Tag: payment
Biblical Principle #173: Priests Received Israel’s Firstfruits
Biblical Principles List Principle God gave the firstfruits of Israel’s blessings to the priests as provisions for them and their family. Explanation GOD provided special blessings for the Levitical priests. Among these blessings were the first and best of Israel’s produce and reproduction.
Biblical Principle #148: The Census Atonement Offering
Biblical Principles List Principle When Israel took a census, each man was to offer a ransom payment for the atonement of his soul. Explanation GOD instructed Moses to have all Israelite men give a ransom payment for themselves at each census. 11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “When you take the census…
Biblical Principle #46: Sacrifice is a Consequence of Sin
Biblical Principles List Principle Sacrifice is a consequence of sin. Explanation Before sin entered the earthly creation, Adam and Eve enjoyed a perfect, harmonious relationship with GOD. Everything was good. When sin entered the picture, however, things changed. GOD needed to teach humans to respect and appreciate the ugliness and cost of their sin. Early…
Biblical Principle #19: Blood is the Guilt Payment for Sin
Biblical Principles List Principle The blood of the sinner is the guilt payment for sin. Explanation Because: … therefore, the payment that GOD demands in order to retain His just and holy character is the blood of a human. This is what Scripture calls the law of sin and death (see Romans 8:2). The law…
December 21 – Your Redemption Payment
Reading 1 Pet. 1:1-5:14 Devotional The apostle Peter wrote two letters which are included in the New Testament. Peter is believed to have died in 64 A.D., which would mean that his two letters were written sometime before then. Peter was familiar with Paul’s writings and Peter’s first letter is addressed to GOD’s elect scattered…
September 13 – My Redeemer Lives
Reading Job 18:1-21:34 Devotional As the conversations between Job’s three friends and Job continue, we find a very curious statement made by Job. Living in such an early time period, it is unclear just how much GOD had revealed at this point regarding the eventual coming of Jesus, the Savior of the world. Yet it…