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Text: Leviticus 4:1-12, 22-35
Hymn: 417, Alleluia, Song of Gladness
Kretzmann Commentary: Leviticus

Most people regard Leviticus as simply one of those old law books that nobody follows any more. As we realize the extent that the old sacrifices point to Christ and the cross, we find out more about the holiness of God and his providence for us. The commentary for this book of law is full of gospel.

Lent is coming, emphasizing the now and not yet of our salvation. It’s time to put away our alleluias for a season.

 
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Text: Exodus 12:1-28
Hymn: 421, Jesus, Grant That Balm and Healing
Kretzmann Commentary: Exodus

I’ve done 421 before, last year on Episode 9.

Exodus 12: the Passover. The meal which Christ institutes as the Lord’s Supper later on. There are all sorts of interesting notes one can make, especially in comparison to the Lord’s Supper now. This is the meal God’s people ate to avoid death. No foreigners ate of it, and no slaves could eat it unless they were circumcised (today, baptized). All of it was eaten or burned — no reliquae allowed! Later on, Christ would become the Passover Lamb, his body and blood eaten and drank for the forgiveness of sins and the salvation from God’s judgement.

 
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Text: Luke 24:13-52
Hymn: 830, Spread the Reign of God the Lord
Kretzmann Commentary: Genesis

After the show that is normally podcast on Pirate Christian Radio, there is another segment featuring a reading from The Popular Commentary of the Bible by Paul E. Kretzmann, Ph. D., D. D. I decided to include these after listening to the White Horse Inn highlight Christians who didn’t know what was in the books of their Bible. The first portion of his commentary was published in 1921. I hope you enjoy the extra, especially in books not as famous as Genesis or the four Gospels.

Luke 24 is an appropriate text to pair with the addition. Starting with Moses and the prophets, Christ taught the two men on the road to Emmaus about hHmself throughout all the Scriptures. Repentance and the forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed to the world. He was made known in the breaking of the bread, and it’s not a stretch to say the same thing happens today in the Lord’s Supper.

Of course, the hymn ties in too.

 
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Text: 2 Corinthians 4. Hymn: 398, “Hail to the Lord’s Anointed.”

2 Corinthians 4: good stuff about the ministry and waiting for the life of the world to come. “We refuse…to tamper with God’s word.” Scripture-twisters, take note.

 
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