Exodus 35-40; Leviticus 1; 4; 16; 19 Part 2 • Dr. Avram Shannon • April 27 - May 3 • Come, Follow Me
4/22/20261 hr 2 min
Dr. Avram Shannon continues to unlock the divine logic behind Israel's sacrificial system and the Day of Atonement, dismantling the myth of the angry Old Testament God and revealing why Leviticus was the book Jesus read and why it is the surprising heartbeat of covenant life today.
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TIMECODE:
00:00 - Part 2 - Dr. Avram Shannon
00:07 The sacrificial system
03:20 Why does sacrifice create holiness?
06:19 What was the Tabernacle made of?
17:17 Ritual purity laws: Matter out of place
21:22 The Day of Atonement and Five Offerings
28:58 Nadab and Abihu–No one is shielded from consequences
38:50 Leprosy, skin disease, and purity laws
42:17 The Holiness Code: Instructions for becoming like God
46:16 Love thy neighbor: The Law Jesus read
49:44 The myth of the angry Old Testament God
57:29 Covenants and relationships, not transactions
57:45 Dr. Shannon’s forthcoming book of the Law of Moses in The Book of Mormon
1:04:45 End of Part 2 - Dr. Avram Shannon
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First 90 secondsHank Smith· Host0:01
Welcome to part two with Dr. Shannon, Exodus and Leviticus.
Avram Shannon· Guest0:04
One of the hardest things for us as Latter-day Saints, and I think it's a problem with part of Christianity anyway, to see and do is recognize the sacrificial system is a complete religious system. It brought them closer to Jehovah. They don't just say, now I know who Jesus is, I have to do something with these sacrifices. The sacrifices are how they met with God. Back to the sacrament for a second. We think about Jesus, we remember Jesus. The bishop stands up there and says, okay, now for 15 minutes, we're going to think about Jesus. Remember what he did for us. You sit there and you think, no, the priest kneels down, breaks bread, blesses bread, we eat it. There's more than just a mental thing happening with sacrifices. We talk about how they all point to the Savior. They absolutely do, but they don't necessarily all point to the mortal ministry and the resurrection, if that makes sense. I.e. remembering what President Oaks and President Nelson both repeatedly taught, Jehovah is the God of the Old Testament. And the purpose of sacrifices was to reconcile Israel with Jehovah. It was to make that relationship right. There's a whole burnt offering that we read in one. There's a trespass