Deut. 26-27 Egypt is often a representation of sin in the OT (I’m sure there is an interesting study in that thought). Apply that thought here and we see that God’s rescuing His people from ...
Month: September 2023
Day 91 – Deut 23-25; Luke 6:27-49Day 91 – Deut 23-25; Luke 6:27-49
Deut. 23-25 I sure don’t understand God’s OT laws! There is no mercy or forgiveness in so many of them. But righteousness is righteousness, I suppose, and we ain’t got it. I guess that’s where ...
Day 90 – Deut 20-22; Luke 6:1-26Day 90 – Deut 20-22; Luke 6:1-26
Deut. 20-22 In the first few verses of Deut. 20, God tells His people not to be afraid of their enemies who are greater than they – this is not a pep talk, it is ...
Day 89 – Deut 17-19; Luke 5:17-39Day 89 – Deut 17-19; Luke 5:17-39
Deut. 17-19 Reading through this section in Deuteronomy, it seems to me that the children of Israel did not do any of the things God told them to do. Even the Godly men, like David ...
Day 88 – Deut 14-16; Luke 5:1-16Day 88 – Deut 14-16; Luke 5:1-16
Deut. 14-16 Look at God’s promise in Deut. 15:18 regarding His command for His people to release their Hebrew slaves in the seventh year: “It shall not seem hard to you when you let him ...
Day 87 – Deut 11-13; Luke 4:31-44Day 87 – Deut 11-13; Luke 4:31-44
Deut. 11-13 With all the amazing things the people of Israel saw God do for them and with all the amazing promises He gave them for good, to take care of them and prosper them, ...
Day 86 – Deut 8-10; Luke 4:1-30Day 86 – Deut 8-10; Luke 4:1-30
Deut. 8-10 Deut. 9 makes it very clear that God did not bless the people of Israel because of their righteousness. He blessed them to set them apart, because He chose them. Starting with Abram, ...
Day 85 – Deut 5-7; Luke 3Day 85 – Deut 5-7; Luke 3
Deut. 5-7 How do we keep our primary focus on God in a world full of distractions? I mean, we have to live, right? We have to eat and earn an income and take care ...
Day 84 – Deut 3-4; Luke 2:25-52Day 84 – Deut 3-4; Luke 2:25-52
Deut. 3-4 I love this statement from Moses to God in Deut. 3:24 – “O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand.” Very few men saw ...
Day 83 – Deut 1-2; Luke 2:1-24Day 83 – Deut 1-2; Luke 2:1-24
Deut. 1-2 So, it was the people’s idea to send scouts into the land before going in to take it. I can agree that there is some wisdom in seeing what you are getting into ...
Day 82 – Num 34-36; Luke 1:57-80Day 82 – Num 34-36; Luke 1:57-80
Num. 34-36 God is pretty adamant about the land that was given to each tribe staying within that specific tribe – there are several laws dealing with this. I wonder why? What is the significance ...
Day 81 – Num 31-33; Luke 1:39-56Day 81 – Num 31-33; Luke 1:39-56
Num. 31-33 It seems there is more to the story of Balaam that what was told a few chapters ago, and it seems that, although God spoke to Balaam, Balaam was not exactly a man ...
Day 80 – Num 28-30; Luke 1:21-38Day 80 – Num 28-30; Luke 1:21-38
Num. 28-30 Chapter 30 seems to go along with the thought that man is to woman as Christ is to His Church. It states that any man that a woman ‘belongs’ to – whether her ...
Day 79 – Num 26-27; Luke 1:1-20Day 79 – Num 26-27; Luke 1:1-20
Num. 26-27 So when God swallowed up the three rebels who rose up against Moses and Aaron, for some reason He did not take the sons of Korah – one of the three men. The ...
Day 78 – Num 23-25; Mark 16Day 78 – Num 23-25; Mark 16
Num. 23-25 Balaam repeatedly told Balak that he could only say what the LORD put in his mouth to say. When he repeated this after his third blessing on the people of Israel, he added ...
