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Today’s Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 10 NIRV, Ch. 11-12 NKJV

Podcast Introduction

It’s the Law Monday. We’ll read Leviticus 10-12. After the reading, I’ll have some comments on what we’ve ready, plus we’ll talk about Holy Monday, since we are in Holy Week, leading up to Resurrection Sunday. I’m calling this episode “A Very Bad Decision.”

Comments on Leviticus 10

1Nadab and Abihu were two of Aaron’s sons. They got their shallow cups for burning incense. They put fire in them. They added incense to it. They made an offering to the Lord by using fire that wasn’t allowed. They did it against his command. 2So the Lord sent fire on them. It burned them up. They died in front of the Lord.

Leviticus 10:1-2 NIRV

Think about what Nadab and Abihu had witnessed. In the closing verse of chapter 9, the Lord Himself sent fire down on the altar and burned up the burnt offering. So they had a very recent evidence of the reality of God. 

In addition, they witnessed the miracles that He did in bringing them out of Egypt. They heard the voice of the Lord, saw the fire, smoke and lightning, and they felt the earth shake at Mt. Sinai. They were there with Moses, Aaron and the seventy elders when God called a meeting on Mt. Sinai, and according to Exodus 24, they actually saw God!

What were Nadab and Abihu thinking on this fateful day when they decided to go against the very explicit instructions of God? Was it pride? Ambition? Jealousy? We don’t know. Maybe it was familiarity…they might have just become used to the idea of serving God. Maybe they no longer thought of their duties as special. Whatever they were thinking, they were not considering the holiness and truly awesome nature of God. 

Beloved, though we live in the age of grace, once again we must be reminded that God does not change. Yes, Jesus is our intercessor at the right hand of God the Father. And it is Jesus who took upon Himself the sin of the world…my sin and yours. But let us not become so familiar with God that we take His grace for granted. That grace came with an enormous price. Let us not cheapen it with a cavalier attitude. Because I can assure you, God does not.

Let us be thankful each and every day for the forgiveness we have received through the shed blood of Jesus. Let us magnify Him, let us lift His name, let us worship Him for what He has done for us. Let us thank Him for allowing us to be alive today, and for sustaining us because of His love. Let us consider how we can serve Him with thanksgiving in our hearts. 

With Easter, or Resurrection Day as I prefer to call it, just a few days away, let us think of how Jesus, of His own free will, gave up the glories of Heaven to be born a completely helpless human baby, in a very primitive time, into a poor, working class family, with a mission to live a perfect sinless life, to ultimately be deserted by his friends and beaten nearly to death, and hung on a cross, where even God the Father had to turn his face from Him. But just three days later, Jesus triumphed over sin and death when He walked out of the tomb. Hallelujah! Oh death, where is thy sting? Jesus is triumphant, and He sits at the right hand of the Father, now and forever. 

This is the God we serve. This is the God who saved us. And this is why we must never take Him for granted. Hallelujah and amen!

Holy Monday

The events recorded in the Gospels were not necessarily recorded in chronological order. However, some denominations and church traditions have assigned the events of Jesus’ last week to certain days. 

On Holy Monday, we remember the events from Matthew 21:12-22.

12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 13He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”

14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, 16and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read,

 “‘Out of the mouth of  infants and nursing babies

you have prepared praise’?”

17And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.

18 In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. 19And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.

20When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?” 21And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. 22And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Matthew 21:12-22 ESV

So there are three events we remember on this day. 1) Jesus cleansed the temple. 2) He was praised by the children. 3) Jesus cursed the fig tree. You might remember I talked about this event in the episode on Matthew 20-22. The title of that episode was “Bearing Fruit”. If you’d like to listen to that episode, I’ll have a link to it in the show notes for this episode.

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Steve Webb 0:00
They actually saw God.

Steve Webb 0:10
It’s the Lifespring! One Year Bible coming to you from Riverside, California, and podcasting since 2004, I’m your OG Godcaster, Steve Webb. This is the daily podcast where we are reading through the entire Bible in a year. This is The Law Monday and we’ll read Leviticus 10 through 12. And after the reading, I’ll have some comments on what we’ve read. Plus, we’ll talk about Holy Monday since we are in Holy Week leading up to Resurrection Sunday. The title of today’s episode is “A Very Bad Decision.” Let’s get started with prayer. Our gracious heavenly Father, how we thank you so much for your Word. And I ask, Father, that today you would bless our time together as we read. Teach us, I pray in Jesus’ name, amen. Okay, let’s begin.

