leviticus 16 - Ecclesiastes – acts 14 – 2 thessonians 3

Leviticus 16
- Why wasn't Aaaron to enter the tent of meeting after his sons died?
- He was supposed to bring a Bull and ram as a sin and burnt offering.
- He shall dress in special garb and get 2 goats and a ram from the people.
- Lots were cast over the 2 goats one was sacrificed to God the other given to Azazel
- Azazel was a place or a demon (Why would they offer a sacrifice to a demon?
- The second goat was sent to Azazel in the wilderness.
- He was to sacrifice the bull for himself and add sweet spices and sprinkle the blood 7 times on the mercy seat.
- Aaron made atonement for the people by sacrificing the bull and sprinkling its blood on the mercy seat make an unclean people clean.
- Aaron then confessed the people's iniquities, transgressions, and sins over the goat and sent it away into the wilderness.
- After leaving the Holy Place, Aaron was to take off his robes and leave them in the tent of meeting.
- On the 10th day of the 7th month all of the people are supposed to fast.
- The above atonement practices were to take place during this day every year and the people were to treat it like a holy Sabbath day.

Ecclesiastes 1
- Written by Solomon? (son of David, king of Jerusalem)
- He says that everything is vanity, pointless work under the sun.
- He mentions the winds blowing and the sea never getting full.
- Neither the eye nor the ear can be satisfied.
- There is nothing new. Everything has already been done and will be done so again.
- Why does he say that former people won't be remembered? King David still is remembered today.
- The writer sought wisdom as he ruled.
- He says that even gaining great wealth and knowledge is like "striving after the wind"
- Why does he say increasing in knowledge, increases sorrow?

Acts 14
- Paul and Barnabas enter Iconium and many believed.
- They preached there a long time and the Jews divided the people, and they had to flee before being stoned.
- At Lystra, Paul healed a man who was crippled since birth.
- They called them Zeus and Hermes because the people thought they were gods.
- Paul told them that they were mearly men, and not to sacrifice anything to them.
- Paul told the people that God had allowed Gentiles to walk in their own ways before, eventhough God was still providing for them with food and rain.
- The Jews from Antioch came and stirred up the crowd.
- They stoned Paul until they thought he was dead.
- Paul met with other disciples in that same region and went back even to the town where he was almost killed and preached the word and strengthened the believers there.
- Paul continued to preach throughout the region until returning to Antioch to spend time and rejoice with disciples about conversions among the Gentiles.

1 Timothy 1
- Paul calls Timothy his child in the faith.
- Paul told Timothy to stay in Ephesus and make sure no other doctrine was taught there.
- Do not get caught up in trivial things like genealogies
- Strive for love which builds the faith.
- The law is for the lawless not for the just, for unholy sinners.
- Paul thanks Jesus for calling Him to preach the gospel which he too was once ignorant of.
- Paul even says he is the foremost sinner (a humble view)
- Prophecies had been made about what Timothy would do for the faith.
- Why does Paul list two sinful men, Hymenaeus and Alexander?
- This seems to be a warning to Timothy so that he won't stumble.