The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
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The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
Saved by Lael Johnson and
Note the writer’s statements about Jewish customs and the explanation that Jesus brought a new covenant (of grace through faith) that is infinitely better than the old one (of obedience to the law). Pay attention to the repeated use of the words “better” and “superior.”
Since we too are mortal, we bear the traces of that original sin. But if one man brought sin into the world, so one man can eliminate it from the world. God had sent His son into the world for just that reason. His death was a sacrificial offering that cleansed humanity of the burden of guilt. In his death, the Law died, and with it, sin. The “new
... See morethe point of it all – the sacrifices, the purity laws, the holiness codes, all of it – is to come close to God. We are being trained, throughout Leviticus, to see the ultimate Oneness that underlies the dizzyingly manifold nature of our existence.
the point of it all – the sacrifices, the purity laws, the holiness codes, all of it – is to come close to God. We are being trained, throughout Leviticus, to see the ultimate Oneness that underlies the dizzyingly manifold nature of our existence.