EGAD— If it's important to you it's significant to us
我好喜歡這兩個關於利未記的視頻,原因很簡單 — 它們讓利未記比較容易記一點,我第一次這麼愛讀利未記~以前總是想快快唸完,或是隨便跳過,這次,我竟然有豁然開朗的感覺!而且我好喜歡這兩個視頻裡的動畫啊!利未記很難記,太多條例與規定了,我不只讀過一次,但是每次我都不覺得很混亂,我都覺得自己是用交待的心態把它讀過去~我有讀了哦,雖然都沒搞清楚到底獻這麼多不同的祭是要幹嘛。這兩個概論視頻解決了這個難記的問題: The Book of Leviticus is weird - let's fix it!!
利未記不太容易讀,但是它的核心訊息其實是很令人驚奇的。本書的核心是關於上帝如何藉由祂的恩典,提供管道讓那些與聖潔的上帝同在的有罪而破碎的人們能夠自由親近祂。
利未記分為三個部份:儀式(Ritual),祭司 (Priesthood) 與潔淨 (Purity)
儀式: 1—7章 (Ritual Sacrifices - thank you and sorry) 和23—25章 (Ritual Feasts)
祭司:8—10章(Priests Ordained) 和21—22章 (Qualifications for Priests)
潔淨: 11—15章 (Ritual Purity) 和18—20章 (Moral purity)
贖罪日:16—17章 once a year ~ purification offering and the Scapegoat
結論:Call to covenant faithfulness!
本視頻的重點:
God's presence is good: how can it be dangerous? Sun - both good and dangerous
3 solutions: Rituals, Priesthood, and Purity rules
Ritual - a lot of animal sacrifices: Thank you and I am sorry
Priesthood: being directly in God's presence is dangerous
Purity laws: clean vs. unclean; pure vs. impure - cannot be close to God in a impure state!
Random rules? Not really random: Skin diseases - Israelites associate with life and death
Impure - not wrong or sinful, is inappropriate into God's presence while impure
16-17: Day of Atonement - the priest would take two goats: one killed and the other scapegoat