Fr. Mike encourages us to look at how we can increase our generosity to God and neighbor, inspired by the sacrificial offerings of Israel. Our readings for today are Exodus 37-38, Leviticus 26, and Psalm 82. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
Using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 50. Congratulations. Another mile marker. I think every day, every day we take a step forward. It is a great day because it means everything.
Okay, Lord, man, in the midst of my unfaithfulness, in the midst of my being fickle, maybe I stopped, maybe I fell off the wagon, but I'm back. This is day 50, and it is an accomplishment because we are two days away, this day and tomorrow, from being at the end of Exodus and the end of Leviticus and launching into the next period, which is desert wanderings.
Congratulations, especially if you've ever, ever experienced that discouragement over, gosh, I've been trying to read the Bible, but I always... I always just seem to fail. Here you are today. Here you are today in the midst of whatever other places you've stumbled in the midst of whatever other places in your life right now, you may have, may have tripped, may have fallen today.
You are opening your heart and your mind to God's word. And I am so proud of you. We're reading today on day 50 from Exodus chapter 37 and 38. We're also reading from Leviticus chapter 26, and we'll be praying today from Psalm 82. The Bible translation I'm using is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition, and I'm using the Red Adventure Bible from Ascension.
If you want to be able to follow along, you can download your own Bible in a Year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. You can also subscribe to this podcast. If you haven't yet, please do that. But here we are, once again, reading from Exodus chapter 37 and 38. What we've heard about is we have, obviously, Bezalel, right, and Aholiab.
They're the people, the two men who are the skilled workers who We're going to be looking at more of the making of the Ark of the Covenant and the table, the lampstand. Remember that lampstand is the menorah. So if you're kind of wondering, wait, what can I picture in my head?
Picture that as well as the, I guess we call them the articles of furniture, for lack of a better term, that are in the holy place and the holy of holies. And so what we know about the tabernacle or we know about the temple later on is that there was the holy place. And in the holy place, there were three objects or three pieces of furniture, for lack of a better phrase.
There was the menorah, right? The gold lamp stand. There was the altar of incense that needs to be offered up on this altar. And thirdly, there was the bread of the presence. And so the table of the bread of the presence past that veil was the Holy of Holies. And in that Holy of Holies was the Ark of the Covenant.
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