Christian A.C.T.S.: Digging Deeper~ 7th Sunday ordinary time

Ex. 24:12-18: Here God is giving institutions to keep the sabbath day a day of rest and holy. He also instructs them on the 3 feasts that he wants to keep. These feasts are... unleavened bread, harvest, and ingathering. Three times a year the men are to go to the temple and give sacrifices of leaven bread, blood. Making sure that the fat of the sacrifice is all burnt up before morning.

Ps. 99: The Lord sits between the angels on the altar. He has been in the cloud pillar in the wilderness. He is strong. So let us go into the holy temple and praise and worship him.

2 Pet. 1:16-21: Be holy as God is holy. We were not saved by evil things of the world, but by the blood of Jesus Christ who was the lamb that was with out sin. If you believe you are saved and can call on the Father who does not favor one person over another. But judges righteously.

Mat. 17:1-9:Jesus takes Peter, James and John up on a mountain. While there were there Jesus met with Moses and Elias. Then a cloud came around them & a voice came from the cloud saying, "This is my son in which I am pleased. Listen to him." Peter, James and John saw and heard all of this. They fell on their faces in fear. Then the cloud went away & so did Moses & Elias. Afterward, Jesus touched them and told them to not be afraid and get up. Then Jesus told them to tell no one what they had witness.

When the people of God were getting ready to go into the promised land, God gave Moses instructions on how he wanted them to worship him. In the instructions he told them to keep the Sabbath holy by resting on that day. He also told them to celebrate 3 feasts a year & to have their men go to the temple to bring sacrifices to him & worship him (Ex. 24:12-18). God's people are reminded of the time that God lead them in the wilderness as a pillar of cloud. And when he sat on the seat between the angels on the altar (Ps.99). All the while they were giving God sacrifices of animals, unladen bread & such. But When Jesus came that all changed. For he became the perfect and eternal lamb that takes away our sins (2 Peter 1:13-21). Even the disciples that were closest to Jesus was told that Jesus was God son when he was on the mountain with him Mat. 17:1-9).

Challenge of the week:

This week let us make sure that we take a day off to rest and worship God thanking him for Jesus and what he did on the cross for us.

Accomplishment of the week:

How did you keep your Sabbath?