God's grace and obedience to Him

Romans 5:3 And not only so but we glory in the tribulations also knowing the tribulations worketh patience. Not only do we rejoice in His glory but in the trouble that is befalling us. And the reason is that in our troubles we are developing endurance and patience because God is there.

Romans 5:4 And patience experience and experience hope. This is basically indicating God is training us and it deepens the hope we have in His glory and protectiveness..

Romans 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. And we are not ashamed to hope for His glory and to hope during times of trouble because we are brimming over with the banquet of love God has given us by endowing us with His holy Spirit. Meaning that we look at life differently, for the times we struggle are for us to gain a new perspective on God.

Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. When we were powerless (because of sin) Christ died at the appointed time for all of us. (we are all ungodly without Him) Christ died at God's timing.

Who is God? All hail the power...part 6

And God showed which tribe would be the leader of priests (Numbers 17:1-8). Also who would be the responsibility for the sin of the rest of the tribes (Numbers 18:1) and hence could go into the Holiest of Holies. This was entirely in God's control. Not only in bearing that responsibility, but God also let His people know who was in charge of maintaining the temple )Numbers 3:22, 1 Chronicles 9:20) as well as where His people would set up the temple (Numbers 1:50-53, Numbers 2:17, Numbers 3:20-25) and where He wanted the priests and High Priest to reside.(Joshua 21). But deeper than this it just demonstrates even more His love for His people to define and delineate how He wanted things accomplished so that they would know how best to serve Him and show Him respect.

Who is God? All hail the Power (part 5)

The gist of Levitical writing is that God is in control. Even down to how we value things on this earth and what we consider as important. Even to the separation of male, female, and child; even to the evaluation of what is truly holy and what is unclean among the created beasts. While the priests make the estimation of the holiness of a value of beasts, God ultimately controls those evaluations. God determines who has the authority and responsibility to make those evaluations. (Leviticus 27:1-34)

And as Jesus says the traditions, the words, the literal words, became more important than the Spirit of God and the legalities involved more critical and essential than the intent of God. (Mark 7:9-13) Jesus is trying to impress upon the Jews and us that it is God who is in control, not the interpretation of words by men.