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 ...
Category: God’s Plan
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 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 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 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 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 ...
Day 32 – Gen 36-38; Matt. 21:1-22Day 32 – Gen 36-38; Matt. 21:1-22
Gen. 36-38 More random thoughts from me….I wonder at the significance of the random names of wives and daughters and such that make it into the genealogies. There is one in Esau’s genealogy mentioned in ...
Day 31 – Gen 33-35; Matt 20:17-34Day 31 – Gen 33-35; Matt 20:17-34
Gen. 33-35 Though Jacob returned “home”, he did not go back to his father right away. After he met with his brother, he made excuses and settled in Succoth instead. It seems to me that ...
Day 29 – Gen 29-30; Matt 19Day 29 – Gen 29-30; Matt 19
Gen 29-30 Forget about Jacob, Leah was dealt a bad hand here! She was given to somebody who did not want her and had to ‘share’ that somebody with her sister, who was loved. Talk ...
Day 28 – Gen 27-28; Matt 13:21-35Day 28 – Gen 27-28; Matt 13:21-35
Gen 27-28 More confusion! What Rebekah and Jacob did was deceitful, but it clearly played into God’s plan. God had told Rebekah that her younger son would rule her older son. Was it because of ...
Day 23 – Job 36-37; Matt 15:1-20Day 23 – Job 36-37; Matt 15:1-20
Job 36-37 The problem I have with the views of Job’s friends is that they are judging people based on their circumstances. If bad things are happening to you, you are being judged by God, ...
Day 8 – Gen 20-22; Matt 6:19-34Day 8 – Gen 20-22; Matt 6:19-34
Gen. 20-22 Sometimes I just have questions! Did Abimelech know who God was? Why did he consider taking another man’s wife a sin? How long had this gone on (how would they know all the ...
Day 6 – Gen 16-17; Matt 5:27-48Day 6 – Gen 16-17; Matt 5:27-48
Gen. 16-17 Ten years Abram and Sarai waited for God to fulfill His promise of a son to them. Ten years…and they grew impatient – or perhaps just anxious and confused. Either way, they began ...
Day 5 – Gen 13-15; Matt 5:1-26Day 5 – Gen 13-15; Matt 5:1-26
Gen. 13-15 In Gen 9:25-26, God cursed Canaan (Ham’s descendants) and blessed Shem, giving his descendants rule over Ham’s descendants. In the last part of Gen 15, God makes a covenant with one of Shem’s ...
Day 3 – Gen 7-9; Matt 3Day 3 – Gen 7-9; Matt 3
Today’s reading: Gen. 7-9 and Matt 3. God’s design is so evident in the story of the flood! All the creatures came onto the Ark by twos – male and female – and they departed ...