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It is crucial to understand how God defines love if we are going to be able to appropriately and effectively love anyone else. To sign up for the BNP email newsletter go here: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/edify-one-another

The Feast of Weeks can be confusing because it is referred to by several different names in the Bible. It is also interesting because it is the only feast that is one day only and it doesn't commemorate a historical event. To download and print the charts I have made about the feasts, go to the website: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/following-the-feast-of-weeks-pentecost-through-the-bible/ To sig...

While Jesus didn't directly quote the feasts as prophetic, he referred to them in his illustrations. So if you want to understand better what he is saying, you can study the feasts and how the firstfruits are mentioned in them. The Feasts of Yahweh pdf has been updated and is linked to at: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/following-firstfruits-through-the-bible-part-two/ To sign up for the BNP email...

Are there seven feasts of Yahweh or three? Is there a feast of firstfruits? How can Jonah's prayer in the belly of the fish help us understand Jesus's reference to Jonah? The information is there, waiting to be discovered. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links mentioned, please go to: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/following-firstfruits-throug...

The Feast of Unleavened Bread is mentioned a lot around the time of Jesus's crucifixion. Understanding it's timing is crucial to keeping track of the timing of things. Since God put all those time markers in there, it seems like it is worth paying attention. Leaven is mentioned in other significant ways in both Old and New Testament. Looking at it all together brings things into focus. All of the...

From its institution, the Passover was open for anyone who trusted in Yahweh to celebrate. There was only one requirement and it wasn't being descended from Israel. However, Israel is obviously still chosen as part of the celebration because of where the Passover was to be celebrated, a mysterious place until they entered the Promised Land. Also, there is a surprising link between Passover and Jos...

The word Sabbath is actually generic in and of itself. It becomes important when you add the description "of the LORD." Similarly, the feasts are important because Yahweh sets them out, both for remembrance and to point to Jesus. But they haven't all been fulfilled yet! We are living in the gap between fulfillment of the first feasts and the pending fulfillment of the second round of feasts (in th...

God gives some detailed instructions to Moses for him to explain to Aaron. It all hinges on them being sanctified, just like Yahweh is. If you want to get a better understanding of how we can sanctify God and how we are sanctified by both him and ourselves, this discussion should help you. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool...

Unfortunately, the stories of offering human sacrifices to be burned alive are based on real life. Yahweh has to tell the people of Israel how wicked this is, because they've been doing it and other nations around them have been doing it. He also warns them against seeking guidance from familiar spirits or seeking out any person practicing such occult activities. Perversion of sexual relationships...

With a particular emphasis on his name, Yahweh reviews certain commands to explain how his people should live in relationship with him and other people, including foreigners. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links mentioned, please go to: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/reading-leviticus-chapter-19-with-discuss...

The people of Israel were coming from a culture which practiced horrible sexual relationships, and going to a land that did the same. They are severely warned that this is so wicked that it leads to death and they will be vomited out of the land if they act the same way. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links...

The people of Israel had been sacrificing to demon gods, so Yahweh lays out some helpful instructions to help them avoid such useless and harmful practices. He also explains why blood is special, then singles out strangers for some specific clarifications. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links mentioned, plea...

God tells Moses to tell Aaron about the limits of coming into the Holy Place. There are important details about when and how it is to be done so that Aaron won't die. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links mentioned, please go to: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/reading-leviticus-chapter-16-with-discussion/ To...

Now we tackle the unpleasant subject of bodily discharges and how they represent our state of uncleaness before God. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links mentioned, please go to: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/reading-leviticus-chapter-15-with-discussion/ To sign up for the BNP email newsletter go here: http...

In chapter seven of The Pilgrim Church, the history and persecutions of true Christians from 1350 - 1670 are covered. It begins with Wycliff, explains the complications of the Peasant Revolt and the Hussite wars, and reveals both confusion and faithful heroism. It ends with some writings of the much persecuted Jan Amos Comenius, who warned about the growing divisions among professing Christians an...

Leprosy has a unique place in the Bible. No other ailment is singled out to the same degree for being unclean. The theme of leprosy and being cleansed from it is throughout the scriptures. One could say it understanding it hinges on reading this section of Leviticus. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links ment...

When God designates some animals as unclean in the law of Moses, he doesn't mean they are bad animals. We know this because he describes how amazing they are to Job. But even Noah knew about clean versus unclean animals, so there is something important to learn from it. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links m...

Daniel 9:25 tells people when to start the countdown until the Messiah comes. This is a part of the Christmas story that has been neglected or misunderstood, for Jesus was proclaimed the Messiah from the moment the angel made the announcement to Mary. And he wasn't born in secret. In humility and poverty, yes, but not in secret. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homesc...

After Moses carefully inaugurates Aaron and his sons into their priestly roles, two of Aaron's sons make a fatal choice. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links mentioned, please go to: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/reading-leviticus-chapters-8-10-with-discussion/ To sign up for the BNP email newsletter go to:...

Yahweh sets up specifics about justice when there is any kind of stealing or oppression. Then, the offender does his best to choose a ram without defect from his flock to offer for the promised forgiveness from Yahweh. Specifics about other offerings are given, including that the priest gets the skin of the burnt offering and there is leavened bread asked for when eating the peace offering. Read f...

When our children were young, being raised at home, we had Bible reading pretty much every morning. As part of that, I put many passages to song for easier memorization. We recorded most of them. Some of them I "produced" in a very minimal way using Garageband loops and such. All scripture for these songs is from the New King James Version translation of the Bible. The subtitle for this song is So...

This chapter covers significant people and events 1300 - 1500, including an exceptional Bavarian Emperor and another man known to history only as "Friend of God from Oberland." This excerpt from a document in Strassburg, dated 1404, well describes the true followers of Jesus Christ (the true church) that the corrupt Roman Catholic hierarchy and political power has always tried to stamp out: "But i...

Yahweh explains how unintentional sin is dealt with, presenting the sacrifices in four categories of responsibility that you might find surprising. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links mentioned, please go to:    https://thehappyhomeschool.com/reading-leviticus-chapters-4-and-5-with-discussion/ To sign up fo...

Moses gives some nitty-gritty details of how offerings should be made if people want to approach God. Burnt offerings, meal offerings, and peace offerings are covered, with some distinct differences, many of which are prophetic. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links mentioned, please go to:    https://thehapp...

A new abundance of healing water will spring forth from this temple, bringing life to land and water. The land will be divided as private property among the people of Israel and the foreigners living among them. The city will have twelve specific gates and a new name. Read from the World English Bible. All of the Bible News Press recordings are hosted on The Happy Homeschool website. For links men...