on the mount... / by my decrees...

This is a combined reading from Leviticus 25:1-26:2, and Leviticus 26:3-27:34, which finishes Leviticus.

Here is the summary:


(Ch.25)

The sabbath year, and the year of jubilee.

Redemption rights of properties.

The fellow country men who becomes desolate is to be treated as a hired servant, not a slave.

Redemption of fellow country men that become hired servants.


(Ch.26)

Yahweh promises blessings when the people walk in obedience.

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Yahweh gives warning about the idolatry and the consequences of what will happen.


(Ch.27)

The various amount in making a vow/dedicating a person to Yahweh of different ages.

Laws on dedicating animals to Yahweh.

Laws on dedicating one's house to Yahweh.

Laws on dedicating one's field to Yahweh.


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The two readings seem to contrast God's grace (Ch. 25-26.5) and truth (Ch. 26.5-27).

As easy and nice grace is, we sometimes desperately need the cold water of truth in our complacent lives, demonstrated firsthand in this blog.

Making excuses/trusting God... (it's a tough line) for the last several months of complacency:

i suppose it's easy to say "i needed to have fought" in keeping the law/vow/posting on time, but that would have only contributed to my pride, which is also dangerous...

because i already have gone this route, i would rather experience the "error" of relying on God's grace/trusting God about these postings...

because by any means, it's not that i don't feel at all that i haven't been engaging in battles for these last several months; in fact, exactly the opposite, in that it was a lot more like going through the beat downs from the bcp dept that night every single day; suffice it to say it has not been fun; i can only bank on Romans 8:28 for these tough times, i.e. living by the faith granted to me by God... go figure...


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