Don't Forget the Sacrifices

Today's bible passage is Ezekiel 44:15-31.   Yesterday I had this thought that more rules were to follow, and today I discover that is correct. 

The sons of Zadok, part of the Levitical priesthood, stayed true to God.   As a result, they get to minister TO God.  In the holy part of the temple, bringing the choices bits of the sacrifices before the Lord. 

  “But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me. And they shall stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the Lord God. ¹⁶ They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.
 Ezekiel is given a list of what they are to wear (or not wear) when in the sanctuary and without, how to cut their hair, who to marry (virgins only or the widow of a priest),
  ¹⁷ When they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall wear linen garments. They shall have nothing of wool on them, while they minister at the gates of the inner court, and within. ¹⁸ They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and linen undergarments around their waists. They shall not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat. ¹⁹ And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off the garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers. And they shall put on other garments, lest they transmit holiness to the people with their garments. ²⁰ They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall surely trim the hair of their heads. ²¹ No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court. ²² They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. 
Their responsibilities are to teach the people the difference between the holy and common, the clean from the unclean, Act as judges, Keep God's laws, statutes, feasts, and keep the Sabbath holy.
 ²³ They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. ²⁴ In a dispute, they shall act as judges, and they shall judge it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and they shall keep my Sabbaths holy.
Unless it is for family, they are not to go near a dead person for fear of defilement.  For family they can be defiled but it's a seven day waiting period to become clean again. On the day of his return to duty the priest must bring a sin offering.   
  ²⁵ They shall not defile themselves by going near to a dead person. However, for father or mother, for son or daughter, for brother or unmarried sister they may defile themselves. ²⁶ After he has become clean, they shall count seven days for him. ²⁷ And on the day that he goes into the Holy Place, into the inner court, to minister in the Holy Place, he shall offer his sin offering, declares the Lord God.

Normally families have an inheritance, but those in the priesthood do not have an earthly inheritance.  God is clear.  HE is their inheritance.  They have no possessions. Their food is the sin, grain, and guilt offering. They are to be brought the first fruits.  The food they eat is all the offerings from the people.  It's how God is going to take care of them. 
²⁸ “This shall be their inheritance: I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession. ²⁹ They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. ³⁰ And the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, that a blessing may rest on your house. ³¹ The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or beast, that has died of itself or is torn by wild animals.

You know I'm amazed by this.  Really.
As a Pastor's wife I can hardly imagine being sustained on the food the people bring.   Not having to go out to the grocery store to buy my food.   And here, whole families, lived in the temple, and all their food came from what people brought in as sacrifices to the Lord.

I know we live in a different time now.  I get that.
People don't bring sacrifices to the Lord.
They bring in money.

Oh...hold on.....I suppose it's no different eh?
Pastor's continue to be sustained by the people they care for.  Instead of food coming in, it's actual money.  Money people sacrifice to give to the church. 

At least they should be. It's the model that God set up isn't it.

So when I hear of pastor's having to take second jobs just so they can support their families WHILE ministering to a full time congregation... that would be wrong.   It's not God's model for his people.

The minister SHOULD BE cared for by his flock.  Not as a job, but like one ministering to the Lord and his people.  Teaching them, showing them, making the way clear to how to obey the Lord. Taking care of your pastor and his family is not like paying someone to do a job, there should be a different emotion involved there.

And for me.. ME.. I need to remember the sacrifices people make so that I do have food on my table and a place to live.   This is important.  May I never forget this.  NEVER.

You can read more in my Ezekiel Studies here and here.

 

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Five Day Blog Hop - Things we Enjoy

Hey folks.... you know how we homeschool right?  Homeschooling presents us with all sorts of good things, and I know my thoughts on it, but the other day I asked my 11 year lad what he liked about homeschooling.

