Lev. 15-16 Reading through these laws, it’s hard not to notice that there are so many things that render a person unclean! Leviticus chapter 15, concerning the bodily discharges, also makes me realize that it ...
Month: August 2023
Day 61 – Lev 14; Mark 8:1-21Day 61 – Lev 14; Mark 8:1-21
Lev. 14 Yeah…I thought the laws for declaring leprosy were complex!! Turns out, being declared clean ain’t no easy thing either! I still feel like all those details must have some significant meaning, I just ...
Day 60 – Lev 13; Mark 7:14-37Day 60 – Lev 13; Mark 7:14-37
Lev. 13 I still don’t get all these detailed laws. What’s up with the heavy focus on leprous diseases? A brief search on the issue suggested two possibilities. One is that leprosy is a very ...
Day 59 – Lev 11-12; Mark 7:1-13Day 59 – Lev 11-12; Mark 7:1-13
Lev. 11-12 This business of clean and unclean is laborious! And I must admit, as with most of the other very detailed laws, I do not understand it. Something did occur to me this morning, ...
Day 58 – Lev 8-10; Mark 6:30-56Day 58 – Lev 8-10; Mark 6:30-56
Lev. 8-10 At the end of chapter 10, Aaron does not do as he was commanded. He and his remaining sons refused their portion of the sin offering for the people and they did not ...
Day 57 – Lev 6-7; Mark 6:1-29Day 57 – Lev 6-7; Mark 6:1-29
Lev 6-7 Not much to say here. It might be interesting to do a deep-dive study on the sacrifices and their nuances. I don’t know that God would have given so much specific detail with ...
Day 56 – Lev 3-5; Mark 5:21-43Day 56 – Lev 3-5; Mark 5:21-43
Lev. 3-5 Oy! So many different sacrifices and so many detailed instructions for each! I feel like most, if not all, of these details must have some meaning or significance. Many of the specifics are ...
Day 55 – Ps 90; Lev 1-2; Mark 5:1-20Day 55 – Ps 90; Lev 1-2; Mark 5:1-20
Ps. 90 Funny, this prayer of Moses almost seems more relevant for today than for his time! He says that our lives last 70 or 80 years – this from a man who was 80 ...
Day 54 – Ex 39-40; Mark 4:21-41Day 54 – Ex 39-40; Mark 4:21-41
Ex. 39-40 “Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.” (Ex 40:34). It is so awesome to me that, though they were a sinful and stiff-necked ...
Day 53 – Ex 36-38; Mark 4:1-20Day 53 – Ex 36-38; Mark 4:1-20
Ex. 36-38 In the last part of Exodus 36:7 it says, “So the people were restrained from bringing”. They gave so abundantly for the building of the Tabernacle that they had to be told to ...
Day 52 – Ex 34-35; Mark 3:20-35Day 52 – Ex 34-35; Mark 3:20-35
Ex. 34-35 Here’s a thought…when Moses had been with God, it showed on his face. His face actually shone so bright he had to wear a veil in front of the people. We don’t stand ...
Day 51 – Ex 31-33; Mark 3:1-19Day 51 – Ex 31-33; Mark 3:1-19
Ex. 31-33 It is often difficult to find a specific way to apply a portion of scripture in and to your life. Sometimes, however, we can see things that reaffirm to us the Hand of ...
Day 50 – Ex 29-30; Mark 2Day 50 – Ex 29-30; Mark 2
Ex. 29-30 There is a point in the life of King David where God punishes the people because David took a census. I never understood this. But there is a clue to this right here ...
Day 49 – Ex 27-28; Mark 1:23-45Day 49 – Ex 27-28; Mark 1:23-45
Ex. 27-28 I am impressed by the detail God gives in the design of His Temple, and I wonder at the significance of all of it. I know that the Temple is a representation of ...
Day 48 – Ex 25-26; Mark 1:1-22Day 48 – Ex 25-26; Mark 1:1-22
Ex. 25-26 The portable Temple –this thing was no small feat! For leaving Egypt “in a hurry”, they sure took a bunch of stuff with them!! Just the stuff that went into the Temple is ...
Day 47 – Ex 23-24; Matt 28Day 47 – Ex 23-24; Matt 28
Ex. 23-24 Now the part of the law given in the first several verses of Exodus 23 I can understand! And it struck me as I was reading the first two verses, “You shall not ...
