Leviticus 21 - Praying God's Word

Please read Leviticus 21.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/lev/21/1/s_111001

Meditate on verse 12.

Nor shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God,

 for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD.

The priests were anointed and consecrated (set apart) by God to work in His sanctuary, presenting offerings on behalf of the people. Such a high calling required stringent rules for maintaining purity and holiness among those who served in God’s presence.

As a Christian, the LORD consecrated you to be a priest, but you are also a sanctuary.

He (Jesus) has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father…

—Revelation 1:6a

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you,

whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 

For you have been bought with a price; therefore, glorify God in your body.

—1 Corinthians 6:19-20

The life of Jesus paid for you to be both God’s priest and His sanctuary, housing His glory. How precious you are to be bought with the blood of the One of eternal value! Let Christ’s holiness and purity be evident by the way you glorify God in your body.

Pray Leviticus 21:12 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, do not let _________ and me go out

 from Your sanctuary (Your presence)

 nor profane Your sanctuary (our bodies),

 for the consecration of Your anointing oil is on us. 

You are the LORD, and

 You bought us with Your life, LORD Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell

Leviticus 20 - Praying God's Word

Please read Leviticus 20.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/lev/20/1/s_110001

Meditate on verse 26.

Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy;

and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.

Leviticus gives a vivid picture of God’s heart and mind. He abhors child sacrifice, sexual immorality, disrespect of parents ... God hates sin ... but He loves people. He loves people so much that He created a sacrificial system to remove sin, making it possible for people to belong to Him.

Christ’s death on the cross was the culmination of sacrifices for sin. His death forever satisfied the need for sacrifice. Jesus, as payment for your sins, was so costly and so complete that your faith in Him sets you apart to belong to God forever. As you grow in that eternal relationship, you will want to do things that please the LORD. Pleasing Him is so wonderful you will find you no longer desire things which He abhors.

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus

have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

—Galatians 5:24

Heed God’s words and warnings from Leviticus 20 and pray verses 7-8, 23, and 25-26 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, consecrate _______ and me. 

Make us holy, for You are the LORD our God.

Help us keep Your statutes and practice them.

Sanctify us, LORD!

May we not follow the customs of our nation, which You abhor. 

Let us make a distinction between the clean and the unclean. 

LORD, make us holy because You are holy,

and You have set us apart to be Yours.

Because of You, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell

Leviticus 19 - Praying God's Word

Please read Leviticus 19.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/lev/19/1/s_109001

Notice the repeated phrase: I am the LORD your God.

Meditate on verse 2b.

You shall be holy,

 for I the LORD your God am holy.

If God is your LORD, you will be holy (sacred and set apart) because He is holy. Leviticus 19 contains behaviors exemplifying those who are set apart to God.

Examine your life. Do your attitudes, words, and actions give evidence that you belong to God, that He is the LORD over your life? As you read the commands in Leviticus 19, do any of them bring conviction to your heart?

·      Reverence your mother and father (v. 3). 

·      Do not deal falsely (v. 11). 

·      Do not show partiality (v. 15). 

·      Do not hate your fellow countryman (v. 17). 

Submit to Him any area where you falter. Rejoice! You can be holy because the LORD Jesus who lives inside of you is holy. Ask Him to give you His attitudes, words, and actions.

Pray Leviticus 19:2, 32b, and 37 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, make ________ and me holy,

for You, LORD our God, are holy.

Help us revere You; You are the LORD.

Help us observe all Your statutes

and all Your ordinances and do them.

Because You are the LORD, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell

Leviticus 18 - Praying God's Word

Please read Leviticus 18.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/lev/18/1/s_108001

Meditate on verses 2b and 4.

I am the LORD your God.

You are to perform My judgments

 and keep My statutes to live in accord with them;

 I am the LORD your God.

The Israelites spent over 400 years living among the Egyptians who engaged in activities abominable to the LORD. Now they were entering another land full of perverse people with laws condoning lewd and impure behaviors. God commanded His people not to walk in the statutes of the Egyptians and the Canaanites; God’s people were to obey His rules (vs. 3-4). He even gave laws for maintaining sexual purity.

Here is the LORD’s list of those you are never to have intercourse with:

·      Any blood relative (v. 6)

·      Father or mother (v. 7)

·      Stepmother (v. 8)

·      Sister, stepsister, half-sister (vs. 9, 11)

·      Aunt (vs. 12-14)

·      Uncle (v. 14)

·      Daughter-in-law (v. 15)

·      Sister-in-law (vs. 16, 18)

·      Grandchildren (vs. 10, 17)

·      Neighbor’s wife (v. 20)

·      Anyone the same sex as you (v. 22)

·      Any animal (v. 23)

Hear and heed the Word of the LORD.  Nations’ laws do not change God’s Laws.   Stand firm on His Truth.