This is the list he came up with:
 
 


1. Natalie ... I know..you're wondering about this but you'll have to wait. :)

2. Get to stay Home

3. Work at my own pace.

4. No one makes me get out of bed before I want to.

5. Get to study what I want mostly.




I am not going to tell you all about this today though, I am going to ask you to visit the blog next week and find out why these things are so important to him.  :)

The Homeschool Review Crew is doing a five day blog hop and I hope you will join in the fun.     Running April 17-21.   Come visit, won't you?

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Art Book Series: Claude Monet:Sunshine and Waterlilies

The small book on Claude Monet is written as though a young person was writing a report for school, complete with what she likes and doesn't like about Monet's painting and some of the food he liked it eat.   It covers from his early years til the end of his life.

It's a rather neat little book just packed full of pictures and text about Monet.  Did you know that Monet had a temper and if he didn't like his work he'd rip it up or throw it into the river (if out in a boat mind you).

One of the nice touches I thought the comparison of Renoit and Monet doing the same scene.  Each artist had his own touch.    Both I think are great.  Two friends who often painted together. Neighbours, Friends, Rivals, both Impressionists.

I love the multitude of images and the easy read font.  I found it fascinating seeing Monet's early work and how much it changed the longer he was an artist.   

For instance this early one : La Pointe De La Heve at Low Tide
As Opposed this later one: San Giorgio Maggorie by Twilight.

Monet was well known for liking to paint the same scene at different times of the day. He loved to be outdoors painting rather than indoors doing portraits or still-life images.  It took a long time for his style of art work to be accepted, but when they did, it enabled him to build an awning to sit under when he painted, it meant he didn't need to live with friends or only eat beans for months on end.

This was a very interesting book that piqued my (and my son's) interest in Monet.

 Claude Monet: Sunshine and Waterlilies
Author: Steven Packard
Illustrator: True Kelley
Published by Grosset & Dunlop
Series: Smart about Art
32 pages





Where to find it:
Amazon.ca: Claude Monet: Sunshine and Waterlilies

Amazon.com: Claude Monet: Sunshine and Waterlilies (Smart About Art)

Here's a neat series of videos about Monet:

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Recipe: Italian Bread

So either I missed something in this recipe or I did something COMPLETELY wrong, but this didn't make the two loaves it said that it would, but rather made 12 small ones.   I will only be writing down the steps that I did as  I got rather confused by the end.  :)

Ingredients

1.5 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons salt
5 teaspoons active dry yeast (2 packages )
1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine, softened
3/4 cup All purpose flour
1 ³⁄₄ cups very warm water (120 -130 F)
3-4 cups all purpose flour
cornmeal
peanut oil or light olive oil
 1 egg
1 tbsp cold water

The Prince, Foreigners and The Priests, Rules

Today's Passage comes from Ezekiel 44:1-14.   Yesterday we saw how we could look forward to Christ and his redemptive work.

This passage starts off with God making it clear that the eastern gate is only for him.   He was the one that entered through it, and he was the only one, therefore who could use it.

But a Prince is coming who can use it.   That would make the prince equal to God eh?
 
Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east. And it was shut. ² And the Lord said to me, “This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it. Therefore it shall remain shut. ³ Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord. He shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.”

Sometimes it is hard to really understand what God is doing you know?
I read these words and I'm left with why?
I can understand why those who don't follow after God aren't allowed in his sanctuary.. I get that. One doesn't tend to let enemies into the heart of your home after all.     But God has people kill the animals for the sacrifice who had served him poorly in the past.  They weren't allowed to serve him as priest, to enter into that special place to serve HIM.  They were punished by only being allowed to serve the people.
⁴ Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple, and I looked, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple of the Lord. And I fell on my face. ⁵ And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning all the statutes of the temple of the Lord and all its laws. And mark well the entrance to the temple and all the exits from the sanctuary. ⁶ And say to the rebellious house, to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: O house of Israel, enough of all your abominations, ⁷ in admitting foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary, profaning my temple, when you offer to me my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant, in addition to all your abominations. ⁸ And you have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary.
⁹ “Thus says the Lord God: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary. ¹⁰ But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment. ¹¹ They shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple and ministering in the temple. They shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before the people, to minister to them. ¹² Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment. ¹³ They shall not come near to me, to serve me as priest, nor come near any of my holy things and the things that are most holy, but they shall bear their shame and the abominations that they have committed. ¹⁴ Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, to do all its service and all that is to be done in it.

