowship Offering ⇧ ⇩
Question
What are the other offerings?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The third of the offerings involving fire.
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Part of the Fellowship Offering was given to God, some to the priests, and the rest can be given to those made the offering (see Leviticus 7.)
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Fellowship Offering is a thanksgiving offering and a peace offering (between man and God). It’s an offering to bring about relationship. It points to the truth that the blood of Jesus reconciles man with God.
Meditation: My Story
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Walking with God - Imaging the joyful scenery of Fellowship Offering. How does this help me realize Jesus had reconciled my relationship with God? Fellowship Offering is also a thanksgiving offering. How does this help me recount and thank God for all the blessings I have received?
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Community - In Matthew 5:9, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Peacemaking is not just for the peace between men but men and God. Whom around me do I need to pray to bring them to God to have peace with Him?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 21 Day 4: The Sin Offering ⇧ ⇩
Question
What offering is for committing unintentional sins or what God’s command forbids?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The first of the two Offerings for sins.
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Sin Offering is for unintentional offenses. Bringing the offering comes from the requirement of the law, not of voluntary act.
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Leviticus 4 lists who need to bring Sin Offering. Israelite community, leaders, individuals of the community, ordained priests. All Israelites need to bring Sin Offering.
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Leviticus 5:1-13 lists three examples. None of these are premeditated offenses.
Meditation: My Story
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Walking with God - Anyone who committed a sin unintentionally needs to bring Sin Offering with no exception. What do I see how God views sin?
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Identity - Israelites often need to bring Sin Offerings in Old Testament as the results of the offerings were limited. In contrast, the Sin Offering that Jesus Christ, the Highest Priest, made for us resulted in saving us all forever. How do I value myself in light of this fact?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 21 Day 5: The Guilt Offering ⇧ ⇩
Question
What is the offering for offenses against God or another man?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The last of the five offerings.
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5:14-19 is for offenses against Holy Objects whether knowingly or unknowingly. 6:1-7 is for offenses against other people, fraud, stealing, robbery, and oppressive actions.
Meditation: My Story
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Walking with God - No matter if it’s something we are born with or acquired in life, we need God to forgive and cleanse. Jesus Christ made the ultimate offering for us so that we may be seen as righteous by God. We are, however, weak and continue to sin. God established High Priest in time of Old Testament to help the Israelites. What has our Highest Priest, Jesus Christ, done for me so that I may be cleansed and purified from my sins?
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Identity - During the time of Old Testament, the Israelites brought Sin Offerings so that “they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.” Am I struggling with sin and unable to face God? How does this promise help and encourage me?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 21 Day 6: The Priestly Responsibilities ⇧ ⇩
Question
What do the priests need to worry about?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Additional details on the five offerings.
- Priests need to be very careful about the holy objects. They cannot wear their priestly garments outside of the Tabernacle. Even the ashes from the offerings need to be taken care of according to regulation. Same attention to details needs to be paid to all things whether it is a large bull or a speck of the finest flour.
- God made the tribe of Levite priests forever for them to focus on serving.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - God supplies His priests through all Israelites. God also supplies all those who serve Him through all His people. How does this encourage me?
- Fidelity - We are God’s chosen people, are His royal priests. What does it remind me that God holds extremely high standard for priests? What can I learn from the priests’ attitude toward serving and apply that to my life?