Ceremony

The Ceremony for People Healed of Leprosy

After you think you are healed of leprosy you must ask for a priest to come outside the camp and examine you (vv. 1-3). And if you are well, he will have someone bring out two live birds that are acceptable for sacrifice, together with a stick of cedar wood, a piece of red yarn, …

The Ceremony for Ordinating Priests

Moses led out the ram for the sacrifice to please the Lord (v. 18). After Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head, Moses killed the ram and splattered its blood against the four sides of the altar (v. 19). Moses had the animal cut up, and he washed its insides and h …

The Passover is Celebrated

A large crowd gathered in Jerusalem in the second month to celebrate the Passover (v. 13). They took all the foreign incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley (v. 14). Then on the 14th day of that month, the Levites began killing the lambs for Passover as many of the worshipers …

IllustrationA Life Changing Relationship

When a man and a woman are married, there is a part in the ceremony where they each agree to take the other. After this, the minister pronounces them “husband and wife.” And from that day forward, the bride takes on a new name. God the Father spoke to Jesus, the bridegr …

IllustrationWhat do You Have to do to Become a Christian?

Many people think that in order to become a Christian we must do something. For some it means being faithful in attendance at Church. For others it may mean that you must be baptized and when you go under the water that will wash away your sin. All we need is to trust in His shed …

IllustrationA New Name

When a man and a woman are married, there is a part in the ceremony where they each agree to take the other. After this, the minister pronounces them “husband and wife.” And from that day …