I think my struggle comes from... why did God allow them to serve at all?   Ministering to the people gave them room to minister poorly to the people.   Why didn't God just cut them off from ministering at all?  

It requires thoughtfulness I suppose.  God tells them they will need to bear the punishment for their actions.   So serving the people is one step down from ministering to the Lord.  They must serve in this capacity knowing they will never have a chance to serve the Lord himself.   Only serve the people. 

I want to get into all the wondering you know...the useless wonderings of "I wonder if it made them resentful or if they bore their punishment well",  "I wonder if they took their resentment out on the people". Wonderings that don't really further learning from God but just fill my mind with speculation.

I just hope that the priests bore up their punishment and accepted their shame well. 

Which of course brings me to this: When you do something wrong and the Holy Spirit calls you on it, do you correct yourself?  Do you bear up well under your guilt or do you make excuses?   I know what I am prone to do....I grumble and complain and say but ... but...(excuse excuse) but eventually I admit my guilt and say "Sorry...whether it's just to the Lord or to the person that I wronged."   It just sometimes takes me a while.

Going back a bit to Verse 5:  And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning all the statutes of the temple of the Lord and all its laws. And mark well the entrance to the temple and all the exits from the sanctuary.

This verse has me thinking that God will be laying down some rules for his people that Ezekiel had best pay attention to.   More than just the rules about the uncircumcised foreigners and the priests who serve only the people.
 
 You can read more in my Ezekiel Studies here and here.

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Mmmm.. is for ... Maple Syrup

Maple syrup, oh I love maple syrup.  :)  Don't you... slathered over pancakes, drizzled into scrambled eggs, and baked into muffins.. mmm mmm good.. good good good.  Won't you join Amanda and I in blogging through the alphabet the letter M?

Did you know that Canada produces 71-80% of the world's maple syrup?   Most of that coming from Quebec. Isn't that an wonderful part of Canada?   We export to over 50 countries around the world, with the USA being one of the biggest importers.

My son use to watch Daniel Cook, so seeing this video brought back smiles:

Daniel Cook is actually learning the old way to tap trees (also the method used by home producers).  Commercial producers have moved to the using lines and gravity to move the syrup from the trees to the cookhouse.  

I learned when I went on a maple syrup tour a couple years ago that the lines come with their own problems.  Apparently a large number of wild critters..in particular squirrels.. have learned the lines contain sweet water and therefore will chew on them to lick up the sap as it comes down the line.   So the lines need to be checked regularly to make sure they aren't damaged.

 

So why is maple syrup important?

1. It tastes great.  If you've only had the fake syrup you really don't know what you are missing.

2. You can cook with it.  To substitute maple syrup for granulated sweeteners such as white sugar, use 2/3 cup of maple syrup for every 1 cup of granulated sugar, reduce the quantity of liquid ingredients in the recipe (water, milk, juice) by 1/4 cup and lower the baking temperature by 25° F. Maple syrup also serves as a one-to-one substitution for other liquid sweeteners, such as honey, molasses and corn syrup. (source).  

3. Harvesting the sap (about 7% of the tree produces) doesn't hurt the tree and there are regulations in place to protect the trees.

