Applied Old Testament Survey Reading Comprehension

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Leviticus 10 – 18

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Please respond to the questions providing Scripture reference [chapter and verse(s)] supporting
your response.

1) What is one (1) thing revealed about God’s purity in Leviticus 10 – 18?

It is said in Leviticus 10; verse 9,10 and 11:

9  “You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the tent of
meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, 10 so that you can
distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean, 11 and so you can
teach the Israelites all the decrees the LORD has given them through Moses.”

It’s implied that in order to be worthy one must redeem one self, become pure and obedient.
One must not succumb to the impurities of this world and it must be like that for all the generations to
come. To distinguish the holy from the common, the clean from the unclean.

When one’s impure and unclean then our intentions are not good, we might be driven by a
worldly desire and that’s against our Lord’s teaching.

2) What is one (1) thing revealed about people’s desire for sin in Leviticus 10 – 18?

In Leviticus 18, verses 2 to 5:

“The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘I am the LORD your God. 3  You
must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of
Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices. 4 You must obey my laws and be
careful to follow my decrees. I am the LORD your God. 5 Keep my decrees and laws, for the person
who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.”
This means that we all are used to sinning as a way of lazy living. We tend to sin when we’re
not seeking God. This happens when one succumbs to lust or to any selfish desire and seeks to satisfy
it.

3) What is one (1) thing revealed about God’s care for people in Leviticus 10 – 18?

In my opinion all of Leviticus chapters prove to be evidence of God caring for people. The Lord
instructed them what and what not do. Even if they sin, they are allowed to deliver offerings to atone
for their sins. The Lord wants us to be righteous and yet he knows that one’s human and gives us the
chance to redeem ourselves and get back on track.
 4) What is one (1) thing revealed about God’s atonement in Leviticus 10 – 18?

Within the world of Israel's sacrificial system, atonement brought about the restoration of right
relations between God and Israel through the cleansing of the sanctuary and between human beings
through restitution. Despite its many complexities, the work of atonement had a distinctly pastoral
function. The process of atonement through six rites involves the worshiper's identification with the
sacrificial animal and participation in what happens to it. Atonement demands his submission to the
judgment of death, which is both punitive and redemptive; incorporates him back into God's presence,
restoring fellowship with God; transforms him, rendering him acceptable to God; and celebrates the
restoration through the communion meal. When the ritual is penitently performed as prescribed, the
priestly declaration of acceptance of the offering mediates and assures forgiveness. This is the logic of
atonement.

The need for atonement is occasioned by sin that causes estrangement between man and God
and between man and man. To repair this estrangement and to effect atonement, God has instituted
them whereby sin’s damaging effects on both man and God can be remedied.