{"id":981,"date":"2020-04-23T00:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T00:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elts.org.uk\/ga\/?p=981"},"modified":"2020-04-21T18:20:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T18:20:44","slug":"unintended-consciously-knowingly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elts.org.uk\/ga\/2020\/04\/23\/unintended-consciously-knowingly\/","title":{"rendered":"Unintended, consciously knowingly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Leviticus chapter 4 is not your reading of choice when you enjoy your morning cup of tea \/ coffee, or on your headphone while you are out walking the dog or doing your 10-mile run. It closely resembles some of the materials in earlier chapters 1 to 3. The first section, about unintentional sin committed the priest, has a pattern that is closely followed by not once but three times in the rest of the chapter. What\u2019s going on? Do we need this? Or does God need to tell us this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few points might be useful as background:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elts.org.uk\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/still-2608676_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elts.org.uk\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/still-2608676_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elts.org.uk\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/still-2608676_640-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Leviticus might arguably be the first substantial and complete \u2018manual\u2019 in human history that consists of instructions on maintaining and restoring harmonious relationship with God.<\/li><li>Blood represents life, and sin is the cause of division between human and God, stopping human experiencing the fullness of life God intended.<\/li><li>God is said to have a strong presence among his people especially in the Tabernacle.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>There are some windows of fascination in the first two verses.<\/strong> The idea of \u2018when you sin\u2019 suggests that some time or later you will sin: sinning requires little effort.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#4a181f;color:#fcfcfc\" class=\"has-text-color has-background\">The text is as formulaic as your parent or elder sibling sternly said to you when you were young: \u201cwhen you do that again, I will\u2026.\u201d, or \u201cyou will not\u2026.\u201d. Actions and words have consequences. Further, God being pure and holy could or would not let sin go by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnwitting\u201d or \u201cunintentional\u201d sins \u2013 the Hebrew word speaks of ignorance, and error caused through \u2018not knowing\u2019. It is not an act or will of choosing not to know, that then led to committing of sin. It is having done an error (sin), when the time leading up to the sin was when you consciously know it is not sin. (contrast this with \u2018when you did not realise it is \/ could be sin).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">It also does not mean that you do or say something that has the potential to sin, and indeed somebody was hurt by your words or actions. The point is that the person did not intend. By this, it means the person had had no \u2018plan\u2019 (intent) to sin. This refers to the fact his\/her \u2018knowing\u2019 excludes intention to sin.<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Why do we have such entry in this manual book? Well, the question is better asked \u201cwhat do we do with sins that somehow fall off the definition of sins?\u201d In other words, for sins that I didn\u2019t know I would commit, now that I have done them, and maybe people get hurt, properties damaged, how could the offering formulas in chapters 1 to 3 be applicable here to restore our relationship with God?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We first look at provision for the priest \u2013 next blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leviticus chapter 4 is not your reading of choice when you enjoy your morning cup of tea \/ coffee, or on your headphone while you are out walking the dog or doing your 10-mile run. It closely resembles some of the materials in earlier chapters 1 to 3. 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