Steve Webb 0:56
Leviticus, chapter 10. Nadab and Abihu were two of Aaron’s sons. They got their shallow cups for burning incense. They put fire in them. They added incense to it. They made an offering to the LORD by using fire that wasn’t allowed. They did it against his command. So the LORD sent fire on them. It burned them up. They died in front of the Lord. Then Moses spoke to Aaron. He said, “That’s what the LORD was talking about when he said, “‘Among those who approach me I will show that I am holy. In the sight of all of the people I will be honored.'” So Aaron remained silent. Moses sent for Mishael and Elzaphan. They were sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel. Moses said to them, “Come here. Carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp. Take them away from in front of the Holy Room. So they came and carried them outside the camp. It was just as Moses had ordered. The bodies of Nadab and Abihu still had their inner robes on them. Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar. They were Aaron’s sons. Moses said, “Don’t let your hair hang loose. Don’t tear your clothes. If you do, you will die. And the LORD will be angry with the whole community. “But all of the people of Israel are allowed to show they are sad. They are your relatives. They can sob over those the LORD has destroyed with fire. “Don’t leave the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. If you do, you will die. That’s because the LORD’s anointing oil has made you holy.” So they did what Moses told them to do. Then the LORD spoke to Aaron. He said, “You and your sons must not drink any kind of wine when you go into the Tent of Meeting. If you do, you will die. That is a law that will last for all time to come. “You must be able to tell the difference between what is holy and what is not. You must be able to tell the difference between what is ‘clean’ and what is not. You must teach the people of Israel all of the rules I have given them through Moses.” Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar. They were Aaron’s two remaining sons. Moses said, “Take the grain offering that is left over from the offerings that are made to the LORD with fire. It is very holy. Make bread without yeast from it. Eat it beside the altar. Eat it in a holy place. It’s your share and your sons’ share of the offerings that are made to the LORD with fire. Those rules are in keeping with the command the LORD gave me. “But you and your sons and your daughters can eat the breast that was waved. You can also eat the thigh that was offered. Eat them in a place that is ‘clean.’ They have been given to you and your children. They are your share of the friendship offerings the people of Israel bring. “The thigh that was offered must be brought together with the fat parts of the offerings that are made with fire. The breast that was waved must be brought in the same way. All of it must be lifted up and waved in front of the LORD as a wave offering. It will be the regular share for you and your children. That’s what the LORD has commanded.” Moses asked about the goat that was brought as the sin offering. He found out that it had been burned up. So he became angry with Eleazar and Ithamar. They were Aaron’s two remaining sons. Moses asked them, “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in a place that is near the Holy Room? The offering is very holy. It was given to you to take the people’s guilt away. It paid for their sin in the sight of the Lord. The blood of the offering wasn’t taken into the Holy Room. So you should have eaten the goat in a place that is near the Holy Room. That’s what I commanded.” Aaron replied to Moses, “Today the people sacrificed their sin offering to the Lord. They also sacrificed their burnt offerings to him. But a terrible thing has happened to me. Two of my sons have died. Would the LORD have been pleased if I had eaten the sin offering today?” When Moses heard that, he was satisfied.

Steve Webb 5:00
Leviticus, chapter 11. Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat. Nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you. ‘These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers—that you may eat. But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you. They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination. Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales—that shall be an abomination to you. ‘And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, the kite, and the falcon after its kind; every raven after its kind, the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind; the little owl, the fisher owl, and the screech owl; the white owl, the jackdaw, and the carrion vulture; the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. ‘All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you. Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth. These you may eat: the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you. ‘By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening; whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening: The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean. And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening. Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you. ‘These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind; the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening. Anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever item it is, in which any work is done, it must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until evening; then it shall be clean. Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean: in such a vessel, any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean, and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean. And everything on which a part of any such carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it is an oven or cooking stove, it shall be broken down; for they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean. And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean. But if water is put on the seed, and if a part of any such carcass falls on it, it becomes unclean to you. ‘And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening. He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. ‘And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination. It shall not be eaten. Whatever crawls on its belly, whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth—these you shall not eat, for they are an abomination. You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them. For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. ‘This is the law of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’”

