Kids Say the Dardest Things

Kids say the darndest things. Just the other day, my granddaughter Rachel, as she steps into the 92F pool water, declared, “It’s tdold!” (her way of saying ‘cold’). I thought that was one of the darndest things I ever heard, until I stepped into the pool. You know, she was right. When the the air temperature is 100F and you step into a 92F pool, it feels cold! You can hear some more of the darndest things here:  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kids+say+the+darndest+things

Teens sometimes say the darndest things. I remember when my oldest daughter was, maybe 17 or 18, asking this question at the dinner table: “Did you know that they give [traffic] tickets for doing 65 in a 50 mile per hour zone?”... “Uhhhh, yes, I knew that…”

Preachers sometimes say the darndest things. When I think of the the darndest things I have ever heard, some came from kids, some from teens, but many came from the the guy in the pulpit.

I remember debating, I mean, discussing this with someone. He said that since the guy in the pulpit, the “priest” in his case, is learned, that the congregation shouldn’t question anything he says. So, he could say the darndest things and go unchallenged? And at what point during his study and training did he become...infallible? That reminds me of one of the darndest things I ever heard from a guy in the pulpit. He said: NEVER question what the guy in the pulpit says. I guess that in his mind (and his mind only) he had reached that infallible state. May I make a recommendation here? Question everything.

Recently I heard a preacher ask (something to this effect, may not be an exact quote): Jesus died for you, would you die for someone? My answer, that I did not verbalize: “Of course not!”.

I really don’t know why he asked. When I think of my death, I don’t think it will accomplish very much and won’t benefit anyone much. It may have some affect on some people, close family, depending on who survives me, but overall, it will not accomplish much. When I think of Jesus’s death, I think of all that was accomplished at the cross and how it has affected so many over the course of centuries...mind blown!

Preachers sometimes say the darndest things while dressed in the darndest outfits. Look at what some of them wear to make themselves stand out: robes of many colors, or special collars or collarless shirts.  The priests of ancient Israel stood out because while they were in service, wore clothing that was different from the common folk. The high priest, stood out from the lower priest because he wore something different. The high priest and lower priest were easily identified because of their priestly garb. The first time the priests were dressed in their special garb was during their eight day consecration.

Instructions for the consecration of Aaron (the first high priest) and his sons (the first lower priests) begins in Leviticus chapter 8. According to this chapter, Moses was to take Aaron and his four sons and while everyone was  assemble at doorway of the tabernacle, wash them with water. Then Moses was to clothe Aaron. After that Moses was to anoint the tabernacle with oil then pour oil, pour as if without measure, on Aaron. After the anointing, Moses was to slaughter a ram and apply the ram’s blood to Aaron.  Then the blood was applied to Aaron’s sons. The blood was then sprinkled around the altar of burnt offering then Aaron’s sons were anointed by sprinkling of oil.  Notice the order of events. Aaron was anointed, then an animal was slaughtered and the blood applied. The blood was applied to his sons and then the sons are anointed by oil by sprinkling.

That priesthood is dead. Maybe ‘dead’ is the wrong word. That Aaronic priesthood is no longer, it has been superseded by a better one. Aaron, the one and only high priest, typifies Jesus, who is currently serving as our one and only high priest. Aaron’s sons typify true believers. The anointing oil typifies the Holy Spirit and the blood typifies, well, blood.

Like Aaron, Jesus was anointed before His blood was shed. Jesus was anointed by the pouring out of the Spirit. Acts 10:38 seems to say that this happened at His baptism by John. But it may have been before His incarnation since He is called the anointed one at birth (Luke 2:11).  He was also anointed by oil by a woman (Mark 14:3-9). It was after His anointing that His blood was shed. It was only after His blood was shed could it be applied.

We become believers because of the shed blood. Like the lower priests, the blood had to be shed first. When we believe, the blood is applied. When we believe, we are anointed (in-dwelt) with the Holy Spirit. Perhaps, like the lower priests, we are anointed by sprinkling because if it was poured out without measure, we might stumble and fall under the sheer weight of it.