Day 77 – Num 20-22; Mark 15: 26-47Day 77 – Num 20-22; Mark 15: 26-47
Num. 20-22 Moses was set up!! Why did God tell him to take the staff if all He wanted Moses to do was to speak to the rock? But God did not tell them, “you ...
Day 76 – Num 17-19; Mark 15:1-25Day 76 – Num 17-19; Mark 15:1-25
Num. 17-19 I love this – overnight, Aaron’s staff goes from being a dead stick to bearing ripe almonds!! Tell me my God can’t do anything! And if He can give this kind of life ...
Day 75 – Num 15-16; Mark 14:54-72Day 75 – Num 15-16; Mark 14:54-72
Num. 15-16 Moses and Aaron continued to plead and to act on behalf of an ungrateful, accusing, complaining people. To me, this makes Moses an image of Christ (like Joseph was), in that we humans ...
Day 74 – Num 12-14; Mark 14:27-53Day 74 – Num 12-14; Mark 14:27-53
Num. 12-14 I wonder why only Miriam was struck with disease? Perhaps she was the one who was really doing the complaining, or at least instigated it. Moses was indeed meek – he never craved ...
Day 73 – Num 9-11; Mark 14:1-25Day 73 – Num 9-11; Mark 14:1-25
Num. 9-11 I love that some of the men in this passage approached God, wanting to be able to bring their offering before Him for Passover, but being unclean through no fault of their own. ...
Day 72 – Num 7-8; Mark 13:21-37Day 72 – Num 7-8; Mark 13:21-37
Num. 7-8 Really not much to say here except that, wow – that’s a bunch of animals! Mark 13:21-37 “Stay awake.” A comment in the Bible that always scares me, because I don’t stay awake ...
Day 71 – Num 5-6; Mark 13:1-20Day 71 – Num 5-6; Mark 13:1-20
Num. 5-6 Once again, it strikes me how impossible it is for any of us to stay pure by our own power. Mark 13:1-20 “But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” (Mark ...
Day 70 – Num 3-4; Mark 12:28-44Day 70 – Num 3-4; Mark 12:28-44
Num. 3-4 I have noted before that I believe the Israelites are a representation of all of God’s people – of us. Well, it seems to me that the Levites are to the Israelites as ...
Day 69 – Num 1-2; Mark 12:1-27Day 69 – Num 1-2; Mark 12:1-27
Num. 1-2 603,550 men from the age of 20 and up…That is somewhere between the size of Colorado Springs and Denver. Of course, this number did not include any females or boys under 20 or ...
Day 68 – Lev 26-27; Mark 11:19-33Day 68 – Lev 26-27; Mark 11:19-33
Lev 26-27 Why are we humans never satisfied? It seems we never have enough; we always want more. Adam and Eve had everything they could possibly need or want in the Garden of Eden, with ...
Day 67 – Lev 25; Mark 11:1-18Day 67 – Lev 25; Mark 11:1-18
Lev. 25 Not much to say except that this chapter really seems to stress the thought that everything we think we own really belongs to God and that it is important for us to remember ...
Day 66 – Lev 23-24; Mark 10:32-52Day 66 – Lev 23-24; Mark 10:32-52
Lev 23-24 My Bible study group did a study a good while back on the Feasts of the LORD (there are seven). It was fascinating. The feasts are a roadmap of God’s redemptive plan for ...
Day 65 – Lev 21-22; Mark 10:1-31Day 65 – Lev 21-22; Mark 10:1-31
Lev 21-22 God’s laws seem awfully harsh sometimes – in stark contrast to the merciful that we know God is. Paul says in Romans that the law was given that our sin might be made ...
Day 64 – Lev 19-20; Mark 9:30-50Day 64 – Lev 19-20; Mark 9:30-50
Lev. 19-20 I just want to mention, before I get to my main thought, that this is the second time God has mentioned not being partial to the poor in court. I note this because ...
Day 63 – Lev 17-18; Mark 9:1-29Day 63 – Lev 17-18; Mark 9:1-29
Lev. 17-18 Just two…okay, three, quick thoughts from this reading. First, I note how God repeatedly stresses that the laws and the ways He has for His people are different from the cultures around them. ...