The Burden of Holiness: The Book of Leviticus (Week 6)

John Sullivan (FBC Trustee + Deacon) - Leviticus 20, 23 & 25 (Leviticus 20:1-6 & 9; 23:1-44; 25:1-54; 2 Chronicles 36:20-21)

 

Every year, thousands of people set out to read the Bible in its entirety; every year, a large percentage stop when they get to Leviticus, a book that lays out in embarrassing detail the limits of God's law for the Israelites.

What can we learn from this strange book? Join us as we seek to understand its place in the larger narrative of the Bible, and learn how it speaks to us today.

The Burden of Holiness: The Book of Leviticus

Week 6

I. Introduction
A. “Be holy, as I am holy.”
B. Holiness looks different.

II. The Holiness Code - Continued
A. 20:1-5: No Molech Worship
B. 20:6: No divination
C. 20:9: Honoring Parents

III. The Festivals
A. 23:1-3: The Sabbath
B. 23:4-8: The Passover
C. 23:9-14: Feast of First Fruits
D. 23:15-22: Festival of Weeks
E. 23:23-25: Rosh Hashanah
F. 23:26-32: Day of Atonement
G. 23:33-44: The Feast of Booths

IV. Jubilee (Leviticus 25)
A. 25:1-7: The Land is given
B. 25:8-55: Jubilee
C. 2 Chronicles 36:20-21
D. Stewards + Kings

V. What can we learn?
A. The Holiness of God
B. The Nature of Sacred Space
C. The Position of Israel (and of the Church)
D. The Saturation of Sanctification