January 6 / Leviticus 9-10

Leviticus 9-10 Dear RTB’ers, Question: What was Aaron’s first offering at the start of his ministry? Answer: A sin and burnt offering for himself and his sons, then sin, burnt, peace and grain offerings for the people. On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, and he said …

January 5 / Leviticus 8

Leviticus 8 Dear RTB’ers, OK, the plan for 2025 is that I will focus on STS much more than I did in 2024, effectively answering the first question in my daily comments. So far I’ve done that, but I haven’t seen much from you all as to your replies for the second question… Anyone? So, …

January 4 / Leviticus 6:8-7:38

Leviticus 6:8-7:38 Dear RTB’ers, The question: “Neither the sacrifice nor the fire was to fail. What lessons…?” The Lord must have felt strongly about this demand; He mentioned it three times! (Lev. 6:9,12,13) When we first moved to Kentucky we lived in a large house with a heat pump (COLD pump!) and a wood-burning fireplace …

January 3 / Leviticus 4:1-6:7

Leviticus 4:1-6:7 Dear RTB’ers, In the sin and guilt offerings, there is sin involved, both unintentional as in the sin offering and intentional as in the guilt offering. That’s the main difference between those two and the burnt, grain, and peace offerings from the first three chapters. Forgiveness is the divine provision that we have …

January 2 / Leviticus 2-3

Leviticus 2-3 Dear RTB’ers, STS question #1, “Consider how [the cereal] offering is fulfilled in Christ.” This grain offering was of the finest ingredients – fine flour, with oil and frankincense added, but no leaven or honey. Flour and oil and frankincense make a sweet smell when burned. Yeast is used as a metaphor for …

January 2025 Readings

Date Readings Verses 01-Jan Leviticus 1 17 02-Jan Leviticus 2-3 33 03-Jan Leviticus 4:1-6:7 61 04-Jan Leviticus 6:8-7:38 61 05-Jan Leviticus 8 36 06-Jan Leviticus 9-10 44 07-Jan Leviticus 11 47 08-Jan Leviticus 12:1-13:46 54 09-Jan Leviticus 13:47-14:32 45 10-Jan Leviticus 14:33-15:33 58 11-Jan Leviticus 16 34 12-Jan Leviticus 17 16 13-Jan Leviticus 18 30 …

December 31 / Reflections

Reflections Dear RTB’ers, No scheduled reading today. Evidently STS is set for 365 days and February 29 this year claimed one of those days. So today we reflect on 2024. Thus far we’ve read one Gospel (Luke); Acts; nine epistles (I and II Thessalonians, Galatians, Romans, I and II Corinthians, I and II Timothy, and …

December 30 / II Timothy 4

II Timothy 4 Dear RTB’ers, Paul was writing some 2000 years ago, but his words sound like they were written directly for today: For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions… (v. 3) [NOTE: The NASB …

December 29 / II Timothy 3

II Timothy 3 Dear RTB’ers, My first-ever RTB group was in 1994 at St. James Episcopal Church in Mt. Airy, Maryland. Like this year we used Search the Scriptures as our study book – except that we did three days at a time instead of one and finished the Bible in one year. And, like …