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Leviticus 11.45 He expected them to be holy, knowing they could not.  But that didn’t change the expectation.   Now we have the Holy Spirit inside us, which they could not have imagined.  But it’s impossible without grace.

Even during the time of Leviticus Jesus was planning to come and die. He was resolute and didn’t waiver because of His love for us.

One message of the book of Leviticus is that it’s not okay, we’re not okay.   We have a sin problem, and they saw it every day in the blood in the sand, the slaughtered animals, the smell. The Levites had stained hands.  Their sin was always before them.

Psalm 1.6 The LORD knows the way of the righteous.  He is in the meeting at work with you.  He knows when you drive home late from work.  The blessing of the child of God is that God is with him.

Genesis 16.35 They ate manna for 40 years.  It didn’t bother the LORD that it was monotonous; it bothered them.  Be careful about complaining.

They couldn’t break the bones of the Passover lamb because Jesus is the lamb.

Genesis 50.19 We are not in God’s place; we don’t take revenge even when it’s in our power.

The LORD knew about Potiphar’s wife and what she would do.  Joseph could not escape.   It was all in God’s plan.

27.27 Isaac meant the blessing for Esau.  In his mind the blessing did involve working the fields; it was not a life of leisure.  But actually he blessed Jacob, and God honored this blessing.  However the blessing for Jacob meant a life of hardship, sleepless nights, unfair treatment, family suffering. The blessing was not what…

For 13 years Abraham had considered Ismael to be his heir and had treated him that way.  He viewed Ishmael as the one who would carry on the family name.   The whole camp saw him spending special time with Ismael and grooming him to be the next patriarch.   What about Ishmael’s character?  He did mock…