4. Maple sugar candies...enough said.  :)

5. Maple Syrup is good for you, "A 60 ml portion of maple syrup contains 100 percent of your recommended daily allowance of manganese, as well at 37 percent of riboflavin, 18 percent of zinc, 7 percent of magnesium, and 5 percent of calcium and potassium. Plus, the antioxidant levels are comparable to a banana or a serving of broccoli." (source)

6. Top three world-wide producers are:  (source)

• Province of Quebec, Canada:  7, 989,000 gallons harvested.
• State of Vermont, USA:  890,000 gallons harvested.
• Province of Ontario, Canada:  400,000 gallons harvested.

7. Maple syrup was first discovered by North America's indigenous peoples.  The Ojibwa talked of the "maple moon".   (source)
8. Maple syrup is graded according to colour, flavour and density.
9. "Canada’s maple syrup producing regions are located in the provinces of Quebec (primary producer), Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. There are more than 8,600 maple syrup businesses in Canada." (source) 
10. Did you know that the Homeschool Review Crew reviewed Tap My Trees?   Tap my Trees is a company that helps you successfully make your own syrup.  

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Review: John Deere That's Who

Today I have a great book for you called John Deere, That's Who.Written by Tracy Nelson Maurer we are brought into the early days of the American west.   John Deere changed farming for the better, this is his story.

 I have to tell you... I liked this book.  Watching a man at work trying to find a way to help his neighbours.  Working it out, trying different methods, until he discovered what would work. 
Great pictures provided by Tim Zeltner.  

The illustrations showed clearly the farmland and the difficulty of the work.  Carefully drawn, and in a style that made me think of days gone past.

The text was clearly written, with good information.   I enjoyed the meaty text, I learned how so many men left their families at home while they went out west to get a good start before sending for their families to join them.  John Deere was one of these men going out west to make a new start.  I learned about the need that was presented to him... farmers working hard in a gummy soil where the old plows didn't work well in.  The farmers wanting to leave because the work was too difficult, Mr. Deere couldn't afford to have his customers leave so determined to find a new way when he couldn't afford to ship out what he needed. So he recycled other materials to make what was needed.    Making plows, giving them away, so farmers could test them and discover how much better they were.  His plows were so good he was debt free in five years.

 John Deere That's Who
Author: Tracy Nelson Maurer
Illustrator: Tim Zeltner
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 40
Style: Children's Picture Book
Ages: 4-8 years old
Reviewed for: Raincoast Books




Where can you find it?
 Amazon.ca: John Deere, Thats Who

 Amazon.com: John Deere, Thats Who

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We see the Altar, we Look Forward to Christ

As we come to this next section on Ezekiel 43:13-27, Ezekiel is coming before the altar. 

Like everything else, it is measured. As you can see, it is not small...the hearth being 12 cubits square.  

¹³ “These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar: ¹⁴ from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; ¹⁵ and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns. ¹⁶ The altar hearth shall be square, twelve cubits long by twelve broad. ¹⁷ The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit all around. The steps of the altar shall face east.”

The Priests who minister at the altar will be the family of Zadok.   They need to, for seven days, make sacrifices on the altar to make atonement for needing the altar, as well as to cleanse and consecrate it.   When those seven days are over, it can be used for the sacrifices of the people. 
¹⁸ And he said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord God: These are the ordinances for the altar: On the day when it is erected for offering burnt offerings upon it and for throwing blood against it, ¹⁹ you shall give to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, declares the Lord God, a bull from the herd for a sin offering. ²⁰ And you shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon the rim all around. Thus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it. ^.......26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it. ²⁷ And when they have completed these days, then from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, and I will accept you, declares the Lord God.”

I have to admit, I would find this difficult.   I know I am not alone in this, I have read reports of how people found it difficult to need to sacrifice the best of their herd.   How tempting it was to hold that animal back and send the next best.   

But it's what God demanded eh?   That giving up of our best to atone for the sin that we do.  It's points us forward to God giving up his best for us. 

That's what all the sacrifices do...they point forward to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus.   Just like the lamb did, or the bull, or the doves, or the grain did.   Through no fault of their own, they died for the sin of their people.   Jesus died for the sin of EVERYONE.  Not just one family or group of people ....for every single person ever born.

