Pauline Epistles: Background to the Thessalonian Letters (Acts 17:1-9)
I have decided to step back from the Law for a little while and go through some of the Pauline epistles. I’ll start with the earliest set of letters which are the two letters to the Thessalonian church, but first some background info: Background to the Thessalonian letters (Acts 17:1-9) – Before jumping into any of the epistles (especially the …
Read MoreLegal Code – Criminal Code: Cleansing a Home (Leviticus 14:33-57)
Cleansing a Home (Leviticus 14:33-57) – There was also a process for evaluating and declaring a home as clean or unclean. Again this is a passage where the physical reality is going to have to reflect the spiritual for us to draw principles from the passage, but if we take a look we can see a process in how we …
Read MoreLegal Code – Criminal Code: Law of Reentry (Leviticus 14:1-32)
Law of Reentry (Leviticus 14:1-32) – When a leper (anyone with some sort of skin ailment) was cleansed then they would have to go through a process to be pronounced clean and then they would be allowed to reenter the camp. This passage provides some interesting principles to consider when someone has had to be separated from a group because …
Read MoreLegal Code – Criminal Code: Laws of Mold (Leviticus 13:47-59)
Laws of Mold (Leviticus 13:47-59) – The laws of mold are laws that have to do with neglect and a lack of awareness. In the desert, there were actually not a ton of things to think about, but the things you had to consider could be a matter of life and death. Tent care and garment care would have been …
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