We have Jesus Christ (the anointed one). Jesus, who shed His blood for us, whose blood has been applied to us, who has inserted Himself between us and God, serving as our one and only high priest. Who needs someone dressed in the darndest clothes saying the darndest things?

Down at the cross where my Savior died,

Down where for cleansing from sin I cried,

There to my heart was the blood applied;

Glory to His Name!     -- John H. Stockton

Go. And glorify His name...

On the Eighth Day, God...

One of the ten commandments was to keep the Sabbath.  The commandment was given once to the Israelites of the exodus and once to their grown children some 37 years later.  To the earlier group, the reason for keeping the Sabbath, was because God rested from His work of creation on the seventh day (Exo. 20:11).  The reason given to the later group was that it serves as a reminder that they were slaves in Egypt and that Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence with a powerful hand and with a stretched-out arm (Deut 5:15).  Certain groups of believers today think that believers should observe the Sabbath today.  I, personally do not because:

• The Sabbath was a type (Col 2:16)
• The antitype to the Sabbath is the Christ (Col 2:17, Heb. 3-4)
• The commandment to keep the Sabbath was to Israel (Deut 5:15)
• The commandment to keep the Sabbath is the only one of the ten commandments that is not repeated in the New Testament

Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week (Mark 16:9). After Jesus ascended into Heaven, the disciples met on the first day of the week to break bread (Acts 20:7).   The first day of the week is also the eighth day of the previous week.

On the eighth day of the first week, God went back to work.  Creation took the first six days, on the 7th God rested. As best I can tell, this is the only record of God resting, so on the eighth day, He must have returned to work.

On the eighth day, God commanded that baby boys be circumcised and their moms were no longer  ‘unclean’ (Lev 12:1).

On the eighth day, God commanded that the cleansed leper offer a series of sacrifices (Lev 14:8-10).

On the eighth day, God commanded that the first born (both animal and people) be present to Him (Exd 22:29-30).

So, it looks like the eighth day was a day of resurrection, regeneration and restoration.

On the eighth day, God killed Nadab and Abihu.

After Aaron and his sons were selected to be priests, God prescribed an eight day consecration before they could actually serve as priests.  This was a preparation time.  The eight days went something like this:

On the first day, with a crowd gathered, Aaron approached the newly constructed tabernacle with a series of offerings and bread.  Moses bathes Aaron and his four sons then dressed Aaron in his high priestly garments for the very first time. Moses then anointed and hallowed the the tabernacle and everything in it, anointed Aaron and then dressed Aaron’s sons.  A sin offering was offered then an offering of consecration offered. A series of rituals was performed and they were commanded to dwell in the tabernacle for seven days (Lev. 8).   

On the eighth day, a series of offerings were offered for the atonement of the sins of the priests.  Each of the offerings were burned on the altar.  The offerings were burning as the burning of incense. Once the offerings were all smoldering on the altar, there went out fire from before Jehovah, and consumed on the altar the burnt-offering, and the pieces of fat; and all the people saw it, and they shouted, and fell on their face (Lev. 9:24). Offering accepted.

By this point of the eighth day, the separated priestly family was cleansed, and sins atoned for.  Aaron’s two oldest sons took their censers and offered strange fire...and fire went out from Jehovah and consumed them. I don’t know about you, but to me, the punishment does not seem to fit the offense.

Most commentators and folks that post sermons on sermonaudio.com just say the flame of God slain them just because they did something that God did not command.  There has to be more because later that day, Aaron’s two surviving sons disobeyed God, and lived.

The two younger sons had to keep the eighth day going.  The show must go on!  The 2 younger sons got so wrapped up in the events of the day, that they inadvertently left the priest’s portion of the sacrifices on the altar fire a little too long.  Their portion burnt to a crisp and there was nothing for the them to eat.

On the eighth day, all four sons of Aaron sinned, two were saved and two were lost.  Reminds me of the thieves on the crosses with Jesus, one was saved the other lost  .  Which also reminds me of the cupbearer and the baker, one saved the other lost.  So why was one sin deserving of instant incineration and the other not?  Lets look at the two:

The sin of Nadab and Abihu was intentional, the sin of Eleazar and Ithamar was not.  But more important, the sin of Nadab and Abihu ruined the type.  Every offering ever offered (including those offered on the eighth day) represents the death of Jesus on the cross.  The offering represents Jesus, the fact that it was burned by God represents God’s acceptance of the offering, just like God was satisfied with the sacrifice of Jesus.  