Pray Leviticus 18:30 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, help _______ and me to keep Your charge,

that we do not practice any of the abominable customs

 which are practiced before us, so as to defile ourselves with them.

Because You are the LORD our God, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell

Leviticus 17 - Praying God's Word

Please read Leviticus 17.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/lev/17/1/s_107001

Meditate on verse 11, pronouncing atonement as three separate words: at-one-ment.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood,

 and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls;

 for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.

An animal’s blood represented its life.  That lifeblood was poured on the altar of sacrifice as a covering for sins to make atonement for the people, so they could experience at-one-ment with God. 

Understanding Leviticus 17:11 brings richer understanding to Jesus’s words.

He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life. 

 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and I in him.

The glory which You have given Me I have given them, that they may be one,

 just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity…

—John 6:54a, 56; 17:22-23a

When you are in Christ, His blood covers you. You spiritually drink His lifeblood, making Jesus’ life your life. You become one with Him.

Pray Leviticus 17:11 and 14 in thanksgiving for the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ given for you.

“LORD, the life of the flesh is in the blood. 

Thank You for giving Yourself on the altar to make atonement for my soul;

for it is Your blood by reason of Your life that makes atonement.

 LORD, You prohibited eating the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood.  Thank You that this prohibition was to protect the one time I would eat the blood of Your flesh on the Day of Atonement when I became one with You, Jesus.”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell

Leviticus 16 - Praying God's Word

Please read Leviticus 16.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/lev/16/1/s_106001

Notice the repeated phrase “make atonement.”

Meditate on verse 30.

For it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you;

you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

The Day of Atonement was the day, every year, when blood sacrifices were made to cleanse the people from all their sins. Atonement simply means “at-one-ment.”1  The LORD wanted to be one with His people, but He could not be in the presence of sin. Leviticus 16 gives God’s requirements to be “at one” with Him. The blood from the sin offerings covered sinful impurities, and a scapegoat was sent into the wilderness, symbolically bearing the sins of the people.

God’s requirements to be at one with Him have not changed. Blood still must cover your sins, and you need a scapegoat. Jesus Christ is your sin offering and your scapegoat. The day Jesus became your Savior is your Day of Atonement. He is the only blood sacrifice that makes atonement for your sins, allowing you to be at one with God (Romans 3:23-25). He is the scapegoat bearing all your sins, taking them away, so you can live at one with Him in righteousness (1 Peter 2:24).

Pray Leviticus 16:30-31 in thanksgiving for your Day of Atonement and for those who need a Day of Atonement. 

“LORD, thank You for the day You made atonement to cleanse me. 

Thank You that I am clean from all my sins before You. 

Thank You for the solemn rest that comes from You. 

Keep my soul humble before You.

LORD, please let _________ desire their Day of Atonement with You.

Because of Your blood, Jesus~”

1. Easton’s Bible Dictionary.

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell

Leviticus 15 - Praying God's Word

Please read Leviticus 15.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/lev/15/1/s_105001

Meditate on verse 25.

Now if a woman has a discharge (an issue) of her blood many days, …she is unclean.

A discharge or an issue coming from a person’s body made him/her unclean. Their issue made everything they touched unclean.

Knowing Leviticus 15 makes this story from Mark 5:25-34 even more marvelous.

A woman who had a hemorrhage (an issue of blood) for twelve years came up in the crowd behind Him (Jesus), touched His cloak, and the flow of her blood dried up. Immediately Jesus turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My garments?” The woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. He responded, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be healed of your affliction.”

This unclean woman touched Jesus in the middle of a large crowd. No wonder she feared and trembled! It was against the law for her even to be there. She was unclean—she risked contaminating hundreds of people hoping to touch Jesus and be healed. The moment she touched her gracious Savior, He healed her issue and gave her peace.

What issues are discharging in your life? Issues like anger, pornography, jealousy, lying ... can pour forth in your life, bringing uncleanness to you and those around you. Touch Jesus. Tell Him the whole truth; He wants to heal your afflictions and give you peace.

Pray Leviticus 15:2 (using the King James translation) as a prayer of confession.

“LORD, I am unclean in this issue of ___________.

My flesh runs with this issue.

LORD, stop this issue in my flesh!

Because You can make me clean, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell