Fri..’s Devo - Eternal Life

Read: Leviticus 24:1-25:46; Mark 10:13-31; Psalm 44:9-26; Proverbs 10:20-21 The menorah in the tabernacles was to be trimmed with our olive oil and kept burning continually. Twelve loaves of unleavened bread was to set on the table of shewbread and refreshed every week. They were to be set out on the table, six on each side as if the twelve tribes of Israel were feasting with the Lord on his words continually. *** A son whose father was Egyptian and whose mother was an Israelite got into a fight with the son of an Israelite family. The first son blasphemed the Lord’s name and cursed. He was brought before Moses to judge what would happen to him. The lord told Moses to take him outside the camp and let the one who heard what he said put his hands on the boy’s head and transfer what he heard back to the son. Then the people would stone him. This was to be the precedence if someone blasphemed the Lord. *** The land was to enjoy its Sabbath every seventh year. No work or pruning or reaping was to be done that year and the next year they could eat what grew naturally. *** Forty-nine years was to be counted and on the fiftieth, there was to be a celebration and it would be called the Year of Jubilee. A trumpet would be sounded throughout the land and everyone should return to their possession and family. No one was to sow or reap or gather. It is a holy year and everyone was to eat what they had. Everyone could redeem property that was in their family. All property was sold with Jubilee in mind which would affect the price of the property. If it was close to Jubilee, the property would be sold for little because it was not going to be theirs for long. But if it was years until Jubilee, it could be sold for more. *** If an Israelite becomes so poor they have to hire themselves out for work, they were not to be treated as a slave but as a hired servant. He would remain a servant only until the Year of Jubilee. Then he and his family would be free to return to their own family and his father’s possession. *** In Mark, Jesus rebuked his disciples for sending the children away. Jesus loved the children and told them that they were just like the kingdom of God. He took them in his arms and blessed them. *** A man came to Jesus all caught up in working his way to God through works. He said that Jesus was “good,” and wanted to know what he could “do” to inherit eternal life. Since he was looking for something he could “do” to obtain eternal life, Jesus gave him something he couldn’t do, which was to sell all he had. Doing good was not how to obtain eternal life. The man went away sad. Jesus explained that it was hard for those who “trusted” in their wealth to enter the kingdom of God because to enter the kingdom you had to give up everything. But with God, this was possible. Those who did give up everything would receive one hundred fold in this time (with persecutions), and in the age to come they would receive eternal life. *** Lord, thank you that our salvation isn’t contingent on our works but on what you did for us on Calvary. We accept that finished work and thank you. May we live in honor of You and partner with your to bring your kingdom down to earth.