Tag Archive | "moses"
New Testament
The book of Hebrews is a wonderful read in the midst of reading the Old Testament because it connects so many of the dots for us! If you want to listen to Pastor Stephen preach the whole book in one shot, click here. As you read, look for the reoccurring themes of the supremacy of [...]
Devotional,OTJ
One of the most important passages of the book of Deuteronomy is in chapter 18:15-22. It creates for the nation an office that will carry forth the Word given to Moses. While the Levites and Priests were charged with carrying out the law…there is also to be an expectation that God will continue to speak [...]
Old Testament
Deuteronomy was written by Moses as a preparation for the second generation to face the decision of entering the promised land. They would need to know how to conduct themselves, and know how to live in relationship to Yahweh. The name of the book is “second law” because it is a restatement to the people, [...]
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ONE CANNOT UNDERSTAND Exodus 33 without grasping two things: (1) The tabernacle had not yet been built. The “tent of meeting” pitched outside the camp (33:7) where Moses went to seek the face of God must therefore have been a temporary arrangement. (2) The theme of judgment trails on from the wretched episode of the [...]
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Have you ever seen this verse before? 9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10 and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11 And he did [...]
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From The 365 day devotional commentary. “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today” Ex. 14:13. The great celebration of Passover calls every Jewish family together to participate in an annual reminder of the deliverance God brought their forefathers in Egypt. The story told in [...]
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Exodus 12 is the book in a nutshell. It begins with a description of the Passover, the central symbol of the Jewish faith, it moves through the 10th plague, the plague of the first-born, which separated those who had faith in the Lord from those without, and lastly, to the event of the departure from [...]