With the death of Jesus, the work is complete.  There is nothing more that can be done.  Redemption is done. The price paid. There is nothing we can add to the work.  Offering strange fire is adding works to the work of Jesus.

Eating the priest portion of the offering, on the other hand represents fellowship.  The priest shared fellowship between them, the High Priest and God.  We, believers today, are priests and share fellowship with our High Priest (Jesus) and God the Father.  Is fellowship a requirement for redemption? Fellowship between believers, between a believer and Jesus and between a believer and God the Father is optional, it not a requirement of salvation.  Look at it this way, you can be saved and not have fellowship, but you cannot be saved without the death of Jesus.  The death of Jesus was necessary and there is nothing you or I can do to what Jesus has done.  His sacrificial offering satisfies the Father...nothing can be added.

So, what about you?  Is Jesus’s death on the cross enough for you?  It is enough for God...

I need no other argument,
I need no other plea,
It is enough that Jesus died,
And that He died for me. - Eli­za E. Hew­itt

Happy Campers

murmured: past participle, past tense of mur·mur.  murmur: (Verb), Say something in a low, soft, or indistinct voice.

And it came to pass that when the people murmured, it was evil in the ears of Jehovah; and Jehovah heard it, and his anger was kindled, and the fire of Jehovah burned among them, and consumed [some] in the extremity of the camp. Numbers 11:1

These were not happy campers.  These were chronic complainers.  They were unhappy, ungrateful, and unappreciative. These were the redeemed of Israel that hung out out with others of their ilk in the extremities of the camp, afar off, far away from the tabernacle, the worship center.  If one would walk by or come close, I’m sure they would keep on complaining, just their volume would get lower.  People are no different today.  I’m sure you know some who are unhappy chronic complainers.  Hey, what are you looking at me for?

If the unhappy campers were the thankless chronic complainers, who were the happy campers?
The thankful -- and there was an offering for that!  The peace offering was offered for thanksgiving.  

Let’s see what we already know about the peace offering: it was sweet smelling, voluntary, provided an atonement for sins and included blood shed.  Even though the primary purpose of the peace offering was not food, everyone got a piece of this offering: God got the best parts (of  the sacrificed animal), the priests got the flame-broiled right shoulder (or thigh) and the breast meat, and the offerer to bring home the rest.  He was to share the remainder of the barbecued animal with friends and family for a day or two (anything left on the third day were to be incinerated).  It was a means of fellowship.  Some English translations even call it the fellowship offering.

Since happy campers were thankful, they must have offered peace offerings frequently.  They probably hung out closer to the entrance of the tabernacle than the murmurers. They had to draw nigh to the tabernacle to make the sacrifice (remember, an offering that requires blood shed).   Those murmurers were probably a couple miles from the tabernacle. Who knows, maybe that’s one of the things that they complained about.  If they made an offering, they would have to travel a couple miles with a prize animal, to what? Give it away? They could have been more thankful and complained less.  Come to think of it, I could be more thankful and complain less.

So, the happy campers drew nigh and the unhappy campers remained afar off.  

Let’s see what Paul says (emphasis added):

...but now in Christ Jesus *ye* who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ. For *he* is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure, having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace; and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity; and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who [were] afar off, and [the glad tidings of] peace to those [who were] nigh. For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father. So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the  household of God, being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone, in whom all [the] building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord; n whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in [the] Spirit. --Eph. 2:13-22

The tabernacle was a type of Christ.  Today, you can tell who among the redeemed are close to Christ.  They have become nigh by the blood of the Christ, and offer [the] sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, [the] fruit of [the] lips confessing his name. - Heb. 13:15

What about us? Maybe we start our day close to our Lord Jesus the Christ, this is good.  Maybe we end the day close to Jesus, and this is good.  But where do we spend the rest of the day?  Close to Jesus? or murmuring with others of our ilk afar off,  far away from Jesus, who ought to be continually the center of our worship?

