From the notes section (Numbers 28-29) of the ESV Study Bible Online version, which is FREE this month. Try it out-click here! Calendar of Public Sacrifices. Although Moses’ days as mediator of revelation are numbered, he still is God’s chosen vessel to pass on law to Israel. First among his final instructions are laws about public … More Offerings, Offerings and MORE Offerings
In a message, “Who is This Divided Man, Part 2,” Dr. John Piper states: Paul is speaking about himself here as a Christian. Let me say immediately that I do not mean we should settle in and coast with worldly living and a defeatist mentality. We should not make peace with our sin; we … More Who is the “wretched man” of Romans 7?
What is imminence? Wikipedia says, “Imminence is the quality of being imminent, i.e. about to happen.” In today’s passage from Matthew, we read of the second coming of Christ. His coming was “imminent” for the believers living before A.D. 70; it was “imminent” for the Reformers; and it is “imminent” for us. Peter comments, “But do … More The Imminence of Jesus’ Second Coming
Look closely at Numbers and you will see a beautiful portrait of Jesus Christ! In Chapter 19, we read: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish, and on which a yoke has never come. 3 And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and … More Jesus Christ, Our Red Heifer and MUCH MORE
Numbers 9:15 On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning. So it was always: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night. This was more than proof … More The LORD is your shade!
C.S. Lewis, in Mere Christianity, writes (and it relates to the last two chapters of Leviticus that we are finishing up today): People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, “If you keep a lot of rules I’ll reward you, and if you don’t I’ll do the other thing.” … More C.S. Lewis on Christianity and Rule-keeping
“No one can move from conviction to pardon simply by examining one’s own conscience or by the force of will or by limited human reasoning. Pardon is exclusively an act of grace offered and revealed by the incomparably holy and merciful One who pardons. My own word of pardon to myself is always finally self-contrived, … More Pardon is exclusively an act of grace…
We just read Exodus 15 and Psalm 28 …..did you notice the same message? Exodus 15:2, 11, 13 2 The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. 11 “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? … More The LORD is My Strength
“Christ in the Passover”, from the “Jews For Jesus” website: “Why is this night different from all other nights?” One of the most significant Jewish holidays, Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, recalls and rejoices over the Israelites’ redemption from slavery in Egypt. The symbolic elements of the feast cause us not only to look back … More Christ in the Passover
“If God’s word of promise cannot be trusted to stand forever, then all our faith is in vain.” – John Piper, The Justification of God, (Grand Rapids, Mi.: Baker Book House, 1993), 19.
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