Steve Webb 11:10
Leviticus, chapter 12. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean. And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled. ‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and she shall continue in the blood of her purification sixty-six days. ‘When the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or a daughter, she shall bring to the priest a lamb of the first year as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her. And she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has borne a male or a female. ‘And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”

Steve Webb 12:33
Beloved, let’s take a look at verses 1 and 2 of chapter 10. Here they are again: “Nadab and Abihu were two of Aaron’s sons. They got their shallow cups for burning incense. They put fire in them. They added incense to it. They made an offering to the Lord by using fire that wasn’t allowed. They did it against his command. So the Lord sent fire on them. It burned them up. They died in front of the Lord.” Let’s think about what Nadab and Abihu had witnessed. In the closing verse of chapter 9, the Lord Himself sent fire down on the altar and burned up the burnt offering. So they had a very recent evidence of the reality of God. And they witnessed the miracles that he did in bringing them out of Egypt. They heard the voice of the Lord. They saw the fire. They saw the smoke and lightning. And they felt the earth shake at Mount Sinai. They were there with Moses, Aaron, and the seventy Elders when God called a meeting on Mount Sinai, And according to Exodus 24, they actually saw God. What were Nadab and Abihu thinking on this fateful day when they decided to go against the very explicit instructions of God? Was it pride? Was it ambition? Maybe it was jealousy. We don’t know. Maybe it was familiarity. They might have just become used to the idea of serving God. Maybe they no longer thought of their duties as special. Whatever they were thinking they were not considering the holiness and truly awesome nature of God. Beloved, though we live in the age of grace, once again, we must be reminded that God does not change. Yes, Jesus is our intercessor at the right hand of God the Father. And it is Jesus who took upon himself the sin of the world, my sin and yours. But let’s not become so familiar with God that we take his grace for granted. That grace came with an enormous price. Let us not cheapen it with a cavalier attitude because I can assure you God does not. Let us be thankful each and every day for the forgiveness we have received through the shed blood of Jesus. Let us magnify him. Let us lift his name. Let us worship him for what he’s done for us. Let us thank him for allowing us to be alive today and for sustaining us because of his love. Let us consider how we can serve him with thanksgiving in our hearts. With Easter or Resurrection Day just a few days from now, let us think of how Jesus of his own free will gave up the glories of heaven to be born a completely helpless human baby in a very primitive time, into a poor working-class family with a mission to live a perfect sinless life, to ultimately be deserted by his friends and beaten nearly to death, and then hung on a cross where even God the Father had to turn his face away from him. But just three days later, Jesus triumphed over sin and death when he walked out of the tomb. Hallelujah! Oh death, where is thy sting? Jesus is triumphant. And he sits at the right hand of the Father now and forever. This is the God we serve. This is the God who saved us. And this is why we must never take him for granted. Hallelujah and Amen! What do you have to say? Call the Lifespring Family Hotline at +1-951-732-8511, or send a boostagram with your comment, or go to comment.lifespringmedia.com. Leave your comment there. Tomorrow will be History Tuesday, and we’ll begin the book of 2 Kings with the reading of chapters 1 through 5.

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Today is Holy Monday, the second day of Holy Week, and each day from now to Resurrection Sunday I’ll talk about the events of each day of the final week of Jesus’ life prior to and including his crucifixion and resurrection. Now before I talk about Holy Monday, it’s important to note that the events recorded in the Gospels were not necessarily recorded in chronological order. However, some denominations and church traditions have assigned the events of Jesus’ last week to certain days. On Holy Monday, we remember the events from Matthew 21:12-22. Let’s read those verses. “And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, ‘It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but you make it a den of robbers.’ And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David!’ they were indignant, and they said to him, ‘Do you hear what these are saying?’ And Jesus said to them, ‘Yes; have you never read, “Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise”?’ And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there. In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, ‘May no fruit ever come from you again!’ And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, ‘How did the fig tree wither at once?’ And Jesus answered them, ‘Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, “Be taken up and thrown into the sea,” it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.'” So, Beloved, there are three events we remember on this day. Number one, Jesus cleansed the temple. Number two, he was praised by the children. And number three, Jesus cursed the fig tree. You might remember I talked about Jesus cursing the fig tree in the episode on Matthew 20 through 22, and the title of that episode was “Bearing Fruit.” If you’d like to listen to that episode, I’ll have a link to it in the show notes page for this episode lifespringmedia.com/s13e184. Tomorrow we’ll talk about Holy Tuesday.

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