As the Son of God he was the only one in the position to do so.

  
Just as people needed to trust that the lamb, goat, bull etc... would take away their sin, we need to the same with Christ.   We need to trust that Jesus will take away our sin.  It's starts with us seeing how wrong our sin is and our need for something beyond ourselves to deal with it.

Gods work on our behalf... always.


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Review: Compuscholar, Inc.

In this day and age of technology at our fingertips, solid computer skills are an essential part of learning, and the new Digital Savvy course from CompuScholar, Inc. provides excellent instruction in fundamental computing topics.

My son has been using the computer for quite some time now, but there is so much that he doesn't understand about them, so when the chance came up for him to learn more about them, I totally jumped on it.  :)   Digital Savvy is teaching him so much about computers, it's neat to see his understanding deepen.

How does this online program work?
After you log into this online computer skills class you come to the main screen which outlines what the student will be learning.   The main title is clickable and will lead you to the lessons for the week.

 Twenty five lessons plus supplemental lessons.  Each lesson is clearly delineated with options for doing video and/or a written lesson, along with a quiz.  Five lesson in one week. Making it easy to complete one chapter per week, the lessons are short enough you can do two or more a day, along with the application part and the weekly test. 

Twenty three chapters of lessons, along with one mid-term project and one final project.

• Fundamentals of Computer Hardware
• Fundamentals of Computer Software
• Operating Systems
• Computer Files
• Computer Maintenance and troubleshooting
• Computer Networks
• Search Engines
• Computer Security
• Word processing
• Spreadsheet programs
• Presentation programs
• Database technology
• Project management and teamwork
• Digital Images
• Internet Communications
• Social Media
• More Social Media
• Creating Web Pages
• Web Links, Images and Animation
• Programming Concepts
• Digital Logic
• Careers and Professional Skills

One of the things I like is that the lessons aren't all just learn this, learn that, here's a test.   At the end of the week that have a practical component to help bring all the parts of the lesson together.  It helps cement the weeks lessons.

The quiz and tests are handled the same way, with multiple choice questions.
They clear show if you have the answer correct or not.

Marking is a breeze, the program doing it all for you, with the exception of the practical component (which encourages parental involvement eh?)  :)   Checking them over means I can say to the lad... that lesson 3...I think redoing that one might be a good idea eh?   (and have a sheepish boy go ...I didn't like that one, but okay).

So far this computer science course is proving to be helpful to my lad, giving him a way to use computer language as he talks with his dad (who knows so much about computers it makes my head spin).  :)  It is so great to find a program that will continue the connection between a dad and his lad, and if my son has any questions he can turn to his dad for advice, I do have to admit though, he hasn't needed much help at this point (beyond how to do the practical application and the one lesson redo).

Marking projects is easy to do.  You simply go into your account as teacher, and mark the project using a rubric.

 You will find in the teachers area that there are all sorts of helps, professional development courses.   If you look under common administrative features it will bring up videos on  Grading students project, Using the Gradebook, Adding sibling accounts and more.



My Thoughts:
Other than when my lad complains about needing to read the student text (because he missed something in the test and needs to correct it) I don't hear a lot of "Do I have to do this?"   I have a lad eager to complete the material and who talks about what he is learning.  That to me is a sign of elective that is enjoyed.   It's been a great way for him to do some computer learning.   We'll be finishing this course.

He has commented that he would like the chapter lessons to note which lessons he has completed.  He wishes the check marks would change colour when that days lesson is completed.

My son's comments:
"I like that they have video lessons.  The lessons are interesting and relatively fast to do.  I try to not have to read the student text book though."

Product: Digital Savvy
Vendor: CompuScholar, Inc. (formerly Homeschool Programming)
Ages: Grades 6-12
Type: On-line Product

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Digital Savvy 
Web Design
Java Programming

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