Come close to the Savior, O why dost thou linger?
He knoweth thy heart oppressed.
His promise believing, His message receiving,
O come unto Him and rest. - F. Crosby

Shirts or Skins?

For an impromptu game of half-court basketball or tag football, this was probably the easiest way to tell teams apart, without uniforms. Looking pass the ball? You can easily tell who is on your team and who is not.

In my brother’s autobiography (of sorts), Reflections of an American Idiot, he talk about trying be more accepting of his peers when in college by wearing fashionable clothing. My sister would tailor shirts for him to wear and he started to be a GQ kind of guy. Clothes made the man, for a while, anyway. The older I get, the more I realize that clothing really does not make the man. The older I get, the more I like to tell stories. Problem is, the older I get the more I forget. So I wind up tell the same story, over and over again, to the same people.

Up until the time that Moses penned the Pentateuch, the primary way to tell history was through oral tradition. Fathers told their children stories orally. In the case of Adam, who lived 930 years, he probably told his story a hundred thousand times. He told the story about the garden, how he met with God, how sin changed their relationship, how he ‘discovered’ his nakedness and made his own clothing from fig leaves. And when Moses wrote these words: And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them... (Gen. 3:21), the story was probably well known amongst the Israelites that have heard and told the story over and over.

We are not told in the text, but I believe that God performed the slaughter by blood shed. I also believe that Adam and Eve watched the slaughter of an innocent animal dying for their sin. I also believe that the entire animal, sans skins, were consumed by fire. Then the skins were provided to the man (and his wife) as a covering.

And [as to] the priest that presenteth any man's burnt-offering, the skin of the burnt-offering which he hath presented shall be the priest's for himself. Lev. 7:8

The priests got to keep the skins of the burnt offerings. I think that it was a vivid reminder to Aaron and his sons, of that story that they had heard, about how the skin was provided by God to man as a covering.

The requirements for the animal to be offered as a burnt offering is given in Leviticus chapter 1. It was the one and only voluntary offering. The animal offered was to be examined from the outside in. It had to be without blemish. The animal in its entirety, sans skins, was to be consumed by fire on the altar of burnt offerings. Skins were provided to the priests. When the priest clothed himself with the skins of the burnt offerings (i.e., when he was not on duty), it was a spotless garment.

How are we to be clothed? Paul tells us: But put on the Lord Jesus Christ (like a garment), and do not take forethought for the flesh to [fulfil its] lusts. Romans 13:14. And: For ye, as many as have been baptised unto Christ, have put on Christ (here again, like a garment). There is no Jew nor Greek; there is no bondman nor freeman; there is no male and female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus: Gal 3:27-8

Well, what about you? Shirts or skins? Are you dressing in fashionable shirts, trying to gain the acceptance of fellow man? Or, are you clothed with skins? The skins of the ultimate burnt offering: Christ, who was examined from the outside in and found to be spotless (1 John 1:1-3), yet voluntarily died to pay the price for the guilty sinner (like me, like you)?

Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy. Ps. 132:9

Worth His (or Her) Weight in Gold

Are you worth it? Are you worth your weight in gold? As I write this, pure gold is $1189 per Troy ounce. There are 12 Troy ounces in a Troy pound. And there are 0.822853347 US pounds (also known as the avoirdupois weight system) in a Troy pound. I’ll save you the math. If my math is correct, one hundred US pounds of pure gold is worth a bit over $1.7 Million.

The golden candlestick (or lampstand) weighed one talent and it and its base was made from a single chunk of pure gold (Ex. 25:31-9). It should be noted that not all gold used in the construction of the tabernacle was pure gold. A talent weighed about 100 US pounds, give or take, depending on the reference you use for the conversion factor. This one chunk of pure gold worth $1.7 million was beaten into the the lampstand. Beaten, not melted down and poured into a mold.

