Page 1215 - The MacArthur Daily Bible

TN_11_MacArthur_Bible_Nov.qxd 8/8/03 17:10 Page 1196

NOVEMBER 26
near My table to minister to Me, and they shall 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
keep My charge. And it shall be, whenever And bless the LORD.
17
they enter the gates of the inner court, that 3 The LORD who made heaven and earth
they shall put on linen garments; no wool shall Bless you from Zion!
come upon them while they minister within
the gates of the inner court or within the Proverbs 29:7
18
house. They shall have linen turbans on their 7 The righteous considers the cause of
heads and linen trousers on their bodies; they the poor,
shall not clothe themselves with anything that But the wicked does not understand
19
causes sweat. When they go out to the outer such knowledge.
court, to the outer court to the people, they
shall take off their garments in which they have 1 Peter 2:1–25
ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, Therefore, laying aside all malice, all
and put on other garments; and in their holy 2 deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speak-
garments they shall not sanctify the people. 2
20 “They shall neither shave their heads, nor ing, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of
3
let their hair grow long, but they shall keep the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed
you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
their hair well trimmed. No priest shall drink
21
22
wine when he enters the inner court. They
shall not take as wife a widow or a divorced
woman, but take virgins of the descendants of
the house of Israel, or widows of priests.
23 “And they shall teach My people the differ- 2:2 desire the pure milk of the word. Spiritual
ence between the holy and the unholy, and growth is always marked by a craving for and a
delight in God’s Word with the intensity with
cause them to discern between the unclean which a baby craves milk (Job 23:12; Pss.1:1,2;
24
and the clean. In controversy they shall stand 19:7–11; 119:16,24,35,47,48,72,92,97,103,111,
as judges, and judge it according to My judg- 113,127,159,167,174; Jer. 15:16). A Christian
ments. They shall keep My laws and My develops a desire for the truth of God’s Word
statutes in all My appointed meetings, and by: 1) remembering his life’s source (1:25; Is.
they shall hallow My Sabbaths. 55:10,11; John 15:3; Heb. 4:12); 2) eliminating
25 “They shall not defile themselves by coming sin from his life (v. 1); 3) admitting his need for
near a dead person. Only for father or mother, God’s truth (v.2,“as newborn babes”;Matt.4:4);
for son or daughter, for brother or unmarried 4) pursuing spiritual growth (v. 2, “that you
sister may they defile themselves. After he is may grow thereby”); and 5) surveying his
26
cleansed, they shall count seven days for him. blessings (v. 3,“Lord is gracious”).
And on the day that he goes to the sanctuary to
27
minister in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin
offering in the inner court,” says the Lord GOD.
28 “It shall be, in regard to their inheritance, 4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected
that I am their inheritance. You shall give them indeed by men, but chosen by God and pre-
5
no possession in Israel, for I am their posses- cious, you also, as living stones, are being
sion. They shall eat the grain offering, the sin built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to
29
offering, and the trespass offering; every ded- offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
6
30
icated thing in Israel shall be theirs. The best through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is also con-
of all firstfruits of any kind, and every sacrifice tained in the Scripture,
of any kind from all your sacrifices, shall be “Behold, I lay in Zion
the priest’s; also you shall give to the priest A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
the first of your ground meal, to cause a bless- And he who believes on Him will by no
31
ing to rest on your house. The priests shall means be put to shame.”
not eat anything, bird or beast, that died natu-
rally or was torn by wild beasts. 7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is pre-
cious; but to those who are disobedient,
Psalm 134:1–3
“The stone which the builders rejected
A Song of Ascents.
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
B ehold, bless the LORD, 8 and
All you servants of the LORD,
Who by night stand in the house “A stone of stumbling
of the LORD! And a rock of offense.”
1196