Julie
I am going to focus more on the explanation that the Bible gave for today's reading because I feel it gave a good synopsis of what was happening. This reading was really focusing specifically on unintentional or accident sin that is committed and what they had to do to atone once they realized that they had sinned. The offerings that were required for this were considered purifying/purification offerings.
Psalm 59 is David praying to God for protection from his enemies and praising God's steadfast love. I think one of the things that we can glean from David's Psalms is that no matter what he is going through he always turns to and trusts in God's protection and guidance. He does show true faith from what I can see.
Michelle
So for some reason when I started reading this I was confused about unintentional sin. It took me a while to relate it to accidental things that could happen, as I just kept thinking how do you sin unintentionally, how do you not know that you are sinning. The devotional tied to the next section had something that kind of brought it together for me as I have been very lost on the whole sacrificing animals and such for atonement. But it described it as a blood sacrifice and when you read it it is asking for your very best animal for the sacrifice. Not sure why this is what it took to finally put the pieces together. As Julie said before, it relates later on to the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and that he gave his life and blood to atone for all sin that had been committed and is yet to come.
The psalm is David turning to God in his time of need, singing his praises and asking for protection. I found it interesting in verse 11 that he asks God not to kill them. This really stood out to me for some reason. He does appear to have the true faith as you stated. I am not sure I can say the same at this point in my life. I try to remember this but find that at times I rely on myself first instead of turning to God in my time of need. This is a good reminder.
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