Leading of the Holy Spirit Leviticus 24

 

Leviticus 24 – Leading of the Holy Spirit

 

Everything we do is to be done in the light and leading of the Holy Spirit.  The people of Israel were to furnish the olive oil for the seven lamps.  This gave each Israelite, as well as the tribe of Levi, an interest in the service of the tabernacle.  The olive oil was to be pure, free from all leaves and impurities.  The oil speaks of the Holy Spirit.   Aaron alone controlled the use and service of the lampstand.  He was to burn incense every morning and every evening. It was to be a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout the generations.  The fine flour was to be furnished by the people. The bread speaks of Christ.  Fine flour means it was of wheat.  The Frankincense was a natural gum to be a gift from the people. It speaks of the wonderful fragrance of humanity.  The bread would stay on the table for a week.  It was to be changed on the Sabbath, and the old bread was to be eaten by Aaron and his sons – and always in the Holy Place.

The boy who did the blaspheming in this story is of a mixed race.  His mother was of the tribe of Dan and his father was an Egyptian. This does not have anything to do with his race.  The mixed-race boy has a problem.  He must decide whether to go the way of the father or the way of the mother.  Leaving Egypt was a hard decision and when the going got rough, they were the first to complain. This boy got into a fight.  He did not have a place in the tribe of Dan but was a hanger-on who had access to the camp of Israel.  He blasphemed the name of God.  He cursed the name of the Lord, the name that was so sacred in Israel that it was not even voiced. God handed down His verdict of guilty, and the penalty was death by stoning.  The death penalty was required for blaspheming God.  The name of our God is sacred and must be protected.  God is righteous in all His dealings.  We too, are guilty before God.  But Christ has borne our sentence of death and carried our sins to the grave.  He rose again so that we too might have eternal life with Him in heaven.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary

 

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