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![Redeemer Past and Present](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7762795/Christ_the_Redeemer_5328149415__wq4dx6_300x300.jpg)
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Redeemer Past and Present
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Reading for discussion: Leviticus 25.
The God of creation, who made the heavens and the earth redeemed Israel. He brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they belonged to Him. He was their God and they were His people. They were certainly reasons that the people lost the land, but ultimately this was a microcosm of the greater thing that God did by redeeming the people of all nations through His Son Jesus Christ. If we claim Him as our God in faith, He claims us as His own through His Son.
Hymn: Savior Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise (public domain).
Photo: Christ the Redeemer. as shared in Wikimedia Commons by Lima Andruška from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2011.
![Christus Victor Revisited](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7762795/ivan-kramskoy-ChristintheDesertjpg_HD_utws9a_300x300.jpeg)
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Christus Victor Revisited
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Text for discussion: Luke 4.
In this chapter, Jesus is tempted in the desert and begins His ministry.
Jesus shows us how He is going to stand between us and evil. The full victory is won at the cross. It is not just a temporal victory, but an eternal victory, for you . . . .
Hymn: Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me. A public domain hymn.
Image: Christ in the Desert by Ivan Kramskoy, 1872.
![The Tree of Life](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7762795/the-crucifixionjpg_Large_xd9uvr_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 12, 2024
The Tree of Life
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Text for discussion: Leviticus 24.
We are forgetful of things past. Practices and their meanings disappear for us, but God remembers all. All provision comes from Him, and He does not forget us. In light of all our sins, God has wiped them away by the power of the new tree of life. What is it?
Hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
The engraving: The Crucifixion by Gustave Dore.
![The Sun Rises on the Just and the Unjust (Revisited)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7762795/christ-weeping-over-jerusalem-1849_rgjmif_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 05, 2024
The Sun Rises on the Just and the Unjust (Revisited)
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
This week we revisit a podcast from January 14, 2022:
Exodus 16.
All abundance comes from God. All the people of the earth experience the shining sun, and rain when it is needed.
The people of God wanted to return to Egypt when the wilderness grew harsh, but God provided.
He provides for you too.
The hymn: My Soul Now Praise Your Maker
A public domain hymn.
![Are you the Black Sheep of the Family? (Revisited)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7762795/christ-weeping-over-jerusalem-1849_rgjmif_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Are you the Black Sheep of the Family? (Revisited)
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
This one revisits a podcast from May 14, 2021:
Esau wasn't exactly the most beloved character in all of Scripture. He was kind of an oaf, a doofus, but here is his genealogy in Genesis 36.
This podcast is about being the "black sheep" and what to do about it.
The hymn is #730. What is the World to Me. A public domain hymn.
![Pixels and Powerful Patterns](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7762795/Dore-Moses_Breaks_the_Tables_of_the_Law-public_domain_gdvamc_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Pixels and Powerful Patterns
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Text for discussion: Leviticus 23.
So much is lost in our understanding of history and our world. When we read the Scriptures there is much significance and understanding lost to us, but whatever patterns we miss, God always remembers. The feasts discussed in this chapter are no different-but as we come to understand them through God's Son, Jesus Christ, the patterns take shape for us.
Engraving: Gustave Dore's depiction of Moses and the Commandments (public domain).
The Hymn: Be Still My Soul, (public domain).
![Flooding In](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7762795/Dore-Moses_Breaks_the_Tables_of_the_Law-public_domain_gdvamc_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Flooding In
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Text for discussion: Leviticus 22.
The Holiness of God floods in and overwhelms our uncleanness. God purifies us and makes us right with Himself through the all availing sacrifice of His Son. Without this, we are unclean, unworthy, unacceptable. We are beggars, fully dependent on God to meet the requirements.
Engraving: Gustave Dore's depiction of Moses and the Commandments (public domain).
The hymn: Savior Again, To Thy Dear Name We Raise (public domain).
![When You're Just Not Good Enough](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7762795/Dore-Moses_Breaks_the_Tables_of_the_Law-public_domain_gdvamc_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 07, 2024
When You're Just Not Good Enough
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Text for discussion: Leviticus 21.
The priests in the tabernacle had a heavy burden of holiness to bear. This chapter describes how difficult it was to hold to the requirements; in their position, many of us would surely be disqualified. God has sent a greater high priest and the covenant He has made with us was inaugurated in His blood!
Hymn: Not All the Blood of Beasts
Engraving: Moses and the Ten Commandments engraved by Dore.
![Darkness is as Light to Him](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7762795/christ-carrying-the-cross-1507jpg_Large_aqjz3f_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 31, 2024
Darkness is as Light to Him
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
Text for discussion: Leviticus 20.
In this world we face Fallenness and the perils of evil and tragedy. Yet, Christ has won full victory over them all. In the times to come, He will bring all evil to naught fully and finally.
The hymn: Be Still My Soul (public domain).
The painting: Christ Carrying the Cross by Titian, painted around 1506/7. (public domain).
![Without Corruption](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7762795/640px-Shroud_of_Turin_001_gk88ep_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 24, 2024
Without Corruption
Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
Text for discussion: Leviticus 19.
The chapter opens with the fact that God is Holy and ends with the declaration to Israel that He is the Lord their God. Written in this chapter are a number of statutes for their benefit, but can apply even to modern situations. In the modern world we know that there are countless statutes at all levels, impossible to follow and keep, let alone living up to the perfection that the Law of old required. We have a peace offering, our Savior Jesus Christ has done all things well, and has made full restitution for us.
Hymn: Praise My Soul the King of Heaven, I Bind Unto Myself Today (public domain).
Photo: X-ray of the the Shroud of Turin. Public domain. (Not without some controversy, the shroud is an amazing artifact, considered to be of the burial cloths of Christ).