So where did this one chunk of gold come from? Well, it came from the free will offering that God told Moses to collect (Ex. 25:1-2) for the construction of the tabernacle. This was a collection of gold, and silver, and copper, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins; and acacia-wood; oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs; onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. (Ex. 25:3-7)

Notice that gold is the first thing on the list. The actual collection is recorded for us ten chapters later in Exodus 35. According to this passage, gold came from both men and women; every one who was of willing heart brought nose-rings, and earrings, and rings, and bracelets, all kinds of utensils of gold: every man that waved a wave-offering of gold to Jehovah.

So, where did this gold come from? Weren’t they slaves in Egypt? Wherefore the gold? Just before they left Egypt, God told them that every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that is the inmate of her house, utensils of silver, and utensils of gold, and clothing; and ye shall put [them] on your sons and on your daughters, and shall spoil the Egyptians.

Speak now in the ears of the people, that they ask every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, utensils of silver and utensils of gold. (Ex. 11:2)

So after decades of being slaves, the Israelites were finally getting wages that were long due them. It is as if wages were being withheld all their lives and are now being paid, all at once, in one night. So as they left Egypt, they carried with them gold that they got.

Since the gold was one chunk taken from an offering, it must have come from one person. That one person, on passover night, was handed a utensil of pure gold weighing 100 pounds and worth $1.7 million dollars. That one slave must have been very valuable to the Egyptians to get something like that in back wages.

What is your worth? If someone were to pay you what you are worth to them in gold, pure gold, would you get 100 pounds of the stuff? You have been bought and you are worth much more.

....ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible [things, as] silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from [your] fathers, but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, [the blood] of Christ, foreknown indeed before [the] foundation of [the] world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes, who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among [the] dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God. 2 Peter 1:18-21

You are worth it…

No Explanation Needed

9-11. All one has to do is mention the phrase 9-11. We all know what year it was, we don't need an explanation. We know what happened on that day, we don't need an explanation. Depending on how old you are, you remember exactly where you were when you first heard, you don't need an explanation.

Reason number 9 that the study of the tabernacle should not be neglected is that in days of biblical writing, from Moses to John, people were familiar with the tabernacle/temple form of worship. Since they were, some things did not have to be explained.

For example, when Zacharias saw his vision of ...a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon, seven [lamps] and seven pipes to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof...or when John wrote ...having turned, I saw seven golden lamps. They knew that the lamp in the tabernacle was made of gold, burned olive oil and had 7 lamps.

When they read that Abraham was to offered up Isaac as a burnt offering, they knew that a burnt offering was to be filleted and totally consumed on the altar.

When David said Jehovah reigneth...He sitteth [between the] cherubim, they knew that in the holiest of holiest, on the mercy seat that covered the ark, were two golden cherubim. God made His throne and met with Moses on the mercy seat between the cherubim.

When John wrote in the opening of his first epistle, that which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes; that which we contemplated, and our hands handled, concerning the word of life; they may have realized that this sounds like the burnt offering, that had to be examined for perfection and handled and cut up and placed on the altar.

They even told time by the activity in the tabernacle/temple. When Ezra writes ...at the time of the evening oblation (or sacrifice)..., they knew what time he meant. It did not need explaining.

There are 2 Types of Redeemed People in the World

And the Number 1 reason for the tabernacle not being studied is…drum roll, please… the priesthood of the believer is so misunderstood.

Aaron and his sons were hand-selected by God to serve Him, the Kohathites were not. Aaron and his sons were set apart for certain services and they even stood out by their dress, the Kohathites did not. Aaron and his sons could enter the holy place, the Kohathites could not. Once in the holy place, Aaron and his sons got to maintain the lamp, offer up incense, and even break bread with the Almighty, the Kohathites could not. Aaron and his sons could eat their portions of the 'meat offering' and the peace offering and could clothe themselves in the skins from the burnt offerings, the Kohathites could not. Aaron and his sons played a part in the various offerings, the Kohathites did not. Aaron and his sons were priests, the Kohathites were not.