Day 46 – Ex 21-22; Matt 27:51-66Day 46 – Ex 21-22; Matt 27:51-66
Ex. 21-22 Yeah….I don’t even know what to say about all the laws. So many of them seem very strange and ‘unfair’ to me. But I think at least some of the laws were based ...
Day 45 – Ex 19-20; Matt 27:27-50Day 45 – Ex 19-20; Matt 27:27-50
Ex. 19-20 God revealed Himself to His people – He gave them a glimpse of His power and might and showed them a glimpse of His character in the 10 commandments (His Law). Moses said ...
Day 44 – Ex 16-18; Matt 27:1-26Day 44 – Ex 16-18; Matt 27:1-26
Ex. 16-18 So…God sent Manna – the bread of life – to the Israelites while they were in the wilderness of Sin. If that doesn’t paint the picture of Christ, the Bread of Life, who ...
Day 43 – Ex 14-15; Matt 26:36-75Day 43 – Ex 14-15; Matt 26:36-75
Ex. 14-15 “The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” (Exodus 14:14) This is very similar to Psalm 46:10 – “Be still and know that I am God.” Be silent. ...
Day 42 – Ex 12-13; Matt 26:1-35Day 42 – Ex 12-13; Matt 26:1-35
Ex. 12-13 The Bible is a very intricate story. It is full of pictures within pictures of God’s Plan – like the layers of an onion. It is utterly fascinating. The Passover is a foreshadowing ...
Day 41 – Ex 9-11; Matt 25:31-46Day 41 – Ex 9-11; Matt 25:31-46
Ex. 9-11 I noticed an interesting thing in chapter 9 that I had never noticed before. After the sixth plague – the boils – is the first time the text specifies that the LORD hardened ...
Day 40 – Ex 7-8; Matt 25:1-30Day 40 – Ex 7-8; Matt 25:1-30
Ex. 7-8 Throughout Genesis I have noticed and wondered about various foreign leaders who seemed to know and fear God (like when Abraham and Isaac told the leaders their wives were their sisters). But this ...
Day 39 – Ex 4-6; Matt 24:29-51Day 39 – Ex 4-6; Matt 24:29-51
Ex. 4-6 Moses did what we all do when we are afraid or lacking confidence – he made a whole string of excuses and objections. God is so patient with us! He answered every objection ...
Day 38 Ex 1-3; Matt 24:1-28Day 38 Ex 1-3; Matt 24:1-28
Ex. 1-3 One thing that stands out to me in these chapters is the courage of the Hebrew midwives. Technically, they lied to Pharaoh, but it says that “God dealt well” with them because of ...
Day 37 – Gen 49-50 – Matt 23:23-39Day 37 – Gen 49-50 – Matt 23:23-39
Gen. 49-50 Here we see the consequences of the actions of Israel’s three oldest sons – Reuben’s sin with Jacob’s concubine and the revenge Simeon and Levi took for their sister, Dinah. Thus, Judah got ...
Day 36 – Gen 46-48; Matt. 23:1-22Day 36 – Gen 46-48; Matt. 23:1-22
Gen. 46-48 Once again, the writers of the Bible do not always state things as they actually are (cultural semantics, perhaps?). Reading the story of Joseph and his brothers, you get the impression that Benjamin ...
Day 35 – Gen 43-45; Matt 22:23-46Day 35 – Gen 43-45; Matt 22:23-46
Gen. 43-45 I don’t know how Joseph kept the truth from his brothers for so long. Simeon must have been with him in custody for at least 6 months to a year. It seems he ...
Day 34 – Gen 41-42; Matt 22:1-22Day 34 – Gen 41-42; Matt 22:1-22
Gen. 41-42 It seems Reuben is trying to regain his status with his father after the concubine incident. First, he planned to rescue Joseph from the pit and be the one to restore Jacob’s favorite ...
Day 33 – Gen 39-40; Matt 21:23-46Day 33 – Gen 39-40; Matt 21:23-46
Gen. 39-40 Joseph leaves a great example to aspire to…and such a contrast from his deceitful father! They actually say that Joseph is a type of Christ – a foreshadowing of the Messiah – and ...