Wed.’s Devo - The Oil and the Bread

Read: Leviticus 24:1-25:46; Mark 10:13-31; Psalm 44:9-26; Proverbs 10:20-21
God told Moses that the oil for the menorah in the Holy Place must be made of clear olive oil. It was to stay lit continually and never go out. Also, the bread for the Table of Shewbread was to be replenished every week. It was to be lined with incense because the Word is holy and sweet.
Right after that we see a fight between an Israelite and a half Israelite/half Egyptian because the latter blasphemed the name of God. He was to be stoned to death. God was showing them how important what he was saying was to him.
God also gave them other laws. Death was to be punished with death. Whatever you did to another must be done to you. This man who blasphemed God brought death to his name so God had to reciprocate and bring death to his name. His name is not even mentioned.
God gave them a special jubilee year every 50 years. This was to be on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. All possession except other specified went back to the original owner. The value of everything is around the nearness to or the distance from the next jubilee. The sixth year is to produce enough to make it through the next three years. We are in the sixth year, spiritually so we can expect great fruit and blessings.
Jesus used a rich man’s question about entering the kingdom to expose his heart. The man wanted to be in the kingdom but he wasn’t willing to give everything. It wasn’t a matter of being rich but a matter of trusting in those riches.
Lord, help us to trust in the true riches of the kingdom of God.