Aaron had a cousin named Korah. Korah was a Kohathite. Kohathites were a family within the tribe of Levy that were in charge of moving the tabernacle and its furniture when the camp moved from place to place during the wilderness journey (Numbers 4:1-15). Korah was not a happy camper. He was not happy with his role that he was assigned and got a small, but powerful, mob together to lead a rebellion against his cousins, Moses and Aaron. His protest -- It is enough; for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah is among them; and why do ye lift up yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah? (Num. 16:4)

Moses responds -- Even to-morrow will Jehovah make known who is his, and who is holy; and he will cause him to come near to him; and him whom he has chosen, him will he cause to come near to him. (Num. 16:5).

From Moses’ response we get a definition of the priests. They were owned by God by His choice, they were holy, and they had the right (or privilege) to come near to God. In that day, there were two types of redeemed people in the world: the priest and the congregation (everyone else). Today, there are two types of redeemed people in the world: those that think that there is still two groups (priest and the congregation), and those that do not. The congregation has been eliminated, therefore the latter type is correct. All redeemed are now priests and as priests we are all on a level playing field. I like the way Peter puts it:

To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious, yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. --1Pe 2:4b-5

But ye [are] a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light; -- 1Pe 2:9

All of the redeemed are a holy, kingly priesthood owned by God by His choice with the right (or privilege) to come near to God. Wow.

Let’s take another look at Korah’s complaint. He said that the priests should not be exalted over everyone else because all of the redeemed are holy and Jehovah is dwelling among them. This statement, by the way, costs him his life (Read all about it in Numbers 16).

Something strikes me as odd, though, about his complaint. If you fast-forward to today where there are the two groups, and someone that belongs to a church in the group that still believes that there are separate groups (the congregation and the priesthood), and a congregant made Korah’s complaint, he might just have a case(!). We are all redeemed and Jehovah is dwelling with(in) us, so no one should be lifting themselves above the congregation.

To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood, and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father: to him [be] the glory and the might to the ages of ages. Amen. Rev 1:5b-6

Our True Tabernacle is Heaven

Reason Number 3 why the tabernacle is not studied is because … our true tabernacle is heaven (Heb. 8: 2). Well, if our true tabernacle is heaven and we know what the tabernacle was like, then we know a lot more about heaven than we think we do. God showed Moses the pattern for the tabernacle. I am convinced that when on the mountain Moses was permitted to see a vision of Heaven itself. When you look at the written accounts of people that have witnessed visions of heaven (like, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and John), you can see similarities between the account. If you know the tabernacle, you can see elements of the tabernacle in each account, especially in the Apocalypse.

As a random example let's look at Revelation 8:3.

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he might give [efficacy] to the prayers of all saints at the golden altar which [was] before the throne.

John is in heaven and sees the golden altar of incense. And did you notice where it was located? Before the throne. In the tabernacle, the golden altar was located in front of the veil in the holy place...and behind the veil in the 'holiest of holiest' was the arc. On the arc was the mercy seat where Jehovah sat between the cherubim, His throne. What was missing in John's account? The veil. Why? Because it was rent. (I know that you knew that, especially if you have been following my posts...)

And having begun from Moses

Reason Number 9 for not studying the tabernacle--it is so Old Testament. According to some random trivia site I found on the internet, there are 593,493 words in the Old Testament and 181,253 words in the New. Each word is inspired. Many more inspired words in the Old Testament. Just because it is in the Old Testament is not a reason not to study it.

Not only is it Old Testament, it was in the Law. But, you may say, we are under the Law no longer (Rom 6:14); hasn’t it been nailed to the cross (Col 9:14)? Besides, wasn’t salvation in the Old Testament somehow based on the Law? Have you ever read Ps. 119? I know that you know that there is a reference to the Law, precepts and statute in nearly each verse. The Law refers to the first 5 books of the Bible. The tabernacle design and service were dictated by God in the Law. Precepts are all the Thou shalts and thou shalt nots in the Law. Did you know that 5 out of every 6 precepts have something to do with the tabernacle? So what was David referring to when he wrote Psalm 119? Maybe the same that Jesus was referring to on the road to Emmaus: And having begun from Moses … he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24:27. Or after breaking bread with His disciples in Emmaus…these [are] the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written concerning me in the law of Moses...must be fulfilled. Luke 24:44