Tues.’s Devo - The Glory

Read: Leviticus 20:22-22:16; Mark 9:1-29; Psalm 43:1-5; Proverbs 10:18 God gave them his laws to show them what pleases him so he could bless them. If they refused to obey his laws and worship him alone, then the land would vomit them out of it like it was going to do to the inhabitants living there now. God wanted them to be separated from evil and know the difference between what was clean and what was unclean. *** God had specific laws for the priests. They were not to defile themselves for the dead unless it was someone who was their next of kin. They were not to marry a harlot or a divorced woman. The priests were to be holy set apart because they were the ones who would offer the bread of God. The daughter of a priests who played the harlot should be burned with fire. *** The high priest could not even defile him self if his father or mother died. Nor shall he leave the sanctuary because the anointing oil is on him. He must take a wife from the virgins of his own people. *** None of the descendants of Aaron who were handicapped in any way could serve as priests. They could eat the holy bread only not in the tabernacle. A priest was defiled if he had leprosy, had a discharge, or had touched anything unclean. He could eat the holy offerings once he washed his body with water when the sun went down. If he had leprosy he had to wait until he was healed and cleansed from it. *** The ones in a priest’s household could eat the holy offerings if he was clean. If he ate something holy unintentionally he could restore the offering to the priest and add one-fifth to it. *** Jesus said to render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God, the things that are God’s. *** Jesus told them that there were some of them that would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God present with power. Six days later, he took Peter, James and John up on a mountain to see his glory. They saw Jesus shine in glory and Elijah and Moses appeared with Jesus and talked with him. Peter wanted to make three tabernacles for them, but a cloud overshadowed them and a voice came out of the cloud saying, “this is My beloved Son, Hear Him!” When the cloud went, only Jesus was standing there. He told the three not to tell anyone what they had seen until he rose from the dead. They didn’t understand what that meant but they kept quiet about it. *** They asked him why the scriptures said that Elijah must come first but they said it was so he could restore all things. Then he told them that Elijah had come and they did what they wanted to him. He was referring to John the Baptist. *** When they came down from he mountain there was a crowd. The disciples couldn’t deliver a man from demons. Jesus commanded the deaf and dumb spirit from the man and he fell and looked dead. Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up and he arose. (What a picture of death and resurrection.) *** When the disciples asked why they couldn’t deliver the boy, Jesus sad that this kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting. *** Lord, may we live fasted lifestyles so that we can pray, believe and see your deliverance. We pray for our nation, that she would be delivered from evil men and ideas. We pray that your people would be able to hear, see and understand what you are doing and work with your plan.