The very first phrase in Leviticus 1 caught my attention; “The LORD called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting,..” Israel was camped near the place, if not on the very spot where Moses was first called by God as recorded in Exodus 3:4 “..God called to him out of the bush,..”. I wonder how close the tent of meeting was to that bush Moses had visited just a few months prior? The voice of God was very similar, but the scenery was completely different. The first time God spoke from the burning bush to Moses who may have been followed by a flock of sheep. This time God spoke from a tent to Moses who was surrounded by a flock of Israelites. The second time Moses knew who was speaking to him. He had spent weeks with him on the mountain learning the Law and growing in friendship with the Creator of all things. The message was different as well. The first time Moses was given the task as God’s leader to deliver from slavery, the second message was to share God’s plan of identifying and atoning for sin. I wonder if by now Moses instinctively took off his sandals when he heard God speak?
It took me about 20 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart
3 comments:
ok Today is February the 20th, and the last blog post of yours is Feb 18th, I know there is a time difference, I know you are probably swamped with work and preperations of all sorts and kinds - but it is NO excuse for not feeding my reading of your blog! The fact that i don't comment doesn't mean I am not reading - and you are living me with nothing! Come on, Stuart, get the act together! Smile!
Olga,
I started to read Leviticus 5-8 yesterday and the world got in the way; three times.
The next thing I knew it was 10:30PM and I was exhausted.
Thanks for the encouragement.
That was supposed to be LEAVING not LIVING!
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